By MARIFE MAGBANUA
Students and the teachers of an alternative boarding school for Lumads in Surigao del Sur pick up the pieces after being displaced by militarization for 40 days.
Lumad School in Surigao Persists Amid Continuing Threats
Day: November 7, 2009
Dismissed Workers in Thailand and Philippines Call for Boycott of Triumph Products
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com In the approaching shopping season for Christmas, Triumph underwear as gifts for one’s self or for loved ones may no longer be a generous idea anymore. It would be tantamount to blessing the global giant’s cruel treatment of its employees. This year, Triumph International has been busy executing some cruel, one-sided…
Focusing on Fort Hood Killer’s Beliefs Are an Easy Out to Avoid the Deeper Reasons for the Massacre
By MARK AMES AlterNet International Posted by Bulatlat.com It’s hard to pinpoint what’s the most shocking thing about Army Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan’s shooting rampage in Fort Hood, Texas. I’ll start with this: There’s nothing all that groundbreaking about it. It happens all the time, it’s just that we’re a nation of amnesiacs who forget…
Smokey Mountain
Smokey Mountain
Street Shooter: Back to … School?
Back to … School?
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Activist, 13 Artists Awardee Opens First Solo Show By TERENCE KRISHNA V. LOPEZ Culture Bulatlat.com Come November 10, 13 Artists Awardee for 2009 Raoul Ignacio “Iggy” Rodriguez can claim yet another milestone up his sleeves with the opening of his first Solo Exhibit at the Blanc gallery in Mandaluyong City. The exhibit would run until…
Migrant Group Questions Government’s Sincerity, Political Will in Implementing Overseas Absentee Voting
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com Overseas Absentee Voting was implemented in 2004 so that overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) could exercise their right to vote. But since then, Migrante International has been criticizing the government’s insincerity in implementing Republic Act (RA) 9198 or the Overseas Absentee Voting Law (OAV) as shown by the unsystematic and…
Migrante Sees Malacañang’s Hand in its Delisting, Says the Case Could Reach the Supreme Court
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com Their advocacy has often placed them in conflict with government officials. However, they do this not to spite the government but to remind it of its job of protecting the rights and welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). This is the reason why, said Migrante International, the Commission on…
In Southern Mindanao, Safe Release of Prisoner of War is Being Foiled by Military Arrogance
By Bulatlat The 10th Infantry Division-Eastern Mindanao Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines “is actively opposing and closing the door” to the possibility of an early, safe and orderly release of the New People’s Army (NPA) prisoner of war (POW) Cpl. Dominador Alegre of the 72nd Infantry, said Simon Santiago, spokesperson of the…
As Relief Efforts Continue, Progressive Groups Rely on People’s Kindness
By MAO HERMITANIO Contributed to Bulatlat.com Typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng may have left the country last month but the need for relief and rehabilitation efforts have not subsided especially in Central Luzon provinces devastated by the surging flood. Volunteers of Tulong Anakpawis from Kilusang Mayo Uno, Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, Anakpawis Partylist, Task Force Obrero…
Shunning Traditional Political Parties, an Act of Political Suicide?
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat.com Senator Chiz Escudero created quite a stir when he bolted from the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) at a time when he was almost certain to bag the party’s nomination. But there are rumors that one of the reasons behind his decision was the alleged unwillingness of the “Boss” Eduardo ‘Danding’…