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Bulatlat Staff | Jun 25, 2009
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Raymond ‘Mong’ Palatino: A Short Bio
Raymond ‘Mong’ Palatino: A Short Bio
All About Mong As youth leader, Raymond “Mong” Palatino was elected chairman of the University Student Council of UP Diliman in 2000. From the campaign period up to the end of his term, he was called Chairman Mong. From 2001 to 2003, he served as national president...
CC Hidalgo | Ashton Kutcher and the Knight in Twittering Armor
CC Hidalgo | Ashton Kutcher and the Knight in Twittering Armor
The point of all this is that there’s no point in social media comparing itself to the news media, let alone proclaiming that Twitter can do a better job than CNN in bringing news to the masses of the world.
News in Pictures: Satur in the Fields of Negros Occidental
News in Pictures: Satur in the Fields of Negros Occidental
Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo helps the farmers of Bago City, Negros Occidental, remove weeds from their ricefield during a visit their this week. The task was not new to the congressman, who comes from a peasant family. The Philippine Left's most respected and most...
Arroyo’s Charter-Change Gambit: Longer Rule, Assured Immunity, Divided Public
Arroyo’s Charter-Change Gambit: Longer Rule, Assured Immunity, Divided Public
Analysts say the Arroyo regime is exploiting a disorganized political opposition and an apathetic (or deceived, if not coerced) public to ram through charter change so Arroyo can remain in power -- either as prime minister or House speaker -- and possibly protect herself from legal suits in the future. The key to confronting this gambit, they point out, is to transform the people’s discontent and disgust into real political action.
CC Hidalgo | The New Stars of Journalism
CC Hidalgo | The New Stars of Journalism
Regardless of its flaws, the news media remains the only institution capable of performing the very important task of verifying the flood of information let loose by social media, and to put all of it in context.
Tobacco farmers urge Congress to pass new tobacco tax measure
Tobacco farmers urge Congress to pass new tobacco tax measure
Tobacco farmers belonging to Solidarity of Peasants Against Exploitation (STOP-Exploitation) based in the Ilocos region urged their congressmen to support the bill that seeks to modify the taxes imposed on tobacco and liquor in the country. Avelino Dacanay,...
Philippines Still Asia’s Most Dangerous Country for Workers, Also No. 3 in the World
Philippines Still Asia’s Most Dangerous Country for Workers, Also No. 3 in the World
A recent survey finds that the Philippines remains on top of the list of most dangerous countries for workers for several years now. Labor groups say the ILO’s decision to conduct a fact-finding mission here highlights the worsening abuses against labor-rights activists.
Slideshow: Solidarity Protests Vs Nestle in Vienna, New Zealand
Slideshow: Solidarity Protests Vs Nestle in Vienna, New Zealand
Protests Vs Nestle in Vienna, New Zealand
Slideshow: Lightning Rally Vs Arroyo in LA
Slideshow: Lightning Rally Vs Arroyo in LA
Lightning Rally Vs Arroyo in LA
Abduction, Torture Convinced Me of Value of Freedom, Human Rights — Melissa Roxas
Abduction, Torture Convinced Me of Value of Freedom, Human Rights — Melissa Roxas
Dear Friends of Melissa Roxas, We are sending this to you on behalf of Melissa Roxas because you either expressed concern over Melissa’s abduction and torture in the Philippines last month or she provided email addresses of her friends she wanted updated now that...
News in Pictures: Goodbye, Ka Fermin
News in Pictures: Goodbye, Ka Fermin
Fellow farmers and supporters pay tribute to slain peasant leader Ka Fermin Lorico as he was brought to his final resting place in Bayawan City, Oriental Negros, Saturday. “Ang pagkamatay sa isang bayani tulad ni Ka Fermin ay nagpapasiga ng sulo, isang libong sulo...
Triumph Bra at Panganib sa Kilusang Paggawa
Triumph Bra at Panganib sa Kilusang Paggawa
Ni ROLAND TOLENTINO Kulturang Popular Kultura Bulatlat Magduda kapag ang pangalan ng higanteng global na negosyo ay “Triumph.” Ipagtatagumpayan talaga nito ang determinasyong kumita. At wala namang pagkakataong iniinda ang pagkita nang di iniinda ang kaakibat na...
Slideshow: Raymond Manalo, Torture Victim, Turns Over a New Leaf
Slideshow: Raymond Manalo, Torture Victim, Turns Over a New Leaf
Torture Victim Turns Over a New Leaf
News in Pictures: Persecuted Fathers
News in Pictures: Persecuted Fathers
The Kilusang Mambubukid ng Pilipinas said on Saturday that they would not be able to celebrate Father's Day today because their peasant leader Randall Enchanis and other activists are being persecuted by the Arroyo regime. Echanis (center, foreground) is a...
Prudencio Calubid: The Best Father a Child Could Have
Prudencio Calubid: The Best Father a Child Could Have
He explained to me that there are social relations that created class divisions in our society. That there are social ills that should be cured, so as to solve the pervading problems of class oppression and exploitation that created the phenomena of abject poverty...
Only 15, Student Confronts Military-Backed Political Repression in Quezon City School
Only 15, Student Confronts Military-Backed Political Repression in Quezon City School
Pressured by the military, officials of a high school in Quezon City rejected the enrollment of a student activist. She could only enroll at the school, they told her, if she signed a waiver that would prohibit her from participating in protest actions and rallies. Aghast and angry, the student decided to fight back.
Foreign Imposition
Foreign Imposition
Foreign Imposition. The US government and other foreign powers such as the European Union and Japan have been pushing for the rewriting of the 1987 Philippine Constitution. They are after the removal of provisions that protect the country's patrimony to allow them to exploit further our resources.
(By Flon Faurillo)
America and Torture Have a Long and Painful History
America and Torture Have a Long and Painful History
By BEN EHRENREICH Truthout Posted by Bulatlat Perhaps we protest too much. Torture, after all, is a venerable American tradition. We were waterboarding captives in one of our earliest wars of occupation, the Philippine-American War, which cost as many as 1 million...
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