BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Contributed to Bulatlat February 26, 2008 – 11:51pm The influential Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines or CBCP has called on Malacañang to trash the controversial Executive Order No. 464, which prevents government and military officials from testifying in congressional investigations; and to stop the culture of corruption, from “top to…
Month: February 2008
Elehiya kina Bernabe Laquindanum, Dante Evangelio, Danilo Arjona, atbp. na Pinaslang sa Tulay ng Mendiola, Taong 1987
NI PAPA OSMUBAL Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 24-March 1, 2008 sa dugong tumagistis buhat sa inyong dibdib napagluksa ang lupang luoy na sinilaban ng mabangis na araw umusbong at lumago ang hubad na butong binhing kalinga ng mapagbatang panahon yumapos nang mahigpit ang mga ugat sa kanlungan ng pasipikong linang na…
Bakwet
O bakwet, kami po ay bakwet Mula sa probinsya, kami ay umalis Nagbakwet, kami ay umalis Doon po sa amin, sundalo’y malupit Sundalo’y walang galang, hindi yata nag-aral Matanda at bata, sinasaktan, pinapatay Hindi nila pakinggan ang aming katuwiran Agad dadamputin at sinasaktan O bayan ko, o bayan ko Paano ang pag-aaral ko? Napatigil, o…
Pornograpiya at Politika
May afinidad ang pornograpiya at politika—pareho itong nagpapakita ng kalabisan, kadalasan isang paulit-ulit o tematikong akto (sex sa pornograpiya, skandalo sa politika) na nakasentro sa spektakularisasyon ng katawan ng mga aktor, at ang naturalisasyon ng kahindik-hindik na afekto sa manonood. NI ROLAND TOLENTINO KULTURANG POPULAR KULTURA Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 24-March 1, 2008…
Baguio Media Join Manila Colleagues’ SC Case vs. Press Freedom Threats
Media practitioners in this summer capital city have signed a petition to intervene in a press freedom case filed by Manila-based media practitioners before the Supreme Court. The original petitioners in the case seek the aid of the Supreme Court in stopping top government agencies from continuously threatening press freedom. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern…
191 OFWs Still Stranded in Jeddah, Says Migrante-Saudi
A Saudi-based Filipino migrant group said that there are still 191 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) stranded in Jeddah alone, including 103 OFWs who originally camped out under a bridge in Jeddah since December 2007. The Philippine Consulate in Jeddah earlier reported that a total of 922 OFWs who were stranded in Saudi Arabia with no…
OFWs in Kuwait Stand Up vs. Oppressive Company, Gets No Support from RP Labor Office
After enduring contract-substitution and being underpaid, overworked, and intimidated by the company they were working for, 11 OFWs in Kuwait decided to file a complaint and fight for their rights. And what did Philippine Labor officials do? It tried to discourage them. Labor officials even tried to persuade them to sign a paper that effectively…
Open Letter to the President of the Philippines on the Plight of Overseas Filipino Workers
POSTED BY BULATLAT DEMOCRATIC SPACE Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 24-March 1, 2008 21 February 2008 President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Republic of the Philippines Malacañang Palace PHILIPPINES Fax: +63 2 736 1010 Dear President Arroyo, The news of the plight of the 111 Filipino workers in Jeddah and the 50 Filipino workers in Kuwait shocked us. …
The Broad United Front of Patriotic Forces is Determined to Mobilize the People Nationwide Against Arroyo Regime
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison Chief Political Consultant National Democratic Front of the Philippines Posted by Bulatlat DEMOCRATIC SPACE Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 24-March 1, 2008 I am happy to observe that the broad united front of patriotic forces is determined to arouse and mobilize the broad masses of the people in the national…
O-Bummer – The Man Without a Past for a Country Without a Future
BY WILLIAM BOWLES, http://williambowles.info/ Posted by Bulatlat ALTERNATIVE READER Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 24-March 1, 2008 Harlem, NYC — That both a black man and a woman are the ‘front runners’ in the ‘race’ for the presidency speaks reams about the desperate state of the Union these days, not that the up-coming US election…
The Old Revolutionaries of Vietnam
BY TOM HAYDEN ALTERNATIVE READER Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 4, February 24-March 1, 2008 During Christmas 2007 I traveled back in time with my family, to Vietnam, for the first time in thirty-two years. I was feeling a deep need to see the place once more, a regret at having withdrawn from a…