While calling on the Catholic faithful, the biggest religious bloc in the Philippines, to destroy “the roots of corruption,” the recent statement by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) urged President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo – whose...

Ito ang panahon ng pagpaparami ng hanay: pagtataas ng kamulatan, pagpapakilos at pag-oorganisa. Kailangang may maunang kumilos at paratihang mag-rally. Kailangang kumprehensibo ang prop, malikahain sa pagpapataas ng kamulatan. At kailangan ang napakilos ay...

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo may make much of the recent revocations of Executive Order No. 464, which barred cabinet-level officials and top-ranking military officers from testifying in congressional investigations in aid of legislation without clearance from...

BY THE SISTERS’ ASSOCIATION IN MINDANAO Posted by Bulatlat DEMOCRATIC SPACE Vol. VIII, No. 6, March 9-15, 2008 We, in the Sisters’ Association in Mindanao, an aggrupation of some 360 nuns coming from more than 40 congregations in Mindanao, renew our call for Mrs....

Ang nasa bokabularyo ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at ng mga tagapagtanggol niya ay ang paggamit ng mga salitang magtatakip sa katotohanan, kahit na ito ay labag hindi lang sa batas ng gramatika kundi sa batas ng Pilipinas. Tunay na may dahilan para mapansin...

Twenty-seven years after the ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the condition of the Filipina seems to have worsened. The proof of the pudding are the statistics from the National Commission on...

Sr. Mercedes Nicolas, 84 years old, listened intently to speakers who aired their dismay over the NBN-ZTE deal. Upon seeing her, I remembered the movie Sister Stella L., which is about a nun who struggled with the oppressed masses for truth and justice during the...

Reported cases of violence against women and children in Baguio City increased in 2007 compared to past years, said City Social Welfare Officer Betty F. Fangasan during a press briefing here last week. BY CYE REYES Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII,...

More than 500 people gathered at the mass held at the St. William’s Church last March 7. With the theme “Seek the Truth, Combat Corruption and Restore Integrity,” people from the different sectors of the Ilocos Region came together to show their unity in the face...

The problem lies most of all in government neglect of the manufacturing and agricultural sectors, which are at their smallest shares of the economy since the 1950s, according to IBON research head Sonny Africa. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No....

The Tandem, the official student publication of the University of Northern Philippines (UNP) has been struggling ever since the UNP administration barred its writers from entering the university premises at the start of the school year 2007-2008. The writers were...

Independent think-tank IBON Foundation said that a recent international study which showed that the Philippines lacks transparency and accountability in aid disbursement only confirmed what broadband scandal whistleblower Rodolfo Noel Lozada Jr. described as a...

As women in the Philippines commemorate International Women’s Day with mass actions, women migrant workers under Migrante International declared March 8 a “Zero Remittance Day” as a symbolic protest to continue the call for the ouster of President Gloria...

They scrounge garbage bins for leftover food and for anything to sell. They pile up debts amounting to KD500 ($1,830 at an exchange rate of KD1=U$3.66) in a bakala or sari-sari store (convenience store). They even beg for food or money from fellow Filipinos in...

The Arroyo government is trying to scare the people from pursuing calls for President Arroyo’s resignation or ouster with the specter of a reversal of the gains of economic growth. But with the worsening poverty situation, one wonders whether there really is an...

Kung sa “maliit” na usapin ng pornograpiya ay reaksyon ng estado ang ating sinasambit, ano pa kaya sa mas malaking usapin ng pornograpiya ng kasalukuyang administrasyon? Ni Roland Tolentino KULTURANG POPULAR KULTURA Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 6, Marco...

NI JOI BARRIOS Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 6, March 9-15, 2008 Ang babae sa Ilog Pasig Ay isa raw mutya, na sawi sa pag-ibig, kung kaya’t sa gabing madilim ay umaawit ng kaylumbay na himig mula sa pusod ng ilog na marikit. Ngunit ang huling larawan ng...

1. Ay Ina ka ng Pasakit Ang totoo’y ‘wag ipagkait Sa mga anak mong sabik Sa katarungang nawaglit 2. Ina kang laging saklolo Sa asawa at anak mo Inaglahi’t inabuso Inagaw mo ang totoo 3. O, Ina, Ina ka namin O, Ina kang madasalin Katotohana’y ‘nilihim Bukod kang...

NI ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 6, March 9-15, 2008 Mabuti pa raw ang kubong ang nakatira ay tao Kaysa roon sa palasyong nakatira ay kuwago. Ngayon, tayong taong laging nangahuhukot sa kubo Ay nagtataboy ng k’wago mula roon sa...

NBN ZTE deal star witness says he’s no ‘opposition lackey’ Almost a month after returning from Hong Kong, Engr. Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada faced an eager crowd of health workers last week in a forum titled “Break the Silence Act,” sponsored by the All-UP Workers’ Union...