Medardo “Ka Roda” Roda is probably the most loved driver in the world. On Valentine’s Day, more than 350 people gathered to pay tribute to the long-time leader of Pinagkaisang Samahan ng Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (Piston). BY RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat Medardo “Ka Roda” Roda is probably the most loved driver in the world.…
Day: February 16, 2009
Surrender of National Sovereignty
At first glance, the latest Supreme Court (SC) decision on the petitions of Suzette Nicolas, Bayan et al and Salonga et al appears to be a welcome, if unexpected assertion of Philippine sovereignty. The SC ruled that the transfer of convicted rapist Cpl. Daniel Smith to the US embassy from a Philippine jail, violated the…
The Folly of BNPP and Nuclear Power
The safety and welfare of the people can better be assured with alternative sources of energy which exclude nuclear options in our energy mix. We should be tapping nature’s bountiful energy sources BY THE CENTER FOR PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT IN GOVERNANCE (CenPEG) ANALYSIS Posted by BULATLAT Just when we all thought that the Bataan Nuclear Power…
Get Away From Those Spinning Doors
According to The Washington Times, nearly two dozen of President Obama’s executive-level appointments have worked as registered lobbyists. BY MICHAEL WINSHIP Truthout/Perspective INTERNATIONAL Posted by Bulatlat Not even three weeks in office and President Barack Obama is discovering that being in charge is no bed of roses, even when you have a garden of them…
The Recovery Plan From Hell:What Wall Street Wants
The first question to ask about the Recovery Program is, “recovery for whom?” The answer is, for the people who design the Recovery Program and their constituency, the bank lobby. The second question is, what is it they want to recover? The answer is, another Bubble economy, having seen the Greenspan Bubble make them so…
Ex-CCP Exec on Global Crisis: Filipinos in ‘Very Pitiful’ Condition
Former Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) vice president and artistic director Nanding Josef has made his views on cultural imperialism known. Now the veteran stage actor and art activist also speaks about economic imperialism, expressing fear that ordinary Filipinos will be heavily burdened by the global financial crisis. BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Correspondent Bulatlat…
Prices of Most Basic Goods Soared in Last Two Years, Study Shows
Prices of basic goods and services are much higher as of last January, compared to during the same month in 2007 and 2008, a study by the non-government Center for Women’s Resources (CWR) shows. BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Correspondent Bulatlat Prices of basic goods and services are much higher as of last January, compared to…
Cordi Day Celebrations Decentralized This Year
Come April 23-24, Cordillera Day celebrations will be held in each of the provinces of the Cordillera region. Unlike in the past when a centralized celebration was held in a single host community (except in 1995), this year it will again be decentralized with one or two provinces holding separate, though simultaneous, commemorative activities. BY…
‘Indigenous Water System’ Bridges Lowlands and Uplands
It is ironic that while water flows seemingly endlessly into the faucets and huge tanks of plush subdivisions in the Philippines’ big cities and urban centers, which are far from water sources, those in upland areas whose houses practically seat on vast water reserves half a mile below them often live without water. BY KARL…
World Crisis Serious, Impact on the Philippines, Severe – Economist
“The seriousness of this crisis is such that we cannot expect any solution within the system and certainly not from the US administration, certainly not from the G-20 because within that group, except for a couple of exceptions, is the dominant Washington consensus of the neoliberal agenda, ” said Michel Chossudovsky, a progressive economist and academician.
“In the Philippines, this crisis will be extremely severe because it is imposed upon an existing situation…of dependency, lack of sovereignty, crisis of the real economy, and poverty of the large majority of the population.”
Financial Aid not Skills Trainings Needed by Retrenched Workers, OFWs – KMU
For Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU or May 1st Movement) executive vice chairman Lito Ustarez, free skills training programs for workers and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) may seem helpful, but are not what the country needs to enable those who are losing their jobs to cope with the global financial crisis.