Press reports say Barack Obama may retain George W. Bush’s Defense Secretary Robert Gates as a gesture to war-time continuity, bipartisanship and respect for the Washington insider community, which has embraced Gates as something of a new Wise Man. However, if Obama does keep Gates on, the new President will be employing someone who embodies…
Day: November 15, 2008
Para kay Jayco at sa iba pang anak ng picket line
NI VIJAE ALQUISOLA Inilathala ng Bulatlat Maaga mong natuklasan Na kinakailangang itigil Ang ikinabubuhay Upang mas ganap na mabuhay. Sa edad sampu, batid mo’ng Nasa may P A A N A N Ng lipunang hugis Mayon Ang iyong talampakan, Ang inyong talampakan. Karugtong ng ABKD ng ‘yong dila Ang MAKIBAKA! Bahagi ng iyong kabataan Ang…
Beyond Euphoria
The American people may have had a much longer experience with democracy, and they have reason to take pride in having fought for and achieved this. But US elections, as with its other democratic processes, are no less free from manipulation and control of the finance oligarchs, the same banking and industrial monopolists that dominate…
Three’s Company as Bolante Does a Garci and a Neri
From the looks of it, it seems that former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc Joc” Bolante is doing a Garci and a Neri, thus, adding the fertilizer scam to the list of issues that would hound the Arroyo government beyond 2010. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS ANALYSIS Bulatlat From the looks of it, it seems that former Agriculture…
Gov’t Scored for Disregarding Torture, Innocence of OFWs in Death Row
Migrante International criticized Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for disregarding reports that three OFWs in death row for the killing of three other Filipinos were tortured into confessing to the crime. Her appeal for the commutation of the sentence of the three to Saudi Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz al Saud, Migrante said, is tantamount to admitting…
‘Anti-Worker, Unconstitutional, Repressive,’ Migrants Say of POEA’s Sample Contract for OFWs
A group of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) called for the scrapping of the sample contract being promoted by Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) for OFWs. BY BULATLAT MIGRANT WATCH Bulatlat A group of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) called for the scrapping of the sample contract being promoted by Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) for OFWs.…
Call to Defiance
Review of Rights v. 2, a collection of public service announcements on human rights Initiated by Southern Tagalog Exposure Featuring various artists Rights v. 2 begins and ends on a defiant note – as if telling the viewer that what is needed amid escalating attacks on human rights is not despair, but defiance. BY ALEXANDER…
Kasinungalingan bilang Patotoo
Ang kasinungalingan ng estadong Arroyo ay patotoo sa mapanupil na imperialismong US. Ginagawang katanggap-tanggap ang pagmamangmang sa mamamayan. Ang kasinungalingan ay iniwawasto ng progresibong kilusan, inilalatag ang maskara ng paghuhunghang. Ang kasinungalingan ay pinapatay dahil ito ay nilalayong makamatay ng estadong Arroyo. At ang kasinungalingan ay nag-uudyok ng alternatibong pagtatanong at imahinasyon. NI ROLAND TOLENTINO…
Where Now for the Abusive AFP?
Where Now for the Abusive AFP? To honor its electoral promises, the incoming US administration must confront the AFP, along with other agents of repression which have operated with impunity during the Bush years. Alston’s condemnation of that impunity was unmistakable, but the Pentagon, US Special Forces, and various intelligence agencies have ignored such criticism,…
Hostile Reaction of Arroyo Regime to Madrigal-Jalandoni Joint Statement is Utterly Malicious and Deplorable
BY PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON NDFP Chief Political Consultant DEMOCRATIC SPACE Gloria M. Arroyo through her executive secretary Eduardo Ermita has bitterly attacked the joint statement of Senator M. A. Madrigal, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Peace, Unification and Reconciliation, and Luis Jalandoni, chairperson of the Negotiating Panel of the National Democratic Front of…