Ni DANIEL B. VEGAS Kilala ko ang talampakan na nagkakalyo na nakikipagniig sa akin Ang mga paang pinagpala sa tuwinang tumatawid sa kaparangan ay naghahatid ng biyaya sa tulad kong ibinaon sa limot Kilala ko ang bisig na nakikipagbuno sa karit na masuyong nagdadampi sa alay kong buhay Alam ko ang lasa ng maalat na…
Month: November 2009
News in Pictures: Manny Pacquiao, Cover Boy
All rooting for their ring idol Manny Pacquiao, 20-year-old Ruel Soya (left), Isaias Boltia Jr. , 20 (middle), and WBO Youth Champion Javier Malulan, 24, show high confidence that the Filipino boxing great Pacquiao will win against Puerto Rican champion Miguel Cotto on November 15 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pacquiao was recently on the cover…
Homeless But Not Worthless: Disaster Victims Want Sustainable Rehabilitation
By MARYA SALAMAT
Even before they were rescued off their submerged villages, the government has blamed the approximately 80,000 poor families for the unprecedented flooding in Metro Manila.
Crying over Spilled Profits
Crying over Spilled Profits
Lumad School in Surigao Persists Amid Continuing Threats
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.
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?
Kimi Imik
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…