Month: April 2008

The youth delegates to the Cordillera Day celebrations, held in Baay-Licuan, Abra on April 22-24, made up the youth caucus on the night of April 23. In the caucus, the participants shared the particular problems of the youth in their respective communities, schools and provinces and came up with a creative way to express their…

The Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS) was created through Republic Act 9163 or the National Service Training Program (NSTP) Act of 2001 as a result of the nationwide protest to abolish the Reserved Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) in 2001. One of its students at UP, who joined the recent Cordillera Day celebrations in Abra, says…

Rice fields were left untended, farm animals went astray in the pasture and could not be found one month after farmers in Dilong Valley in Tubo, Abra could not leave their homes for the farms due to a military imposition following a post-Lent five-day bombing. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat HUMAN…

As the world commemorates Earth Day, environmental advocates and militant organizations linked arms and blamed the Arroyo government, for its aggressive promotion of mining in the country, and imperialism, for plundering the country’s natural resources in the name of profit, for the alarming rate of environmental destruction. BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 12,…

BY THE KALAYAAN CENTRE ORGANIZATIONS DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 12, April 27-May 3, 2008 The Filipino community is once again in the midst of mourning the loss of another young member of our community: Charle Dalde, the 24-year old young worker and student who was stabbed near his home and later…

Distance has never prevented overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from celebrating Cordillera Day and taking on issues affecting them and the Filipino people. BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN MIGRANT WATCH Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 12, April 27-May 3, 2008 BAAY-LICUAN, Abra? Distance has never prevented overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from celebrating Cordillera Day and taking on issues…

May pagkilala man sa problemang kinakaharap, mapapansing hindi pa rin ginagamit ng pamahalaan ang salitang “krisis” para ilarawan ang problema natin ngayon sa suplay ng bigas. NI DANILO ARAÑA ARAO Konteksto / Pinoy Weekly Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 12, April 27-May 3, 2008 May pagkilala man sa problemang kinakaharap, mapapansing hindi pa rin…