Fevered rhetoric aside, in practice the cold war was a tacit compact in which each of the contestants was largely free to resort to violence and subversion to control its own domains: for Russia, its Eastern neighbors; for the global superpower, most of the world. Human society need not endure – and might not survive…
Month: October 2008
Making the People Carry the Burden of the Crisis Caused by Greed
During its peak years, financial investment houses and banks reap profits at the expense of the “real economy” and the people. When they experience losses, history shows that it is the people, through their taxes, who carry the burden of rescuing them with the government’s bailout plans. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS ANALYSIS Bulatlat The rejection by…
The US Financial Crisis and the Philippines’ Economic Debacle
Having produced only disastrous results, economic management can no longer be left in the hands of an elite corps of bureaucrats and technocrats who ape lock, stock and barrel models purposely to make corporate profits bigger at the expense of workers, farmers, and other marginal sectors. BY THE CENTER FOR PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT IN GOVERNANCE (CENPEG)…
Migrant Group Says RP-Malaysia Working Group on Migrants Workers Not Working
A fact-finding mission led by a group of overseas Filipino workers found out that the Philippine-Malaysia Working Group on Migrant Workers is not at all working. BY BULATLAT MIGRANT WATCH A fact-finding mission led by a group of overseas Filipino workers found out that the Philippine-Malaysia Working Group on Migrant Workers is not at all…
Swords of Damocles
Baguio City Council Condemns Activist’s Disappearance
The Baguio City Council on Sept. 29 approved a resolution “condemning the involuntary disappearance of Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) member James Balao.” BY AILEEN P. REFUERZO PIO-Baguio City (via Northern Dispatch) HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of Manila) – The Baguio City Council on Sept. 29 approved a resolution…
Street Day Care Center
Street Day Care Center. While other children are in school in day care centers, these children are on their own trying to enjoy themselves – in the process learning about life’s harsh realities. (Photo by Raymund Villanueva)
US Financial Crisis Could Lead to Job Losses in RP
Just how vulnerable is the Philippines to the effects of the US financial crisis? Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said the Philippines is equipped to withstand the effects of the US financial crisis. But a labor economist thinks otherwise, saying the crisis could result, among other things, in job losses in the Philippines.
Groups Slam AFP for Calling Children Killed in Attacks as ‘Child Warriors’
A child rights organization criticized state troops for claiming that children killed in encounters were “child warriors,” making children targets of military offensives. BY CJ KUIZON Davao Today HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Posted by Bulatlat DAVAO CITY–A child rights organization criticized state troops for claiming that children killed in encounters were “child warriors,” making children targets…
Abra River Laden with Toxic Nitrate, Heavy Metals, Cyanide – SLU Study
The mighty Abra River, one of five largest rivers in the country straddling the Mountain Province and Benguet as headwaters downstream to Ilocos Sur, is plagued by pollution. BY ACE ALEGRE Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BANGUED, Abra (410 kms. North of Manila) – The mighty Abra River, one of five largest rivers in the…
Benguet Firm to Close Antamok Mines to Miners
In the wake of the disaster that claimed six miners, a Benguet Corporation (BC) top executive said on Oct. 3 that the company would be closing down all entries to the Antamok underground mines below Level 400. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of Manila) — In…