At Whose Expense?
Day: November 20, 2010
Leonard Co: Scientist for the People
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Leonardo Co wrote two very important books: on medicinal plants and the forest trees of Palanan. He could speak fluent Filipino, English, Mandarin, and Latin. He could sing, play classical Chinese music with his harmonica, and make people laugh with his antics. But most of all, he dedicated his life in the service of the people.
Sidebar: Groups Say Impunity in Human Rights Violations Resulted in the Killing of Renowned Botanist
Groups Say Impunity in Human Rights Violations Resulted in the Killing of Renowned Botanist
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – On Nov. 15, a renowned taxonomist Leonard Co was killed in Kananga, Letye while conducting research work along with two other companions Sofronio Cortez and Julius Borromeo. Elements of the 19th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army (IBPA) claimed that the three were killed in the crossfire…
Mano Mano: Manila’s Young Masters of Drawing at Blanc Compound
By TERENCE KRISHNA V. LOPEZ Bulatlat.com It features two men who use powerful hands to come up with knock-out results but, it is not a fist fight. Opened last Tuesday, November 16 and will run until the end of this month, Mano mano is a two-man exhibit that brings together two of Manila’s exciting contemporary…
Photo of the Week: Not Camera Shy
Not Camera Shy
Community Radio Broadcasters Worldwide to Join Commemoration of Ampatuan Massacre
By RONALYN V. OLEA
In a resolution adopted by 390 delegates, the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters condemned, in the strongest terms possible, the culture of impunity in the Philippines.
Child Rights Advocates Bewail Distortion of Child Protection Principles for Counter-Insurgency
By MARYA SALAMAT
Children have been suffering the brunt of military operations along with their elders, but whereas before they were considered as “collateral damages,” since 2007, most children being encountered by the military in operations are being labeled as “child combatants.”
Street Shooter: Quezon City Hilton
Quezon City Hilton
Soneto Para Sa Makatang Makabayan
Ni RON DE VERA kung wika ang sandata at tugmaan ang digma gawan ng sarswela ang aping magsasaka ikuwento ang buhay ng nasa selda at ipagbalagtasan ang tunay na paglaya kung lapis ang sandata at nasa papel ang digma sumulat ng tula para sa mga nawawala gawan ng dalit ang pinatay na walang aba at…
White House Says Child Soldiers Are Ok, If They Fight Terrorists
The Obama administration just decided to leave countless kids stranded on some of the world’s bloodiest battlegrounds. By MICHELLE CHEN Alternet International Posted by Bulatlat.com The phenomenon of child soldiers, like genocide, slavery and torture, seems like one of those crimes that no nation could legitimately defend. Yet the Obama administration just decided to leave…
Guilty Until Proven Guilty: Threatening the Presumption of Innocence
By KAREN GREENBERG TomDispatch International Posted by Bulatlat.com Liberty versus security, that initial heated debate over the war on terror, is again rearing its head with much bravado, nowhere more so than in our nation’s courtrooms where American justice continues to pay the price. Over the course of the past nine years, in the name…