In Pursuit of a Bright Future
Day: September 14, 2009
Text Tax: An IMF Imposition That Could Blow in Arroyo’s Face
By ARNOLD PADILLA
The latest incarnation of the text tax comes in the context of an administration under pressure from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to widen its revenue base. It was the IMF that first openly pushed the text tax idea in 2002 to address the government’s burgeoning budget deficit.
La Union Fisherfolk Continue to Fight for Their Livelihood
By JOAN GARCIA Bulatlat.com Agoo, LA UNION — Manong George has been a fisherman all his life. Fishing is not just his primary source of income but also his family’s source of food. Despite the natural dangers of fishing, fisherfolks also have to contend with the restrictions being imposed by commercial vessels. Manong George said,…
Anybody Can Be a Ninoy: A Review of the Stage Play, ‘Ako si Ninoy’
By ZOFIA LEAL Culture Bulatlat.com According to Vincent Tañada, lawyer, librettist and director of the stage musical “Ako si Ninoy”, the core message of the production is the “selfless giving of oneself for our countrymen and women for the advancement of our country as a whole”. The play, a lifelong dream of Tañada, aims to…
Pekeng Christmas Tree sa Parkeng Kapaligiran
Ito ngayon ang highlight ng Quezon Memorial Circle (QMC), lalo na sa mga dumadaan sa kabilugang kalsada nito. Exakto ang bagsak nila, tila sampung metro ang layo sa isa’t isa, palibot sa kabuuan ng QMC. Para itong mga christmas tree dahil patay-sindi ang mga mumunti at maliliit na ilaw nito, pero dahil Agosto pa lamang ay nakahilera na, kay aga naman kung para sa Pasko ang mga ito. Ibang estetika ito, na ang artifisyal ay itinatampok sa natural na kapaligiran nito.