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A group of residents, who identify themselves as elders of Barangay (village) Gambang in Bakun, Benguet Friday said the mineral exploration project of Royalco Philippines has eroded the relationships among indigenous residents in their community. BY LYN V. RAMO...
Lawyers and media groups in Baguio City condemned the arrest of labor lawyer and columnist Remigio Saladero Jr. and tagged it as the worst attack against a human rights defender and an advocate of press freedom. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch HUMAN RIGHTS...
One of the city’s remaining oldest structures is now up for rehabilitation by a private firm, this was disclosed by Mayor Reinaldo Bautista Jr. during the weekly Ugnayang Panlungsod. BY CYE REYES REGIONS Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY (246 kms. North of Manila) One...
A breast milk bank at the heart of the central business district in Baguio City is replicating an old Igorot tradition of sharing milk among lactating mothers. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of Manila) – A breast milk...
The City Council joined the mounting opposition against the revived plan to establish a casino at Club John Hay. BY NORTHERN DISPATCH REGIONS Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY (246 kms. North of Manila) The City Council joined the mounting opposition against the...
While racism in America does not disappear completely with Obama’s victory, the result of the US presidential elections reflected a significant change, a milestone in the struggle against the racist mindset. More importantly, it symbolized the American people’s...
The more the economy is stagnant, the less its ability to create jobs, the more dependent government becomes on overseas labor deployment. BY THE POLICY STUDY, PUBLICATION AND ADVOCACY (PSPA) PROGRAM Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) ANALYSIS...
Inabisuhan na ang aking kasamahang guro na hindi siya binigyan ng tenure ng kanyang departamento. Na huwag na siyang pumasok sa kanyang klase hanggang hindi naabisuhang pwede pa. Walang nakasulat na paliwanag para sa mga mabibigat na desisyon at order. Kumpleto...
BY BULATLAT A labor leader based in Laguna survived assassination attempt by suspected state agents, the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) reported. Arnold C. Cerdo, vice-president of Sensous Union Labor Organization-IND and staff of Cabuyao Workers...
BY BULATLAT The crackdown against Southern Tagalog activists continues as two more union leaders were arrested this morning. Arnaldo Seminiano and Sonny Gum-o, both organizers of Ilaw-Buklod ng Manggagawa (IBM), were arrested by four policemen around 10 a.m. at...
BY BULATLAT A radio reporter of dxND-Notra Dame Broadcasting Corporation in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato received over the radio station's hotline Tuesday morning threatening messages related to his reportage of alleged extortion activities of Land Transportation...
BY BULATLAT A journalists' organization has expressed concern over the arrest and detention of human rights lawyer Remigio Saladero, Jr., who is also a columnist for the online newspaper Pinoy Weekly. Saladero was arrested last Oct. 23 in his office in Antipolo...
BY BULATLAT A cause-oriented group has condemned the Arroyo administration for “(continuing) to brazenly use the country’s trial courts to silence its staunchest critics.” Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan or New Patriotic Alliance) issued the statement as...
BY BULATLAT Members of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan-New Patriotic Alliance)-Southern Tagalog chapter decried the 'criminalization of activists.' They stormed the offices of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency...
BY BULATLAT Another activist leader from Southern Tagalog was arrested last night for trumped-up murder charges. Rogelio Galit, spokesperson of Katipunan ng mga Magbubukid sa Kabite (Kamagsasaka-Ka) was taken by some 15 armed men in civilian clothes at around 7:30...
Amid the Noise. Amid the blare of horns and the roars of vehicle engines, a man lies under a tree along Taft Avenue, his sleep apparently uninterrupted. He does not seem to particularly mind that the place he has chosen is one of the busiest streets in Manila, a street that does not lose its noise even in the deepest hours of the night. (Photo by RONALYN V. OLEA)
Yes, the big economic crisis is hitting Germany, too. The signs are first, the government coalition conducted hasty meetings to come up with a decision to allot 500 billion Euros top save suffering banks; Karl Marx's famous book 'Das Kapital' is selling better than...
Mohalidin Unsi insists that the bombing attack by an OV 10 aircraft that killed four children, his wife and father-in-law, September 8, while they were fleeing on a boat was deliberate. He said they were even fired upon by soldiers while they were retrieving the...
The first of the 388 workers arrested in the immigration raid on the Agriprocessors meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa, were deported in mid-October, having spent five months in federal prison. Their crime? Giving a bad Social Security number to the company to...
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