For 34 years, the Kalabaklabakan Mountain Clinic has provided continuous health services to the people, expanding its reach to more communities, and training a substantial number of community health workers. But instead of getting recognition from the government, it has been a target of the military. BY TERENCE KRISHNA V. LOPEZ Contributed to Bulatlat.com Vol.…
Day: August 23, 2008
Peace Talks Charade
The US-Arroyo game plan aims merely to ensnare the MILF into a prolonged ceasefire; confuse as well as raise the hopes of the Moro people that the GRP, with US prodding, will grant their aspirations for a Bangsamoro homeland and self-rule; and coopt the MILF leadership or force them into a negotiated capitulation. This stratagem…
Arroyo Regime Renders Impossible Formal Talks Between GRP And MILF
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison Chief Political Consultant, National Democratic Front of the Philippines DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 29, August 24-30, 2008 Contrary to the propaganda issued by the psywar experts of the Arroyo regime, I am not in any position to issue orders to the New People’s Army (NPA) to…
Cebuanos Unite vs Oil Price Hikes
Last Thursday, Aug, 21, 500 Cebuanos marched to the Department of Energy (DoE) Visayas Field Office to denounce the rampant increase in oil price since Republic Act No. 8479 or the Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Law, which took effect in July 1998. In a press conference at the Visayas Community Hospital early last week, the…
Sharing Camille’s Moods and Moments
A review of the 15th Solo Exhibition of Ms. Camille Jean Verdelaire D. de la Rosa, entitled Moods and Moments at the Renaissance Gallery, The Art Walk, 4/F Bldg. A, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City. Opened on August 22, the show will run up to the 31st of this month. The last time I had a…
Salungguhit: Shield of War
The government’s rhetoric on “pursuing peace” in Mindanao notwithstanding. (By Flon Faurillo/bulatlat.com)
Photo of the Week: Precious Passengers
Precious PassengersA barefoot old woman hitches a ride on a tricycle. (Photo by Romeo Dollente/bulatlat.com)
Karapatan at 13: Defending Human Rights, Advancing People’s Rights
Why do they risk death to defend human rights? For Karapatan workers, it’s the way to live. BY RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com Volume VIII, Number 30, August 31- September 6, 2008 “What is there in these people to work in the way they do? Perhaps, the biggest reward they could get is a hug from…