By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star As we celebrate Christmas, dear readers, let us extend our collective hand of solidarity to the survivors among the thousands of families, mostly the very poor, who have been ravaged by floods and landslides...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld If the Aquino III administration ignored warnings from the environmental and science communities long before Sendong that a disaster was coming in Mindanao, it wouldn’t be any more unique than past administrations....
An exterior architectural installation provides a nice background to this romantic scene. (Centris, Quezon City)
By Giovanni Tapang, PhD Bulatlat.com At the end of each year, we usually take stock of what transpired and assess our strengths and weaknesses in order to do better next year. Usually in the form of “New Year's Resolutions,” we list down what we have to do for the...
Ni Roland Tolentino Bulatlat.com Sa dami ng itinatayong bagong gusali, tila may nabubuong skyline ang Metro Manila. Maganda raw sa feng shui ang skyline dahil tulad ng Great Wall of China, kaya nitong I bloke ang negative energies. At tulad ng photogenic shots ng...
Public urged to help hunt down Palparan(Photos courtesy of Karapatan)
The motorcyclist takes a ride at sunrise and is rewarded with an empty road and a wonderful mountain vista. (Sagada, Mountain Province)
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star As the Christmas and New Year holidays approach, the air of economic uncertainty dampens the traditionally anticipated spirit of merriment and hope among the people in the United States and Europe. Why? The...
By Jose Leon Dulce Bulatlat.com As the year comes to a close, it now appears that Typhoon Sendong (international name Washi) is the eadliest storm of 2011. It affected more than 27,000 families in around 190 barangays, in 24 municipalities and cities in the 13...
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Then pastor of the United Methodist Church English Speaking (MCES) in Wanchai, Hong Kong, Bishop Solito Toquero witnessed the many hardships overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) faced in Hong Kong. “There was one domestic helper...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com The country's urban poor have one more reason to consider President Benigno S. Aquino III an enemy of the poor: he vetoed a provision inserted by the House of Representatives into the 2012 national budget that would have...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“We call on the Filipino people to help us prosecute Palparan for the crimes he did to our children and to other victims of enforced disappearances.” – Mrs. Concepcion Empeño, mother of missing UP student Karen.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
In his veto message on the 2011 national budget, President Aquino said the P5 billion calamity fund should be mainly used by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) for “actual calamities”and not for “preparation of relocation sites/facilities, and training personnel engaged in direct disaster.”
Ni Roland Tolentino Bulatlat.com May 500 milyong downloads na ang online na game na ito, at may 300 milyong oras na paglalaro araw-araw. Ang pinaunlad ng isang Finnish computer game developer Rovio Mobile noon pang 2009 ay ngayon kabahagi na ng kulturang popular:...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“He [Palparan] should be imprisoned immediately, along with GMA, Abalos, all of them who are shameless. They all should spend Christmas in jail.” – Mrs. Concepcion Empeño
The battle between Pres. Benigno Aquino III and Chief Justice Renato Corona has begun. It has started with the exchange of verbal fireworks. However, everything would come to a head in a few days time when the Senate convenes itself as an impeachment court. This...
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA -- “Is it a crime to offer one’s life for the welfare of others?” This was the statement of Angelina “Angie” Ipong, former political prisoner, during a forum organized by the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL), Dec. 13....
By RONALYN V. OLEA
In a resolution released Dec. 15, a Department of Justice (DOJ) panel found probable cause to file charges against retired Major General Jovito Palparan and his men for the abduction of UP students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño, and farmer Manuel Merino.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Being a social worker, an activist, a mother forced by circumstance to work as a domestic helper overseas, and an organizer shaped Connie Bragas-Regalado into being an effective advocate and leader for migrants' rights.
Two girls dream of a wonderful Christmas, the kind that has been deprived of them and of many other children. (Commonwealth Market, Quezon City) Photo By Pom Cahilog-Villanueva...
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