By LYN V. RAMO Indigenous Peoples Watch Bulatlat.com QUEZON CITY – A score of Aeta families are holding their ground amid threats of an imminent demolition by virtue of a request from a prospective quarry site operator in a resettlement site in Floridablanca, Pampanga. The said site is in the Aeta territory in Floridablanca town,…
Day: January 16, 2010
Suspect in Broadcaster’s Attempted Slay Identified
By NORTHERN DISPATCH Regions Posted by Bulatlat BANTAY, Ilocos Sur ? The principal suspect in the murder attempt of a veteran broadcaster in Ilocos Sur has already been identified by the Ilocos Sur Police Provincial Office. Mario Paa, a resident of Barangay Bulag East, Bantay, Ilocos Sur, was named as suspect in the assassination attempt…
Baguio-based Inventor Recognized for Eco-Friendly Engine Oil
By JOSEPH B. ZAMBRANO Northern Dispatch Regions Posted by bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY ?A scientist based here, 246 kms. north of Manila, was named best inventor for an eco-friendly engine oil additive called Magichanic Oil that can be used for all types of vehicles. Johnny N. Sy recently named the best inventor in the utility model…
The Shadow War: Making Sense of the New CIA Battlefield in Afghanistan
By TOM ENGELHARDT & NICK TURSE Common Dreams.org International Posted by Bulatlat It was a Christmas and New Year’s from hell for American intelligence, that $75 billion labyrinth of at least 16 major agencies and a handful of minor ones. As the old year was preparing to be rung out, so were our intelligence agencies,…
Military Harasses Farmers’ Nationwide Caravan
The first-ever nationwide peasant caravan for land and justice, now on its fifth day in the Bicol region, has been facing harassment from the military since yesterday, Jan. 15. The caravan led by the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and Anakpawis party list took off from Davao City on Monday. The farmers intend to reach Manila on Jan. 22, the 23rd anniversary of the Mendiola Massacre.
How Bush-Cheney Policy Screwed Haiti
By JAMES RIDGEWAY International Posted by Bulatlat In the wake of the devastating earthquake, American eyes are again turned toward Haiti—something that only seems to happen when yet another disaster strikes, and never during the daily chaos and misery that plague the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. I’ve spent a good deal of time…
Haiti Emergency Step One: Donations!
By DENNIS O’NEIL FreedomRoad. Org International Posted by Bulatlat As this is being written, there is no way to tell how bad the catastrophe that has hit Haiti will get. The government there is estimating the earthquake has caused an almost unbelievable 100,000 deaths! There are important political lessons to be drawn, and already analyses…
Haitian Earthquake: Made in the USA
Why the Blood Is on Our Hands By TED RALL Common Dreams.org International Posted by Bulatlat As grim accounts of the earthquake in Haiti came in, the accounts in U.S.-controlled state media all carried the same descriptive sentence: “Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere…” Gee, I wonder how that happened? You’d think…
Street Shooter: Head of the Flock
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Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Whitewash
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise / Business World Posted by Bulatlat.com The recent moves of the Arroyo government in the aftermath of the Maguindanao massacre reeks of nothing less than a whitewash. Not only is it geared to cover-up the culpability of the Arroyo regime in creating the conditions for the barbaric killings attributed to the…
Pelikula at Relihiyosidad
Ni ROLANDO B. TOLENTINO Kulturang Popular Kultura Bulatlat.com MANILA — May afinidad ang pelikula at relihiyon. Ang partikularidad ng katangian ng pelikula sa iba pang media ay dalawang bagay: lumilikha ito ng ritualisado at personalisadong intimacy kada boluntaryong pagbabayad ng manonood. At ang pagbabayad natratransforma ang sweldo sa paggawa na ipinambayad sa pagdanas ng sine…