The Ilocos Sur Provincial Prosecutor’s Office has dismissed the rebellion charges filed in Candon City, last July, against National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant Elizabeth Principe. BY ROD TAJON, JR. Northern Dispatch HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Posted by Bulatlat CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur ( 347 kms. north of Manila)– The Ilocos Sur Provincial…
Day: October 18, 2008
Anti-Democratic Nature of US Capitalism is Being Exposed
“Politics is the shadow cast on society by big business,” concluded America’s leading 20th century social philosopher John Dewey, and will remain so as long as power resides in “business for private profit through private control of banking, land, industry, reinforced by command of the press, press agents and other means of publicity and propaganda”.…
Profits uber Alles! American Corporations and Hitler
Hitler’s Third Reich was a monstrous system made possible by Germany’s top business leaders, and while it proved a catastrophe for millions of people, it functioned as a Nirvana for Corporate Germany. Foreign-owned enterprises were also allowed to enjoy the wonderful services Hitler’s regime rendered to das Kapital, such as the elimination of all workers’…
‘America’s Outrageous War Economy!’:Pentagon can’t find $2.3 trillion, wasting trillions on ‘national defense’
Yes, America’s economy is a war economy. Not a ‘manufacturing’ economy. Not an ‘agricultural’ economy. Nor a ‘service’ economy. Not even a ‘consumer’ economy. BY PAUL B. FARRELL, MarketWatch INTERNATIONAL Posted by Bulatlat ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (MarketWatch) — Yes, America’s economy is a war economy. Not a ‘manufacturing’ economy. Not an ‘agricultural’ economy. Nor a…
Economist: RP Economy to Slide in 2009, Slight Recovery Possible Only in 2010
The global financial crunch is actually taking its toll on the Philippine economy affecting all economic sectors; the worse will take effect in 2009, and a slight economic recovery may only be possible in 2010, said UP Professor Dr. Cayetano Paderanga Jr., former Director-General of National Economic Development Authority (NEDA), former Executive Director of the…
Reproductive Health Not Limited to Population Control says Women’s and Doctors’ Groups
The Gabriela Women’s Party and the Health Alliance for Democracy asserted that the issue of reproductive health should not be limited to population control but is a part of the people’s right to health and thus, a component of a comprehensive, accessible, and relevant health care system for the people. BY RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat…
Psychiatrists Call for Review of Drugs Law
In a forum last Oct. 13, the Philippine Psychiatry Association (PPA) expressed its misgivings over the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 (Republic Act No. 9165), saying that the said law is not solving the problem of drug addiction. BY RITCHE T. SALGADO Contributor Bulatlat CEBU CITY — In a forum last Oct. 13, the…
Abandoned Mount Samat Military Camp Yields Bones, Evidences, Quest for Justice Continues
From the looks of it, it was obvious that painstaking efforts were exerted to conceal the previous existence of the abandoned military camp. But the cries for justice of the victims of enforced disappearances and their relatives can never be muted as the former camp occupied by the 24th IB of the Philippine Army yielded burnt human bones and other vital evidences proving the claims of escaped torture victim Raymond Manalo that the military was involved in the abduction and torture of UP students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño, and farmer Manuel Merino.
Mining TNCs Rake in Huge Profits, Contributions to Economy Negligible
The Arroyo administration has been courting foreign mining corporations to invest in the country. It has repeatedly said that a revitalized mining industry will create more jobs and will boost the local economy. Facts and experience, however, prove otherwise.