An exterior architectural installation provides a nice background to this romantic scene. (Centris, Quezon City)
Year: 2011
Prometheus Bound: Top 7 ways to reduce disaster risk
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 next 365 days. In the light…
On compassion and other thoughts at Christmas eve
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 triggered by tropical storm “Sendong,” especially those in Cagayan de…
Ring in the old
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. From 1992 to 2001 some 6,000,000 Filipinos were killed or injured by various disasters, whether…
Skyline ng Metro Manila at aspirasyong “reaching for the stars”
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 “great cities,” tulad ng Chicago, New York, Shanghai, Seoul at Tokyo,…
Public urged to help hunt down Palparan
Public urged to help hunt down Palparan(Photos courtesy of Karapatan)
Street Shooter: Dawn Rider
The motorcyclist takes a ride at sunrise and is rewarded with an empty road and a wonderful mountain vista. (Sagada, Mountain Province)
Not a merry Christmas for Americans, Europeans
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 financial and economic measures requiring more austerity instead of more spending,…
Prometheus Bound: Disastrous Neglect
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 provinces of Region VI, Region VII, Region IX, Region X,…
Heroes of Filipino migrant workers honored
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 who suffered a nervous breakdown. We brought her to the psychiatric ward of the…
Urban poor slams Aquino veto of debt cap in 2012 budget
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 forced the government to put a limit on borrowing funds from…