While the conflict between the GRP and the MILF has escalated with the aborted signing of the ancestral domain agreement, previous agreements signed with the MNLF have yet to be properly implemented. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 29, August 24-30, 2008 While the conflict between the Government of the Republic of the…
Day: August 24, 2008
Truth Festival: An Exposé of GMA’s Long List of Liabilities
Various religious formations, people’s organizations and artist groups organized a cultural event dubbed as the “Truth Festival” which aimed to “expose the liability of Arroyo government” in the worsening economic condition of the country and the armed conflict in Mindanao. Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) and its member organizations aired out their respective grievances and demands…
Proposed Housing Agency will Worsen the Housing Problem – NHA Union
The proposed Department of Housing and Urban Development (DHUD) is not the answer to the current housing problem in the Philippines: it will even create a monstrous problem: soaring housing prices and land-use conversions that would result to food insecurity. BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 29, August 24-30, 2008 QUEZON CITY—For employees…
Globalisation, Lawyers and the State
The traditional role of lawyers has been challenged in recent decades by the growth of social movement lawyering which emerged from two developments. First, the radical lawyer movements of the mid-sixties and seventies4 and, second, the emergence of human rights legal activism which has seen lawyers involved in a wide range of issues and movements.5…
ILPS Decries US Hypocrisy on the Russian-Georgian Conflict, Demands US Imperialism and NATO to Get Out of Caucasus
Georgia unleashed the aggression against South Ossetia and against the Russian peacekeeping force there by raining artillery fire, missiles and bombs on the capital city of Tskhinvali and sending an invasionary armored force against it on August 7 and 8. Hundreds of civilians were killed. Russian peacekeeping troops were also killed and wounded. Only subsequently…
The US Missile Defence System Is The Magic Pudding That Will Never Run Out
Poland is just the latest fall guy for an American foreign policy dictated by military industrial lobbyists in Washington BY GEORGE MONBIOT The Guardian ALTERNATIVE READER Posted by Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 29, August 24-30, 2008 It’s a novel way to take your own life. Just as Russia demonstrates what happens to former minions that…
The Global Economic War
From Nigeria to the Philippines, Mexico to India, insurgents are finding new ways to mobilise rage. It is in Afghanistan that the tactical impact will be most sharply felt. BY PAUL ROGERS Open Democracy ALTERNATIVE READER Posted by Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 29, August 24-30, 2008 From Nigeria to the Philippines, Mexico to India, insurgents…
OFW Group Calls for Sacking of Embassy Officials Forcing OFWs to Admit to Trumped-up Raps
An alliance of Middle East-based overseas Filipino workers’ (OFW) groups demanded that Philippine embassy officials who are forcing OFWs to admit to trumped-up charges filed against them by their abusive employers and deceiving them into thinking that it is the “only option left” so that they could be repatriated must be sacked from office. BY…
Lumad Group Decries Army’s Vilification Campaign
‘WANTED’ posters are used by the police against common criminals. In Compostela Valley, however, the Philippine Army uses the same to track down a leader of a Lumad organization. BY RONALYN OLEA INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S WATCH Bulatlat.com Volume VIII, Number 29, August 24-30, 2008 ‘WANTED’ posters are used by the police against common criminals. In Compostela…
Protestant Bishops Appeal for Release of Detained Pastor
Members of the Council of Bishops of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines intensified their campaign for the release of Pastor Berlin Guerrero with a “Pilgrimage Walk for Justice and Freedom” at the Court of Appeals. BY RONALYN V. OLEA HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 29, August 24-30, 2008 Members of…
JRU Students Suspended, Condemn ‘Campus Repression’
Nineteen students of Jose Rizal University (JRU) in Mandaluyong were suspended after organizing a snake rally on the afternoon of July 17. These students are dismayed over the “blatant campus repression.” BY JEFFREY OCAMPO Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 29, August 24-30, 2008 Nineteen students from Jose Rizal University (JRU) who organized a snake rally within…