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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.
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...
“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...
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...
The very philosophy of the acquisition of wealth of capitalism is becoming a bane to the majority world people who are seeking deeper and deeper into poverty because of the desperate resuscitation of dying capitalism by their governments. For indeed the sufferings...
The US government is on the verge of making an unprecedented financial commitment, likely to cost $700 billion, to buy the bad securities held by large US and foreign financial institutions. Having driven our economy to the edge of financial destruction, the Lords...
Al Jazeera speaks to Howard Zinn, the author, American historian, social critic and activist, about how the Iraq war damaged attitudes towards the US and why the US "empire" is close to collapse. BY ALJAZEERA.NET Posted by Bulatlat Q: Where is the United States...
Whatever happens with oil speculation, the big oil companies are always at the winning end. As oil prices go up, so do the profits of oil companies. How then can they claim for under-recoveries? BY BENJIE OLIVEROS ANALYSIS Bulatlat After going down steadily after...
BY THE COLLEGE EDITORS GUILD OF THE PHILIPPINES DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat The College Editors Guild of the Philippines, in behalf of its National Office, regional formations and chapters, all member publications and affiliate organizations nationwide and...
That so many millions of Filipinos are forced to go abroad and that the country is so dependent on remittances actually underscore the great failure of the government to build a solid domestic economy. BY ANGIE DE LARA MIGRANT WATCH Bulatlat The Arroyo government...
Fifteen doctors who recently joined a humanitarian mission in Guihulngan, Negros Oriental shared that many of the residents’ diseases have been caused by fear of gun toting soldiers roaming their villages. BY RONALYN V. OLEA HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Bulatlat Fifteen...
BY THE ALL UP ACADEMIC EMPLOYEES UNION-BAGUIO CHAPTER ALL UP ACADEMIC EMPLOYEES UNION NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC SPACE 2008 is the Centennial Year of the University of the Philippines. Since January, the entire University System has been celebrating. In fact, in UP...
The Arroyo government has declared 8,100 hectares of land at Mt. Diwalwal, which included the gold rush site, as a mineral reserve, taking over full control of its operations. The government has divided the area into three zones: the 729 hectare gold rush site...
Anti-mining groups are blaming large-scale mining operations for the recent tragedies at the mining town of Itogon in Benguet, while the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) readily pointed to typhoon Nina and geologic structures as culprits. BY ACE ALEGRE...
An anti-mining group in Benguet province said that the disaster in one of the mining villages of Itogon town that buried 16 small-scale miners is traceable to lax environmental and pro-corporate policies of the country. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch...
Elders of nine sub-villages in a Benguet town are determined in opposing the entry of large-scale mining in their communities. BY SONIA BULLONG Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAKUN, Benguet (336 km. from Manila)-- Elders of at least nine sitios (sub-villages)...
A top official of the island garden city of Samal cracked a joke about the fish of Davao Gulf before a recent mining conference here to raise a point on the need to protect the environment amidst the flurry of activities in mining. BY GERMELINA A. LACORTE Davao...
Learning about the hazards of chemical pesticides, vegetable farmers in this town have returned their empty containers to distributors and manufacturers. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BUGUIAS, Benguet ( 336 kms north of Manila) -- Learning...
Buguias, Benguet, which boasts of producing some 80 percent of all temperate vegetables in Benguet, has been seeing its farmers leaving for greener pastures in foreign countries, the municipal agriculture officer divulged last week. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch...
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