By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by (Bulatlat.com) BAGUIO CITY The Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company together with the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources of the Cordillera Administrative Region insisted that the massive subsidence in Mankayan was caused not by mining but by natural causes. On June 5,…
Day: August 15, 2009
Youth Observes World Indigenous People’s Day
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by (Bulatlat.com) BAGUIO CITY ? Various student groups and individuals led by the Asia Pacific Indigenous Youth Network (APIYN) held a cultural parade and a rally here in this city 246 kms. north of Manila on Monday as part of the observance of the 15th Word Indigenous Peoples Day.…
Anglican Bishops Say No to Arroyo’s Cha-cha
By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by (Bulatlat.com) BAGUIO CITY – As President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s allies in the House of Representatives have not given up their move to transform Congress into a Constituent Assembly (ConAss) to amend the 1987 Constitution, bishops of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines (ECP) have joined the opposition…
The only certainties in life…
The only certainties in life… . are death, taxes, and laundry, as a joke goes. And so Lumad evacuees at the Diocesan Pastoral Council in Tandag, Surigao del sur try to carry on the usual chores, even with the limited food, water supply, soap and space.
(Photo by Dee Ayroso)
In the Passage of Magna Carta of Women into Law, Rep. Liza Maza Lauds Filipino Women
“After all the attempts to block the passage of the Magna Carta of Women, the Filipino women have finally emerged victorious. This is a by-product of women’s continuous struggle for equality and serves as a gateway in support of women’s legitimate concerns.” This is the statement of Representative Liza Maza of Gabriela Women’s Party as…
Global Oil Prices Fell 5X Faster Than Local Pump Prices in 2008 – Bayan
Multisectoral group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) disclosed today that global crude prices fell five times faster than retail pump prices in 2008, resulting in overpricing that reached as high as P12.60 per liter for kerosene and P9.56 for diesel last year. The group released its latest study amid a fresh wave of oil price hikes…
In Their Behalf I Beg Your Indulgence
By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com The economic downturn hasn’t persuaded everyone to pinch pennies. Philippines President Maria Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was at Le Cirque the other night with a large entourage enjoying the good life, even though the former comptroller of her country’s armed services, Carlos Garcia, was found guilty earlier this year of perjury and…
Arroyo Regime Scuttling Resumption of Peace Talks — NDF
The National Democratic Front accuses the Arroyo government of showing bad faith by not complying with an agreement that provides immunity guarantees to members of the NDF’s panel.
Ugat ng Paglaya
Ni RAUL FUNILAS Inilathala ng (Bulatlat.com) Habang may ugat na natatabunan ng tigang na lupa At nadidilig ng mahibik at mahikbing luha, Patuloy na susupang, mamamalumpong at magdadagta Ang bagong sibol na mandirigma Upang kamtin ang paglayang inaadhika Ng isang bayang dinudusta.
News in Pictures: As Arroyo Regime Splurges on Good Food, Victims of Militarization in Surigao Starve
MANILA — While President Arroyo dined for $20,000 in New York, Manobo children only have lugaw, bread and food rations at the evacuation center at the Diocese Pastoral Center in Tandag, Surigao del Sur. (Photo courtesy of Mapasu and Kalumaran / bulatlat.com) Some 1,700 Manobo lumads from Diatagon, Surigao del Sur were displaced last July…
Calling the Bank’s Bluff:Why a Debtor’s Revolt Would Work
By MARSHALL AUERBACK Counterpunch International Posted by (Bulatlat.com) Once all the TARPs are tidied up and the quarterly profits no longer a revelation, American consumers will still be swaddled in debt. What’s to stop them from just walking away from it–and who’s to say, if the banks keep this kind of behavior up, we don’t…