Rice importation fosters crisis BY THE KILUSANG MAGBUBUKID NG PILIPINAS DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 8, March 30 – April 5, 2008 The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) reacted to the statement of Senator Edgardo Angara saying that the rice crisis today is artificial. The group clarified that there is an…
Month: March 2008
Real Story for 2008: More Hardships, More Unrest
Gloria Arroyo’s distorted version of reality shows how detached her regime is from the people who face worsening poverty and hunger. But empty propaganda about economic growth will not quell the deteriorating political crisis that engulfs the country today. BY ARNOLD PADILLA Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 8, March 30-April 5, 2008 Gloria Arroyo’s…
Oil Price Hikes More Frequent under Arroyo
Oil price increases under Pres. Arroyo’s term comprise almost 42 percent of total increases since the implementation of the Oil Deregulation law in 1996. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 8, March 30 – April 5, 2008 Since the oil deregulation law was first implemented, much of the of the oil price…
Rice Not Lies! HK OFWs say GMA Answers Hunger with Squander
BY UNITED FILIPINOS IN HONG KONG DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 8, March 30 – April 5, 2008 Filipinos get hungry as the price of our staple food shoots up while Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo squanders about PhP2 million to spew out lies and project false support of overseas Filipinos to her crumbling administration.…
JMSU: China will Set Up Gas Pipelines to Transfer RP Natural Gas, Fishers Group Predicts
The China National Offshore Oil Corporation will eventually set up gas pipelines from Palawan to mainland China once the potential reserves of 3.3 trillion cubic meters of gas is confirmed in the ongoing gas exploration, according to the militant fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya or National Alliance of Small Fisherfolk…
DoH Order: ‘Regulating or Legalizing Organ Trade?’
The Health Alliance for Democracy (HEAD) warned that the administrative order (AO) issued by the DoH March 24, which is supposedly aimed at eradicating the thriving black market of kidney trade would only pave the way for the virtual legalization of organ trade under the pretext of “management and regulation”. BY AUBREY MAKILAN Bulatlat Vol.…
More Harassment, Trumped-Up Charges Against Student Leaders
Student leaders from the University of Northern Philippines (UNP) have been met with trumped-up charges by the university administration. Ma. Criselda Diocena, Editor-in-Chief of the closed student publication, The Tandem and Student Regent and Student Council (SC) President Warren Rafal were charged with robbery after they opened the Tandem office and took out official receipts…
International Experts Foresee Collapse of U.S. Economy
“The end of the third quarter of 2008 (thus late September, a mere seven months from now) will be marked by a new tipping point in the unfolding of the global systemic crisis. In the United States, this new tipping point will translate into – get this – a collapse of the real economy, (the)…
Sana’y Magretiro Na si Manny Pacquiao
Para sa mga tunay na traydor at kaaway, kailangan ang eskapismo para mabigyan ng maling konsepto ng pagkakaisa ang mamamayan at mapanatili sila sa kapangyarihan. At dahil nagagamit si Pacquiao at ang kanyang mga laban ay nagiging instrumento ng pambansang pagkalimot, napapanahon na, para sa akin, ang permanenteng niyang pag-alis sa boxing ring. NI DANILO…
Food Riots, Anarchy Feared Amid Rice Crisis
BY KARL G. OMBION Bulatlat SPECIAL REPORT Vol. VIII, No. 8, March 30-April 5, 2008 Amid recent reports of another impending rice crisis, a local university-based agricultural economist said he is not surprised by the reports because “there has been a prolonged and continuous decline in Philippine agricultural productivity since the early 1970s.” Dr. Romeo…
Search Team for Two Missing Youths Denied Access to ‘Sacred Place,’ Padlocked Camps
On the second day of the five-day search for two missing youths Romulo Robiños and Ryan Supan in military camps, soldiers denied the families and rights groups entry to what the military calls a “sacred place,” a forested area beside the office of the Commanding General in Fort Magsaysay, headquarters of the 7th Infantry Division…