Ni MARK ANGELES Inilathala ng Bulatlat.com De aircon ang mga kuwadra sa Hacienda Luisita. Tinuturing na kapamilya mga kabayong pangkarera. Habang ang mga sota tinangkal sa pagdurusa. Mabuti pa ang mga kabayo. Alaga sa bitamina ang mga kabayo sa asyenda. May gamot na pampagana at ehersisyo sa umaga. Habang ang mga magsasaka warat na ang…
Month: September 2010
Video Sidebar: North Triangle Resident Refuses Offer to Relocate, Criticizes Government Inaction
Resident Refuses Offer to Relocate
After TRO Stops Demolition, Aquino Orders a Stay to QCBD Implementation
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com NORTH TRIANGLE, Quezon City — President Benigno S. Aquino III has ordered last Friday September 24 to put a stop to the violent demolition of shanties in Sitio San Roque, Barangay Bagong Pag-asa in Quezon City. “He has likewise instructed all authorities to exercise maximum tolerance and is confident…
15 Shocking Facts Show That the Middle Class is Being Wiped Out
As wealth continues to leave the United States and as the U.S. gets even deeper into debt, more Americans are going to become poor. By MICHAEL SNYDER The Economic Collapse / Alternet International Posted by Bulatlat.com The “America” that so many of us have taken for granted for so many decades is literally disintegrating right…
Israel Uses Vague Law to Make Meeting Another Arab a Crime
By JONATHAN COOK Counterpunch International Posted by Bulatlat.com A vague security offence of “contact with a foreign agent” is being used by Israel’s secret police, the Shin Bet, to lock up Arab political activists in Israel without evidence that a crime has been committed, human rights lawyers alleged this week. The lawyers said the Shin…
Obama at UN Summit: Foreign Aid Is “Core Pillar of American Power”
At the UN Wednesday, President Obama unveiled a plan to revitalize US foreign aid programs, which have been marginalized since the end of the cold war. By HOWARD LAFRANCHI The Christian Science Monitor / Truthout International Posted by Bulatlat.com United Nations, New York – President Obama on Wednesday unveiled a policy directive that defines the…
US Role in Philippine Counterinsurgency Operations
By BENJIE OLIVEROS
In a speech during a Peace and Security forum held at the Mandarin Hotel last April 22, 2010, then presidential candidate Benigno Aquino III outlined his National Security Policy, which he said focuses on four key elements
Salungguhit: Move Over
Move Over
Embassy Officials in Saudi Arabia Urged to Grant Royal Pardon for Overstaying Migrants
By BULATLAT MANILA — A Filipino migrants’ rights body based in Saudi Arabia is urging the Philippine Embassy and the Philippine Consulate General to take the opportunity of the granting of a blanket royal pardon to all illegal and undocumented migrants in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to help undocumented Filipinos. Migrante Middle East regional…
Aquino’s Effigy Burned for the First Time; Youth Angry over Education Budget Cut
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – For the first time since he became president, Benigno S. Aquino III’s effigy was burned to the ground by thousands of students who gathered at Plaza Miranda in Manila. For the first time since Aquino became president, his effigy was burned to the ground. (Photo by Janess…
A Year After Ondoy, the Poor in Vulnerable Communities Still Struggling to Survive
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
When the hype about relief and relocation efforts for victims of Ondoy, especially the poor in vulnerable communities, had died down, the urban poor were left to rebuild their houses and their lives, without any outside assistance. A year after, they are in a worse state than before Ondoy hit the country.
Sidebar: Memories of Ondoy, Government Neglect Push Residents to Prepare Themselves