Sa labas ng City Jail, samakatuwid, ang papel na pera ay sakmal ang kapangyarihang makapagparangya sa iilan at makapanghikahos sa nakararami. Anong saya nitong mundo ng bansa natin, ang sinsilyong ekonomiya sa loob at labas ng City Jail! NI ROLAND TOLENTINO KULTURANG POPULAR KULTURA Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 28, August 17-23, 2008 Ang bilin sa…
Day: August 17, 2008
Cordi Youth Celebrate Indigenous People’s Day
In celebration of the 14th World’s Indigenous Peoples Day, more than 150 indigenous youth of the Cordillera gathered to learn, understand, unite and commit in promoting the rights of indigenous peoples. BY KEIDY TRANSFIGURACION INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S WATCH Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com Volume VIII, Number 28, August 17-23, 2008 BAGUIO CITY (246 kms. north of…
Satur: Domain Pact Could Lay Trap for MILF
The Memorandum of Agreemment on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) that was supposed to be signed by the GRP and the MILF has a trap laid by the U.S. for the Moro revolutionary group, a progressive legislator said. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 28, August 17-23, 2008 The Memorandum of Agreemment on Ancestral Domain…
Fighting for Land, a Decent Income, for their Lives and their Livelihood – the Daily Struggles of Farmers of Negros
A government ad extolling farmers as heroes for providing food for our tables has been airing regularly on television. It also describes what the government is supposedly doing to support Filipino farmers. But the farmers of Guihulngan, Negors Oriental tell a different story: of fighting for their land, higher wages and farm gate prices, and…
Ang mga Nararapat sa Kanyang Pagkandili
NI ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Inilathala ng Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 28, August 17-23, 2008 Hindi nila pag-aari ang lupang kanilang pag-aari. Paano magiging kanila ang di man lamang nahawakan ng malalambot nilang palad? Ang tanging pinagmumulan ng kanilang kapangyarihang mag-ari ay ang kanilang mga daliring mahusay na magturo kung hanggang saan ang lupang nasasakop ng…
Rollbacks Welcome but Pricing Transparency Still Necessary
The recent series of petroleum pump price rollbacks are welcome but oil firms should be transparent with their pricing particularly in the wake of windfall profits earned by oil firms due to record-high world crude prices. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 28, August 17-23, 2008 The recent series of petroleum pump…
Mountain Province Silk, Abaca Fiber Makers Inspire Establishment of Fiber Dev’t Office
Mountain Province abaca farmers and other producers of natural fibers like Kapangan’s raw silk producers are the focus of the recently inaugurated regional office of the Fiber Industry Development Authority (FIDA), a government official said. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, no. 28, August 17-23, 2008 LA TRINIDAD, Benguet (247…
‘U.S. Envoy Lying’; Critics Hit U.S. Hand in GRP-MILF Peace Talks
After a High Court justice branded as “patently illegal” the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain, the U.S. Ambassador was quick to deny any involvement in the aborted signing of the pact. But critics have pointed to the prominent role that the U.S. had played in the GRP-MILF peace negotiations. BY RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com…
Carol Pagaduan Araullo | Ka Tanny’s Legacy Shall Live
Faced with the current illegitimate government of Mrs. Gloria Arroyo, one that is extreme in its subservience to U.S. imperialism, its hunger for power, its corrupt and exploitative ways and its bloody suppression of the people, Ka Tanny’s principles and shining example should continue to enlighten and inspire Filipino patriots and freedom fighters everywhere, in…
Students to Save P710 a Month if VAT is Scrapped
A youth group revealed that an average college student would save at least P710 ($15.805) every month if the value-added tax (VAT) on products and services were scrapped. Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 28, August 17-23, 2008 A youth group revealed that an average college student would save at least P710 ($15.669 at an exchange rate…
UN Lawyer Demands LGU Leader’s Arrest for Rights Worker’s Slay
A human rights lawyer who is now with the United Nations urges the head of the Philippine National Police Regional Office in the Cordillera (PRO-COR) to cause the immediate arrest and prosecution of a Mountain Province official identified as a suspect in the killing of a human rights worker. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch…