BY BULATLAT An organization of US-based Filipino activists has criticized the passage, by the Democrat-led US House of Representatives, of House Bill No. 6897 or the Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 2008. The bill, which was passed today by a 329-23 vote, provides for a one-time lumpsum payment to Filipinos who fought side by side…
Month: September 2008
Women’s Group Condemns Arrest of Colleague
BY BULATLAT The chapter of GABRIELA in Negros condemned the ‘unlawful arrest’ of Mary Grace Delicano. Delicano, 34, was arrested Sept. 25, around 3 p.m. by elements of Negros Occidental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO) and the intelligence unit of the 303rd Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army. She was at a waiting shed of the…
‘GMA must put into writing she won’t extend her term’
BY BULATLAT The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan-New Patriotic Alliance) challenged Mrs. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to put into writing that she would not seek to extend her term beyond 2010. The challenge came after a United States think-tank revealed a study that charter change to extend the president’s term remains an option of the…
Full Disclosure of GSIS Money Urged
BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Contributor Bulatlat An organization of government employees has urged the full disclosure of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) investments exposed to the US stock markets. GSIS President and General Manager Winston Garcia said earlier there is ‘only a little amount of money’ that was invested to the US financial market…
Indie Cinema Bilang Governmentalidad
Lampas-lampasan ang indie cinema sa indictment kay Arroyo at sa naghaharing uri at sistema sa bansa. Hindi man ito binabanggit o direktang may referensya sa pelikula, ito, tulad sa panahon ng diktaduryang Marcos, ang organizing signifier sa klase ng pagpapahirap at imposibilidad ng pagkamamamayan sa filmikong realidad. At kung gayon, malinaw-linaw ang dapat tahakin para…
Muslim Leader Concerned Over Role of US troops, Inclusion of RP in War on Terror
A former presidential adviser under the Ramos administration and senior fellow of the US Institute of Peace expressed concern over the involvement of US troops in the war in Mindanao saying that the Philippines should not even be part of the US so-called “war on terror”.
RP Economy to Suffer from US Crisis – Think Tank
Contrary to government officials’ claim that the current U.S. financial crisis has little impact on the Philippine economy, independent think-tank IBON Foundation deems otherwise.
How Can One Eat Siomai and Siopao When the Cooks Go Hungry?
Grabbing a hot steaming siopao and siomai at Kowloon for a quick take home meal has become a habit for hungry souls who are still awake during the wee hours of the morning. But those preparing our favorite siopao or siomai are not inside the all-too-familiar kiosk along West Avenue. They are outside waging a…
Si Val…
It seemed as though becoming an NPA guerrilla was inevitable for Val, an expression of a higher level of commitment to a cause, if ever there was one. It was a decision that did not shock his friends. To us, it was simply a matter of time before Val decided to bear arms. BY CARLOS…
Cuesta Family Tries Hard to Cope with Journalist-Father’s Murder
“He loved so much his work as a journalist. He could not imagine himself doing any other job. One can say he died doing what he loved the most.” This was how Gloria Cuesta described her husband, Dennis Cuesta, the Radio Mindanao Network (RMN) broadcaster who was shot last Aug. 4 in General Santos City…
‘Cuban Five’ Mark 10 Years of Unjust Detention
Last Sept. 12 marked the 10th year since the political prisoners known as the “Cuban Five” – Gerardo Hernandez, Antonio Guerrero, Ramon Labañino, Fernando Gonzales, and Rene Gonzales were arrested and detained in Miami, Florida. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO INTERNATIONAL Bulatlat Last Sept. 12 marked the 10th year since the political prisoners known as the…