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A deal by the RP government with China on the exploitation of oil resources in the Spratly Islands is not only unconstitutional but will likely have the country on the economic losing end. BY SONNY AFRICA IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 6, March...
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines lamented Wednesday the government's continuing promotion of mining, despite a growing chorus of those who are against it. BY ROY LAGARDE CBCP News Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 7, March 16-29, 2008 When it...
The militant fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya or National Alliance of Small Fisherfolk Organizations) said on March 15 that the dismissal of the case against and the subsequent release of 22 Chinese fishermen...
The Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking [JMSU] signed by the Philippine government with China and Vietnam is unconstitutional for violating the National Economy and Patrimony provisions of the 1987 Constitution. If it is confirmed that the signing of the same is...
That it was examination week in schools throughout the country did not deter youth and students from leading a March 14 rally at the Liwasang Bonifacio in Manila. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 7, March 16-29, 2008 That it was examination...
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 7, March 16-29, 2008 In a Misa para sa Maralita (mass for the urban poor) March 14 at the Sto. Nino Church in Tondo, Manila, Bishop Broderick Pabillo called on Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Secretary Romulo Neri to...
BY AUBREY MAKILAN Bulatlat March 22, 2008 - 5:01pm An alliance of overseas Filipino workers' organizations based in the Middle East urged the Philippine government to help about 250 OFWs in Namibia who were retrenched from work following the closing down of Ramatex...
Ang only-in-the-Philippines ay katangian at kaganapang maaring mangyari lamang sa loob ng espasyo ng bansa. Ito ay social action o ginagawa ng kolektibo sa ilang sektor, pero hindi buong lipunan ang kalahok. Panlipunan ang sinasaad nito, o may sinasabi sa mababang...
A couple abducted by soldiers and alleged as communist leaders in Leyte province have been transferred to the Leyte Provincial Jail after being surfaced around 3 p.m., March 24 in the PNP's Camp Vicente Lim in Calamba City, Laguna. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA HUMAN RIGHTS...
Nothing beats the old reliable kalesa. Calamigan town's improvised kalesa can seat eight passengers, including the kutsero. For a small fare, the kalesa - which remains an all-time favorite transport of rural Bikolanos – can take you from market to home. Unlike the...
NI RAUL FUNILAS Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 8, March 30-April 5, 2008 Ikulong mo man ang ibon sa hawla at gintong moog, Busugin sa milagrosang palay na ipon sa bukot; Oliba mang gintong lawrel ang aranyang ibinalot Nais pa ri’y kalayaa’t papawiri’y...
NI RICHARD R. GAPPI Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 8, March 30-April 5, 2008 Prologo: Ang Pagninilay Sabi ng Simbahan, pagninilay ang kahulugan ng Mahal na Araw. May hihigit pa kaya sa pagbubulay-bulay kaysa sa mga tula na bulong at pintig ng puso ngayong...
After a rousing protest by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Hong Kong during Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s visit on March 30, Filipino migrant workers are again preparing another “greeting” for the president on her 61st birthday on April 5. Led...
Dureza said the government is currently working on another draft on the ancestral domain clause that will hopefully be acceptable to the MILF to break the deadlock in the peace negotiations. BY GERMELINA A. LACORTE Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 8,...
Ang karanasang Starbucks at gitnang uri ay nagsasaad ng bagong auratiko o ang pakiwari na ginawa ang lugar para sa iyo lamang: lugar na pwedeng pagtrabahuan ng notebook computers (may wi-fi card na pwedeng bilhin para sa Internet), pwedeng pag-aralan bitbit ang...
Mayor Reinaldo Bautista, Jr. last week said he would ask the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) regional office here to strictly monitor the prices of rice in the city to guard against profiteering, hoarding and other illegal practices that may arise due to the...
The Supreme Court decision upholding the right of CHED Sec. Romulo Neri and Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to invoke executive privilege did not serve the cause of justice and truth. It helped conceal a crime, added to the cracks in the institutions of government,...
There is real danger that rice will soon become a very scarce commodity beginning with the market stalls but eventually, from the dining table of tens of millions of poor Filipinos. This is not to say that this staple food has not become scarce before and is even...
CPP spokesperson Gregorio “Ka Roger” Rosal has belied claims by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the AFP that the strength of the CPP's armed component, the NPA, has been halved in the last two years and that it will certainly face defeat by 2010. BY ALEXANDER...
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...
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