It has been 152 years since the historic March 8 march of women workers in New York to protest against inhumane working conditions and low wages. It has been 101 years since 15,000 women marched in the streets of New York for “Bread and Roses”: for economic...
Two widows of Cordillera activists who fell victim to extra-judicial killings are losing hope that the present administration – led by a mother like them – would resolve their husbands’ killings, which took place more than three years ago. As March is Women’s...
Marking the anniversary of the signing of the Mining Act of 1995, a Catholic nun and three other environmental activists filed complaints against elements of the 67th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army (IBPA) before the Commission on Human Rights (CHR)...
The Optical Mark Reader (OMR) that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will use for the automated elections system (AES) in the May 2010 polls has not been fully proven as tamper- and fraud-free, will encourage wholesale cheating, and will not ensure a...
Seven newly released memos from the Bush Justice Department reveal a concerted strategy to cloak the president with power to override the Constitution. The memos provide "legal" rationales for the president to suspend freedom of speech and press; order warrantless...
The acts of both the US and Philippine governments regarding the cases of Filipino women Nicole and Hazel, both victims of rape by American soldiers, said progressive women’s group Gabriela and Nicole’s lawyer Evalyn Ursua, demonstrate the abusive character of the...
The contradiction rampant throughout the report can be best phrased in the words of US Army Major Justin Featherstone who told the report's writers after his extensive work with the urban population in southeastern Iraq: “Humanity is what it’s about, a genuine...
BY RENATO REYES, JR. Secretary-General Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Posted by Bulatlat Today (March 6, 2009) we received the sad news that Pinoy rap legend Francis Magalona passed away. It was a day we had not expected to come so soon, despite the battle with...
If there were a public and Congressional debate about an exit strategy, about a timetable for withdrawal, about blocking the Pentagon from building permanent military bases in Afghanistan, real change in US policy towards Afghanistan would be happening faster. BY...
Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, author of a Senate resolution calling for the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), Evalyn Ursua, lawyer of Subic rape victim “Nicole”; Pacifico Agabin, dean of the Lyceum of the Philippines College of Law; Renato Reyes,...
The oil companies and Malacañang together squeeze about P328.98 million ($6,783,092 at the current exchange rate of $1=P48.50) in unjust collections everyday from Filipino consumers. This brazen act of exploitation is downright condemnable, especially today that...
Impoverished as they are after the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company imposed a reduced work scheme, three unions in Mankayan braved travel woes hoping to get what has been long due them. Instead, mineworkers and their wives went home empty-handed after security...
This coming Holy Week, Mount Banahaw and Mount San Cristobal in Southern Tagalog will remain closed to pilgrims and trekkers “to allow the two mountains to “heal” themselves from decades of wanton environmental destruction.” BY AYI MUALLAM PinoyPress Posted by...
A group of Filipino migrants in Nagoya, Japan condemned the dismissal of the rape charges against an American soldier who allegedly raped a Filipina. BY BULATLAT MIGRANT WATCH A group of Filipino migrants in Nagoya, Japan condemned the dismissal of the rape charges...
A woman doing multiple odd jobs, another managing a small variety store and selling newspapers, the poorest, a scavenger - these three women from poor families are finding it increasingly difficult to make both ends meet. Family survival is a daily struggle for them, and yet, they never lose hope and they always find time to fight for genuine change.
A global alliance of Filipino migrant organizations warned aspiring overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) against what it termed as ‘open season for crooked recruiters to abuse innocent applicants.’ BY BULATLAT MIGRANT WATCH A global alliance of Filipino migrant...
RoRo (Dis)Connection. More appropriately known as the Strong Republic Nautical Highway, the RoRo (Roll-on, Roll-Off) system aims to reduce the cost of inter-island travel and to speed up the development of trade and tourism. (Photo by Ayi Muallam)
There is still a month before the Balikatan exercises begin in Bicol, but already, preparations for these have claimed the life of a one-year-old girl and brought about US military intervention – with US troops manning checkpoints that have been set up across the region, most notably those in Pili, Camarines Sur and Matnog, Sorsogon.
Marami ang nakapaloob sa sikretong lenggwahe ng kapitalismo—silang may pambili ng McDonalds. Sa maraming hindi, sinasaad naman na ang tira-tira—ang pinaghalong kung ano-anong sobra at hindi lubos na nakain—ang posibleng modalidad ng pagkain pa rin ng fries. Pati...
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