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Iba man ang panahon noon at ngayon, iisa pa rin ang konteksto ng mga argumento. Ang nararamdaman ng nakararami ay hindi kaunlaran kundi kahirapan. NI DANILO ARAÑA ARAO Konteksto / Pinoy Weekly Inilathala ng (Bulatlat.com) Vol. VIII, No. 24, July 29-26, 2008 Hindi...
BY RICHARD C. COOK Global Research, July 16, 2008 Posted by Bulatlat ALTERNATIVE READER Vol. VIII, No. 24, July 20-26, 2008 With the economic news of the week of July 14—the continuing crisis among mortgage lenders, the onset of bank failures, the announced...
BY PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS Counterpunch Posted By (Bulatlat.com) ALTERNATIVE READER Vol. VIII, No. 24, July 20-26, 2008 National Public Radio has been spending much news time on Darfur in Western Sudan where a great deal of human suffering and death are occurring. The...
BY RANDY FELIX MALAYAO DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by (Bulatlat.com) Vol. VIII, No. 24, July 20-26, 2008 Friends, relatives, fellow libertarians and human rights advocates: Warmest Greetings! There is a pending motion/request from the State’s Armed Forces to transfer...
One would never have thought the literary/lifestyle magazine Rogue, which published its first issue sometime last year, would find its way into any police or military list of “propaganda” (read: subversive) materials, but that was just what happened to a copy of it...
The City Prosecutor’s Office here denied the Motion for Reconsideration filed by Nolito Ragunjan, University of Northern Philippines’ (UNP) coordinator for Student Publication, on its theft case against Tandem Editor-in-Chief Ma. Criselda Diocena, stating there is...
The approval by the provincial government of a memorandum allowing the entry of Energy Development Corporation, formerly PNOC-EDC, into the 169-hectare buffer zone of Mt. Kanlaon National Park, poses a danger to the people of Negros. If such activities are not...
Small-scale miners in the town of Itogon, Benguet find it hard to comply with the law regulating their trade, making them unable to register as miners. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by (Bulatlat.com) Vol. VIII, No. 24, July 20-26, 2008 ITOGON, Benguet –...
As the government is set to conduct a mining summit in Davao City this month, residents called on the government to prioritize solutions on the food crisis. BY BULATLAT Volume VIII, No. 24, July 20-26, 2008 DAVAO ORIENTAL – Various organizations here have called on...
Policemen, including elements of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) dispersed member of a youth group conducting a signature campaign against the weekly oil price hikes and the economic crisis. BY CYE REYES Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Volume VIII, No....
Kakaiba ang pangalang “Commonwealth.” Tunay na legacy ng Amerikanong kolonialismo—nagpapahiwatig ng pag-aaruga sa kolonya ng kanyang amo. Sa mas malaking kabuuan, ang urban planning ng Quezon City bilang kaisa-isang planned city sa bansa ay hango rin sa naunang...
NI RAUL FUNILAS Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 24, July 20-26, 2008 Daloy aming luha, tulo aming pawis sa gabing madilim, Sa inyong pag-agos kipkipin na lamang an gaming damdamin; Hugasan ang puso ng baying nawindang sa dusa’t hilahil Upang makamulat sa...
Another Cordilleran was elected, July 15, into one of the indigenous peoples' positions in the United Nations (UN) system. BY KATHLEEN T. OKUBO Northern Dispatch INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S WATCH Posted by Bulatlat Volume VIII, No. 24, July 20-26, 2008 BAGUIO CITY –...
(Bulatlat.com) July 21, 2008 - 11:55 a.m. The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan said that it was a deferred price hike not a P1.50-per-liter rollback in pump prices of diesel that was implemented by oil companies this weekend. Malacañang made an appeal to oil companies...
(Bulatlat.com) July 22, 2008- 2:58 p.m. The human rights group Karapatan criticized the Court of Appeals for junking the petitions for the writ of habeas corpus and for writ of amparo of Mrs. Edith Burgos, mother of missing activist Jonas Burgos. Jonas was abducted...
BY HANNAH FAITH DORMIDO July 24, 2008 - 4:38 p.m. Four students were arrested while six others were severely injured after a protest in front of the US Embassy was violently dispersed by the police. League of Filipino Students (LFS) vice chairperson Ron Villegas...
An investigation led by GWP Representative Liza Maza on the plight of Okinawa rape victim Hazel discovered that she was a victim three times over: of rape, human trafficking, and of government neglect. BY RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat Volume VIII, No. 25, July 27-August...
The Arroyo government fleeces them of their savings before they could work abroad. From the 76 documents required of them, OFWs are charged P17,665 ($399) each, netting for the government around P2.92 billion ($66,018,539) a year. While working abroad, the...
It was an unusual reunion of mother and daughter. Nanay Mely visited Hazel in Okinawa, Japan last week. After knowing the details of the sufferings Hazel endured in the hands of an American soldier, Nanay Mely would have wanted to bring Hazel home. But her daughter...
NI MYKEL ANDRADA Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 25, July 27-August 2, 2008 Hayan na, hayan na di mo pa makita. Korner na, korner na, sipa pa, sipa pa! Baka ko sa Maynila, hanggang dito, dinig ang unga. Baka ko sa Malakanyang, hanggang Estados Unidos, dinig...
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