A post “meditation” of the recently concluded solo exhibit of Ms. Bunch Garcia – A Cup of Memory – at the Sigwada Gallery, 1921 Oroquieta St., Sampaloc, Manila; November 14 – December 5 BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Correspondent Bulatlat Carl Gustav Jung said, “Dreams are a way of communicating and acquainting ourselves with the unconscious.”…
Month: December 2008
Looming Showdown
The Arroyo regime is hell-bent on ramming through Mrs. Arroyo’s devious schemes to remain in power, no matter how isolated from and detested by an overwhelming majority of our people. Mrs. Arroyo’s railroading of Charter change (dubbed “Chacha”) will isolate her more and rush her rule headlong to political self-destruction. BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise/Business World…
Human Rights, Elusive or Illusive?
Sixty years have passed since the promulgation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and 22 years after the ouster of the Marcos dictatorship. But the situation in the country is characterized more by violations of human rights rather than its protection and promotion. And it is the worst forms of human rights violations that…
Bayani raw si Kuya
NI VIJAE ALQUISOLA Inilathala ng Bulatlat Kahit masustanya, hindi natiis ni kuya na sabaw lang ng sinaing ang sususuhin ng kanyang unang supling pagkakatapos simutin ang lata ng bona. Sa disyerto siya napadpad sa paghahanap ng gatas ng anak at bahay na iilawan ng kanyang kabiyak. Hinulma niya ang kanilang mga pangarap sa pagawaan ng…
No compensation for OFWs laid off in Taiwan
Hundreds of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have returned home after being laid off from Taiwan because of the global crisis were assured by the government that they would be given loans for livelihood programs, as well as legal assistance and referrals, during an orientation conducted by the Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration. But an OWWA…
Congress urges Malacañang to be pro-active amid global slowdown
Amid the global slowdown, the House Committee on Economic Affairs is urging Malacañang to be more pro-active in protecting the domestic economy and in re-orienting the economy towards greater self-reliance. The committee report on House Resolution No. 834 calls on Arroyo government’s economic managers to prepare a roadmap and corresponding courses of action and to…
Bayan: Palace’s Dismissal of Protests is ‘Sheer Arrogance’
BY BULATLAT The cause-oriented group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan or New Patriotic Alliance) has criticized as “sheer arrogance” Malacañang’s belittling of the threats of protests from various sectors, including El Shaddai leader Mike Velarde. Aside from this, Malacañang also said it will not stop Arroyo allies in the House of Representatives from pursuing Charter change.…
OFWs to Arroyo Gov’t: Compensation, Not Free Lunch
A global alliance of Filipino migrant organizations decried the Philippine government’s ‘failure to give compensation to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) laid off from Taiwan.’ More than a hundred OFWs from Taiwan went home last night. Garry Martinez, chairperson of Migrante International said,”Instead of giving the much needed money, [Labor] Secretary Marianito Roque is offering them…
Peasant Group Condemns Killing of Impeach Rap
The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP-Peasant Movement of the Philippines) condemned the killing of the latest impeachment complaint filed against Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The House of Representatives on Tuesday formally voted down the fourth and latest impeachment complaint. The complaint accused Mrs. Arroyo of graft and corruption, bribery, betrayal of public trust and culpable violation…
Junk food Downs more than 100 Mankayan Pupils
BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by(Bulatlat.com) MANKAYAN, Benguet (263 kms. north of Manila) – Assorted snack goodies dumped along the road near the Tubo bridge in barangay Tabbak here Friday downed more than 100 school children, 57 of whom were hospitalized and were under observation until Sunday. All from Palatong Elementary School in…
Labor Group Bares ‘Abduction Attempt’ on Leader’s Kin
The wife and the daughter of a labor leader in Southern Tagalog were ‘almost abducted,’ a labor group said. According to the Pagkakaisa ng Manggagawa sa Timog Katagalugan (PAMANTIK-KMU), Romeo Legaspi’s wife Hermelita, 47, and daughter Sherry Anne, 17, were approached by a suspected intelligence agent yesterday in Cabuyao, Laguna. Legaspi, president of Lakas-Manggagawang Nagkakaisa…