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We must go further in fixing the financial sector - most importantly by downsizing it. The financial sector accounted for more than 30 percent of corporate profits in 2004. Back in the 1950's and 1960's, the country's period of most rapid growth, the financial...
A fact-finding mission organized by the regional office of Karapatan (Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights), the Promotion of Church People’s Rights (PCPR) and the Kapunungan Alang sa Ugma sa Gagmayng Mag-uuma sa Oriental Negros (KAUGMAON) has confirmed...
Seven lawyers, three nuns, two women, one bishop and one educator received the first Gawad Tanggol Karapatan, a tribute to human rights defenders by human rights organizations in Baguio City last week. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Posted by...
As the US falls into recession, the rest of the global economy is being sucked downwards with it. The collapse of credit instruments originating in the U.S. is also weakening the financial balance sheets of banks and other overseas holders of these investments,...
BY IBON FOUNDATION* INTERNATIONAL The deep problems of the imperialist-dominated world capitalist system are in very sharp focus today. The majority of humanity has long suffered unremitting poverty and exploitation – but the people are being pushed into even...
Time for a Marxist interlude. Inherent contradictions of capitalism, anyone? Intrinsic instability? Or perhaps we could risk the simple rhetorical questions Herr Marx somehow forgot to ask. To wit: have you ever seen a poker game in which no-one can ever lose? And...
he Philippines will host the 2nd Global Forum on Migration and Development (GMFD) this October. Filipino migrant workers, however, deem that the forum will only aggravate their conditions. BY ANGIE DE LARA MIGRANT WATCH Bulatlat Various groups led by Migrante...
They are victims of the same abhorrent acts, although three decades apart. One has searched for a sister, the other is still looking for his parents. One shared the same belief as his sister, the other could not fully understand his parents' work. But whether it happened during Martial Law or now that we are supposedly under a democracy, whether the relative is a sister, a brother, or a parent, or whether one is an activist or not, the pain one feels in having his or her relative forcibly disappeared by state security agents is still the same; it does not diminish the cruel effects of the crime.
Even without martial law, the Macapagal-Arroyo government has arrested and detained hundreds of activists. Worse, most political prisoners have been slapped with trumped-up criminal charges. BY RONALYN V. OLEA HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Bulatlat Human rights group...
In a four-day humanitarian mission in barangays (villages) in Guihulngan, Negros Oriental, children displayed anxiety and worries. Psychologists believe militarization spurs the children’s behavior. BY TERENCE KRISHNA V. LOPEZ HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Contributed to...
Five students of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) branch in Lopez, Quezon have been slapped with rebellion charges. The Philippine Army’s 76th Infantry Battalion tags them as “infiltrators” from the New People’s Army (NPA) who are deployed in...
The bankruptcies of five global financial services firms based in the US are not yet the worst that could happen. There is yet no end in sight to the current convulsion of the crisis in the US. If things do not bode well for the US, more so for the Philippines....
Seventeen years ago, the Philippine Senate voted to reject the renewal of the RP-US Military Bases Agreement, ending more than 40 years of US military presence and activity in the Philippines. The decision was met with acclaim from nearly all quarters, indicating...
Readers grappling with issues engendered by the aborted signing of the controversial MOA between government and MILF negotiators may find helpful the new book Rethinking the Bangsamoro Crucible published by the Center for People Empowerment and Governance (CenPEG)....
The land of Lubo in Kibungan has been reshaped by earth-moving activities. Its present environment unfolds a landscape of contrasts. Its mountains are covered by the growing "green gold" and young pine trees while the lower area is an expanse of dug up layers of...
A former tobacco farmer from the Ilocos region, in a press conference last week, said Ilocanos would prefer planting rice and other crops rather than tobacco if only the government provided assistance. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat QUEZON CITY...
Ang malling ay hindi na lamang malling, ang malling ay isang anyo ng kontra-rebolusyonaryo na kalakaran na ang pang-araw-araw na politika ay makamayagpag, at maetsapwera ang politikal na lohika ng ating panlipunan at historikal na relasyon sa mall at karanasan. NI...
NI E. SAN JUAN, JR. Inilathala ng Bulatlat (In Memoriam: Maria Theresa “Cherith” Dayrit-Garcia (1957-2000); Unang Pagsubok) Nakahimpil kami noon pansamantala kina Helen nang mabalitaang nangyari nga-- ang dating ng balita’y pagkagulat sandaling sumalisi ang di...
Not only does rice importation hurt local farmers, it is also the culprit behind the billions of pesos in losses incurred by the National Food Authority (NFA) over the years.
(Pasintabi sa mga makatang Amado V. Hernandez, Rio Alma, Jose Lacaba at Bienvenido Lumbera) NI JOI BARRIOS-LEBLANC Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Women's Desk Inilathala ng Bulatlat Hindi na kailanman. Hindi na kailanman ang alembreng tinik, ang bilanggong pulitikal na...
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