By engaging the MILF in a controversial agreement and now in an escalated armed conflict, the Arroyo government has been diverting the public’s attention from the numerous issues haunting it. It is now making it appear that the most urgent and serious problem confronting the country is the armed conflict in Mindanao and that the…
Day: August 24, 2008
‘It is My Strongest Hope That No One Sees Violence As a Way to Peace’
“It is my strongest hope that no one sees violence as a way to peace,” she said. These were the words of US Ambassador Kristie Kenney on Tuesday, Aug. 19, commenting on skirmishes between government forces and Moro rebels in Mindanao. It is an interesting statement coming from the highest-level representative of the US government…
Typhoon Karen Leaves 6 Dead, 69 Families Evacuated in Cordi
Typhoon Karen left six dead and a total of 69 households evacuated in the Cordillera Region with landslides and flood waters resulting from heavy down pour from early dawn Tuesday until Thursday morning. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 29, August 24-30, 2008 LA TRINIDAD, Benguet (247 kms. North…
Kamatayan sa Pamamagitan ng Paghihirap
May buhay ba sa kamatayan dulot ng paghihirap? Maging ang zombie ay buhay pa rin kahit kamatayan na ang bumubuhay dito. Hindi naman ito mamamatay pa. Ano ang melancholia ng zombie, mga nilalang na nakalugmok sa kamatayan at paghihirap gayong nabubuhay lamang para araw-araw (o gabi-gabi sa pelikulang horror) na maging buhay na kamatayan? NI…
Kabanalang Hatid
NI ROMMEL PIPOY LINATOC Inilathala ng Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 29, August 24-30, 2008 Hayaan mong isaysay ko ang pighating nararamdaman Hatid ng palalong, baluktot na kasaysayan Sino ang makakalimot sa litanya ng kamusmusan Sinagpang ng bangungot, niluray ng kawalan. Nag-ingayan ang mga pakakak , krus ay iwinagayway Nagkunwaring nakikinig sa pagtalsik ng mga laway…
On National Heroes’ Day
BY CHERYL DAYTEC-YAÑGOT Posted by Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 29, August 24-30, 2008 On this day, we remember the women and men All too aware that death was their destiny certain When in darkness and doom they scattered flames A big number without faces, many without names No pit of gloom too deep, no wall…
Nagkukubli ang Araw sa Gabi Tuwing Dapithapon
NI TERENCE KRISHNA LOPEZ Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 29, August 24-30, 2008 ano nga ba’t lungkot ang hatid nitong paglalakad sa mababaw pang gabi sa mga kalsada’t iskinita nitong lungsod na anong liwanag? ninais maibsan ang bigat na dala mula sa maghapong pag-aalala sa mga usaping personal, pulitikal at pangmasa kung kaya’t sumabay…