A Brazilian lawyer, development specialist and activist, said Brazil has ample experience from which the Philippines can draw important lessons from. She said the most important of which is ‘not to repeat the experience of Brazil in order to avoid biofuel production’s devastating impact.’ BY KARL G. OMBION Bulatlat While biofuel production is still a…
Day: November 3, 2008
Iisa pa Lamang at Camp
Ang camp ay nababalot ng artifice, nakikita ang tistis kaysa sa perfeksyon ng saplot. Nagiging fluid ang relasyong pangkapangyarihan, at ang resulta ay carnivalesque laughter, tulad ng isinasaad ng lingwistang si Mikhail Bahktin. Sa isang temporal na saglit, nababaligtad ang relasyong pangkapangyarihan, tulad ng mahirap at mayaman, at naibubuyanyang ang konstruksyon ng aktwal at historikal…
Soldiers Raid Evacuation Center in N. Cotabato
Early last month, Rakman Suleik and his 17-year-old son Samsudin, together with a few others, fled from the fighting between government troops and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Aleosan, North Cotabato. They had evacuated, to safety or so they thought, at the house of a certain Colonel Maguid of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Barangay (village) Nalapaan in Pikit, North Cotabato. But even in the house that had served as their refuge, they would not be safe from atrocities by soldiers.