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NI TERENCE KRISHNA LOPEZ Inilathala ng Bulatlat Wari’y pinipilas Ang bawat kong kalamnan, Pinipigtas ang bawat kong ugat Sa paggunita sa iyo Anong giting Anong tapang Anong tatag Ng iyong pag-ibig Na handa’t humarap Sa digmaan Tinanganan ang sandata Para sa bayan...
Enchanted Kingdom. Philippine president Gloria Arroyo once boasted she will turn our country into an "Enchanted Kingdom." If a story should be written about it, it should begin with "Once upon a time, in an abjectly poor country ruled by an evil and corrupt witch..." (Photo by Raymund Villanueva)
BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Bulatlat Members of the Concerned Organizations Opposed to Transfer, Layoff, Demolition and Privatization for Quezon City Central Business District (Contra-CBD) staged a picket rally at 5 p.m. today along Philcoa in Quezon City to oppose the...
BY BULATLAT Two peasant organizers in Bataan province have been missing, Desaperacidos (Families of Desaparecidos for Justice) disclosed. The group said suspected military men abducted Nelson Balmaña on Sept. 21 and Florencia Espiritu on Sept. 22. Both are...
Annual audit reports of the Commission on Audit (COA) show that the Philippine Army chiefs rom 2003 to 2007 have accumulated P1.6 billion or US$34.396 million (based on exchange rate of US$1: P46.516) in unliquidated cash advances. Bayan Muna Represesentative Satur...
By Noel Sales Barcelona Contributor The head of Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (Courage) filed today a motion to quash the libel case against him. Courage President Ferdinand Gaite has been charged with libel by...
BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Despite the controversies surrounding the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill pending in Congress, the Reproductive Health Action Network (RHAN), an alliance of non-governmental organizations, is confident it will be passed. The RHAN said they...
BY BULATLAT A women's organization has congratulated the workers of Bleustar Management and Marketing Corporation (BMMC), which makes and distributes Advan shoes and rainboots, for their victorious strike. The victory resulted in the recognition of their union, the...
BY BULATLAT An organization of US-based Filipino activists has warned Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo that not everyone in the Filipino-American community will welcome her visit there this week. Arroyo will be attending the 63rd United Nations (UN) General Assembly in...
BY BULALAT Labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU-May Fist Movement) said the wave of oil price rollbacks is only 'a smokescreen to the continued exploitation of the oil companies.' Elmer Labog, KMU chairperson said the people deserve bigger price cuts. The group said...
BY RONALYN OLEA Bulatlat Human rights group Karapatan deemed lame the Court of Appeals (CA) decision on the writ of amparo for two missing students Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan and their companion Manuel Merino. In a decision Sept. 17, the 11th Division of the...
BY ACE ALEGRE Contributor BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of Manila)—A photojournalist of the People’s Journal spent his weekend at the Baguio City Jail for a simple vehicular accident row. Charged with grave threats, People’s Journal photojournalist Cesar Reyes already...
BY THE NORTHERN DISPATCH BAGUIO CITY -- Another activist has been reported missing by his family. James Balao, a member of the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA), was reported missing since Sept. 17. In a statement, the CPA said the family was expecting Balao’s...
Since losing a number of its major overseas bases in the 1990s, the US has had to make shifts in its basing strategy. It now increasingly relies on what its Department of Defense calls “Cooperative Security Locations” (CSLs), and there is now less emphasis on “Main...
Jeepney drivers work long days and endure a lot of difficulties in their struggle to eke out a daily living. At the end of the day, however, their earnings are far from enough to afford basic necessities. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Sa maghapon Ang buhay...
While the treaty’s sponsors, Senators Miriam Santiago and Mar Roxas, still have a lot to explain to their colleagues about the economic implications of the JPEPA - not to mention the still unresolved issues of toxic waste dumping and dubious gains for Filipino...
A bill mandating the government to use free/open source software (FOSS) has been filed at the House of Representatives. Bayan Muna Representative Teddy Casiño said the use of FOSS will help the government save from its spending on computer software and licenses. BY...
The Confederation for the Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (Courage) says that the proposed salary adjustment by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is totally unfair for the 1.4 million employees who toil for almost 12 hours...
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