‘Backyard’ View
‘Backyard’ View. You are looking at what serves as the “backyard” (actually, the laundry area) of one of several families in a relocation site in Mandaue City, Cebu. (Photo by RAYMUND VILLANUEVA)
‘Backyard’ View
POSTS FOR "Day: November 29, 2008"
Large-Scale Mining Threatens Communal Forests in Mountain Province
Large-Scale Mining Threatens Communal Forests in Mountain Province
Communal watershed forests in Mountain Province, which serve as the water sources of main rivers, are threatened by various mine applications due to the government’s active campaigning to revitalize the mining industry. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch...
Fisher Folk Battle Huge Mining Proposal and Its Defenders
Fisher Folk Battle Huge Mining Proposal and Its Defenders
Two protected areas in Mati, Davao Oriental now face the threat of large-scale mining operations dubbed as the Pujada Nickel Project. BY KEITH BACONGCO Philippine Human Rights Reporting Project Posted by Bulatlat MATI CITY, Davao Oriental – Waves lap up the shallow...
The Election, Economy, War, and Peace
The Election, Economy, War, and Peace
Turning to the future, what can we realistically expect of an Obama administration? We have two sources of information: actions and rhetoric. The most important actions to date are selection of staff. The first selection was for vice-President: Joe Biden, one of...
On the November Elections and the Next Steps in Building the Anti-Imperialist Movement in the U.S.
On the November Elections and the Next Steps in Building the Anti-Imperialist Movement in the U.S.
In January, Barack Obama will become the 44th Commander-in-Chief of the U.S government, which controls and protects an empire of corporations, banks, military bases and occupying armies all around the world. Obama has reached this position by loyally serving this...
Protect Domestic Workers From Violence
Protect Domestic Workers From Violence
Few domestic workers have access to the justice system in the countries where they work, and even those who are able to make complaints of physical or sexual violence rarely receive redress, Human Rights Watch said. BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Posted by Bulatlat Many...
‘Imprisonment Could Worsen Medical Conditions of 6 Political Prisoners’
‘Imprisonment Could Worsen Medical Conditions of 6 Political Prisoners’
A doctor said their continued imprisonment could worsen the medical conditions of six political prisoners detained at the Provincial Jail of Oriental Mindoro in Calapan City. The doctor also said their medical conditions disprove the allegations hurled against...
3 of Tagaytay 5 File Damage Claims vs Police, Navy
3 of Tagaytay 5 File Damage Claims vs Police, Navy
Three of the former political detainees known as the Tagaytay 5 have filed damage claims against elements of the Police Regional Office in Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) and the Philippine Navy before the Department of Justice (DoJ) and the...
Batangas Officials Rally Behind Fisherfolk Leader implicated in Globe cell site Bombing
Batangas Officials Rally Behind Fisherfolk Leader implicated in Globe cell site Bombing
Five mayors, one vice-mayor, a significant number of town councilors, together with barangay captains and officials and fisherfolk residents of six coastal towns in the first district of Batangas had issued certifications, statements of affidavits and testimonies...
Cha-Cha Proposal to Legalize Foreign Plunder of Philippines’ Resources
Cha-Cha Proposal to Legalize Foreign Plunder of Philippines’ Resources
The proposed amendment in the Constitution seeking to allow the foreign corporations to own land will legitimize the all-out and ongoing exploitation and plunder by foreign corporations of the country’s natural resources. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat The...
Minority Solons: House Justice Panel Ignored Facts of Impeach Rap
Minority Solons: House Justice Panel Ignored Facts of Impeach Rap
Leaders of the minority bloc at the House of Representatives have criticized their colleagues in the majority for ignoring the facts related to the fourth impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Still Fighting for the Land They Till
Still Fighting for the Land They Till
They came from different places. One farmers’ group tries to eke out a living farming the land they have been tilling in Bukidnon in Mindanao, and the other farmers’ group is in Nueva Ecija in Central Luzon. They may be miles apart, but their stories are the same.
‘86 Con-Com Delegate Says Party-List System Hasn’t Served its Avowed Purpose
‘86 Con-Com Delegate Says Party-List System Hasn’t Served its Avowed Purpose
Has the Philippine party-list system served its avowed purpose of providing representation for the country’s “marginalized and under-represented” sectors? Dr. Wilfrido Villacorta, a co-sponsor of the 1987 Constitution’s party-list provision, together with Christian...
Faux Democracy: A Report on Conditions in the Philippines*
Faux Democracy: A Report on Conditions in the Philippines*
The basic point that I want to make, and have previously made as a result of serving in Manila and Mindanao as a member of the Peoples’ International Observers Mission to monitor the May 2007 mid-term elections, is that the country has the trappings of democracy...
Bishop-Ulama Conference Deemed a Farce
Bishop-Ulama Conference Deemed a Farce
Muslim religious leaders, members of the Jamaah (congregation) at the mosque, students, the academe and civil society groups criticized the Bishop-Ulama Conference (BUC) for its ‘one-sided program of activities’ and alleged ‘malicious and suspicious process’ of...
Kay Pablo Garcia
Kay Pablo Garcia
NI RUSTUM CASIA Inilathala ng Bulatlat "Our Lord Jesus Christ lost in the survey and he was crucified and that's how we're going to judge President?" -- Cebu Rep. Pablo Garcia (Kampi) Akala ko, nakita at nadinig ko na ang lahat ng kabulastugan sa Kongreso. Pero ito...
The Plunderer’s Escape and the Activists’ Arrest
The Plunderer’s Escape and the Activists’ Arrest
BY HELEN ASDOLO Secretary General, Gabriela Southern Tagalog 5th Nominee, Gabriela Women's Party Posted by Bulatlat The junking of the impeachment complaint is a glaring demonstration of injustice in this country. It is proof that big time plunderer and murderers...
Height of Indecency, Foolishness
Height of Indecency, Foolishness
BY FR. JERRY SABADO, O.Carm Convenor, Justice Peace and Integrity of Creation Order of Carmelites Posted by Bulatlat The process to seek the truth is arduous. The hearing at the House of Representatives (HOR) Committee on Justice is frustrating. The numbers power...
More Than a Thousand OFWs Laid Off in Taiwan, More to Follow
More Than a Thousand OFWs Laid Off in Taiwan, More to Follow
The Department of Labor and Employment reported that 300 overseas Filipino workers have been terminated in Taiwan so far. But migrant groups said the number of retrenched OFWs is much bigger, hovering around more than a thousand. And that more would be laid off. BY...
SUPPORT BULATLAT.
BE A PATRON.
A community of readers and supporters that help us sustain our operations through microdonations for as low as $1.