By ATTY. FREDERICO M. GAPUZ Chairperson Union of Peoples Lawyers in Mindanao (UPLM) Posted by Bulatlat The Union of People’s Lawyers In Mindanao (UPLM) strongly condemns the grievously fallacious and ridiculously adulterated lies peddled by the Armed Forces of the Philippine s 10th Infantry Division as contained in the power point presentation labeled as “JCICC…
Day: May 23, 2009
Corporate, Large-Scale Mining Worsens Climate Change
By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY — The representative of an indigenous peoples’ federation in the Cordillera reported at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) that corporate and large-scale mining worsens climate change and calls for the moratorium on large-scale mining and extractive industries in indigenous territories.…
Scandalous Impunity
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat MANILA — The United Nations (UN), including its committees and commissions, is not known for straightforward and precise assessments and statements. Its reports and statements are usually couched in diplomatic language. This is understandable because the UN is comprised of governments, thus they would not want to offend each other…
How Long Does It Take?
BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN CounterPunch Posted by Bulatlat How long does it take a mild-mannered, antiwar, black professor of constitutional law, trained as a community organizer on the South Side of Chicago, to become an enthusiastic sponsor of targeted assassinations, “decapitation” strategies and remote-control bombing of mud houses the far end of the globe? There’s nothing…
Support for Israel Feeds Terrorism; Cheney Breaks the Taboo
BY RAY MCGOVERN CounterPunch Posted by Bulatlat If we hear in the coming days that former Vice President Dick Cheney has fired one of his speechwriters — or perhaps grounded Lynne or Liz — it will be clear why. Oozing out of the sleazy speech he gave Thursday at the American Enterprise Institute was an…
Cheney Intervened in CIA Inspector General’s Torture Probe
BY JASON LEOPOLD Truthout Posted by Bulatlat Former Vice President Dick Cheney intervened in CIA Inspector General John Helgerson’s investigation into the agency’s use of torture against “high-value” detainees, but the watchdog was still able to prepare a report that concluded the interrogation program violated some provisions of the International Convention Against Torture. The report,…
Organic Soap and Faith Keep This Family Together
BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat An enterprising family in La Trinidad, Benguet (250 kms north of Manila) engaged in home-made detergents claim the title of the only soap-maker in the Cordillera who has passed government standards set for the laundry soap and detergent-making industry. Besides laundry detergents they also manufacture bleach,…
‘Order of Battle’ Suggests Murder of Journalists Part of Official Policy — NUJP
The National Union of Journalists in the Philippines, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, and the Reporters Without Borders condemned what they called as an “abomination,” the military’s Order of Battle, the latest version of which included the NUJP and journalist Carlos Conde, a correspondent for the New York Times, International Herald Tribune, and GlobalPost.com.
New Labor-Export Policy Commodifies Filipinos
Apart from adding to the burden of those who seek job abroad, the Labor Export Policy bill now pending in Congress could mean that the government will no longer generate local jobs because it would be easier to deploy them to foreign countries.
From Dubai to Manila, an OFW’s Harrowing Tale of Abuse and Betrayal
Maricar Evangelista, 35, a mother of four children, left the Philippines to work as a domestic helper in Dubai. Her story of abuse is similar to the thousands of women migrant workers who have returned home after experiencing various forms of abuses from their employers.
Slideshow: Several Hurt as Congress Demolishes Peasants’ Tents
Several Hurt in Congress Demolition