With the HSA, the government has redefined, even if unintentionally, the tenet of objectivity in journalism. The powers-that-be have created a condition in the mass media that discourages an exhaustive research on issues and concerns by limiting the sources of information to those who are not in the terrorist list. BY DANILO ARAÑA ARAO Philippine…
Day: January 19, 2008
Torture Victim Identifies Military Officer as Captor During CA Hearing
Torture victim Raymond Manalo identified one of his captors, a military officer, in court during the continuation of the Cadapan-Empeño hearings at the Court of Appeals in Manila, Jan 18. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 49, January 20-26, 2008 Torture victim Raymond Manalo identified one of his captors during the continuation of the…
The Day Their Footsteps Stopped…
(A tribute to the peasant martyrs of the Mendiola massacre) We were so scared and shaking and we could not look down at the helpless bodies of peasants, some crying for help and shrieking, others gasping for their last breath. I felt that a part of me died that day as we were trying to…
Videoke at Kagalingan sa Panggagaya
Ang kapangyarihang mag-xerox ang kagalingan (skill) ng Filipinong singer. Kung gayon, ang karaoke ang pangunahing aparato na nagpapaunlad ng kanyang kagalingan tungo sa kapangyarihang makapag-xerox. NI ROLAND TOLENTINO KULTURANG POPULAR KULTURA Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 49, Enero 20-26, 2008 Balita ang mala-Cinderella pagkatuklas kay Arnel Pineda, dating tipikal na nagbabanda sa bansa, ang kanyang grupong…
Kung Puntod Na ang Lupa
NI AXEL PINPIN* Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 49, January 20-26, 2008 Kung punebre na yaring mga awit sa mga suyuan ng magbubukid at ang mga tula nila ay dalit ng pasakit sa tanang panggigipit; aguniyas ang dupikal na himig nitong nangagluluksang mga karit! Kung puntod na yaring mga bukirin ng lupang dati’y linang…
Sa Quezon Avenue Humahapon ang Nahapong Ibon
NI RAUL FUNILAS Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 49, January 20-26, 2008 “Sa Kalsadang nagmumura ang kalapating dala na— h’wag bibili ng ligaya; dahil ang sukli’y pangamba.” Isang dapithapong malambot ang moog Na yapos binalot ang kalsadang lipos Yaong kasikatan sa ibong nagyupyop Na ang labi’t kilay ay tadtad at balot Ng bawigang lantik…
Bayan ng San Bartolome (Magalang), Pampanga
NI PAPA OSMUBAL Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 49, January 20-26, 2008 Tila hungkag na bituka ang landas tungong bayan ng San Bartolome. Tanging mga bagay na nandito ay tuyong-tuyong tae ng mga kambing Na gumugulong tuwing iihip nang malakas ang hangin at mga haliging halos guguho na’t kilo-kilometro ang pagitan Patid-patid ang mga…
Sagada Folk Condemn Bombing That Killed Therapist in Afghanistan
Call for review of GMA’s labor export policy While residents of Sagada, Mountain Province (275 km north of Manila) mourn for the death of a community member in a suicide bombing incident in Afghanistan on Jan. 14, they condemn the bombing incident as inhuman and at the same time criticized the labor export policy of…
Strike Brewing in Baguio University
The University of the Cordilleras (UC), formerly known as Baguio Colleges Foundation (BCF), which managed to produce two bar topnotchers within a span of eight years, is allegedly committing union-busting and other unfair labor practices. This has led to the union’s decision to stage a strike that may start any day, the UC employees’ union…