Karl G. Ombion The Essentials Sunstar In this column I divert from my usual subjects on renewal energy, science and technology, and national development, because I am quite disturbed by the continuing state political persecution of the leaders, organizers, mass...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Aquino would know what to do. Now is the opportunity to act on the cases of enforced disappearances. I hope he grants this opportunity to show the world he is sincere in helping victims of human rights violations find justice.” -- Mrs. Edita Burgos
by INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Stealing from the Filipino people is bad enough, but stealing from the poorest of the poor is the worst. This was the statement of Bayan Muna Representatives Neri Colmenares and Teddy Casino explaining why the filed...
By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY – “Mr. President, James (Balao) is my uncle and I miss him so much. Please help!” The above words were written by Sarah Balao-Strugar on a postcard, which was among the thousand postcards,...
By JULIET SALEY Northern Dispatch BONTOC, Mt. Province – The provincial government here issued a resolution reflecting the people’s opposition large-scale mining exploration and operations within Mt. Province. In its resolution, the local government informs the...
By ALMA B. SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com MANILA – “The most noble and the greatest task in the world is to sacrifice for our people and land. United we will stand; divided we will fall... It is our responsibility as Indigenous Peoples (IP) to...
By JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ Project Syndicate | Op-Ed Just a few years ago, a powerful ideology – the belief in free and unfettered markets – brought the world to the brink of ruin. Even in its hey-day, from the early 1980’s until 2007, American-style deregulated...
By BENJAMIN DANGL Toward Freedom | Film Review Reviewed: "Crossing the American Crises: From Collapse to Action" A Documentary Film by Sílvia Leindecker and Michael Fox. Published by PM Press/Estreito Meios Productions When the worst financial crisis since the...
Obama should be held accountable for vastly expanding the military establishment's worldwide license to kill. By FRED BRANFMAN Alternet Although President's Obama's partial Afghan troop withdrawal announcement has received more attention, his June 29 "National...
By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com BACACAY, Albay -- The main road from Cagraray Island port to the village of Cabasan in this town was beautifully lined with mats, the leaves still green, some with neon strips of yellow, pink and green. Like the Central Luzon highways...
By MARYA SALAMAT
Years of slashed budgets have resulted in the severely reduced servicing of indigent patients, the reduced benefits of the hospital employees, and, as health workers fear, the risk of final or formal privatization of the Philippine Heart Center.
By ALMA B. SINUMLAG NORDIS (Northern Dispatch) WEEKLY Diaryo ti umili ti amianan PARACELIS, Mt. Province – Women of Banga-banga, Aguinaldo, Ifugao trooped to witness a hearing at the village of Botigue’s Lupon Tagapamayapa on a case they filed against an AFP second...
by INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com It's not every day that one gets to hear about a society where workers are given the respect they so well deserve as creators of society's wealth. Last July 12, the Philippine Chapter of the International League of Peoples'...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The government says without the NPA, there would be peace. That is not true. It is the situation that gives life to the NPA.” – Coni Ledesma-Jalandoni
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"It's never right to live in fear. Those who attack the civil, political and human rights of the Filipino people thrive on fear and persist in their attacks because of a culture of impunity. To remain silent is to play along with your own victimization." -human rights advocate Ma. Isabel Aquino
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
"We are workers, we are not slaves. It is time for labor power to lead and guide the world for it gives and sustains life, unlike finance capital which is a grave-digger of both human life and nature."
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Invoking the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) between the Philippines and the US is just “a useless crutch” the Philippines cannot rely on based on US jurisprudence, Bayan Muna’s Satur Ocampo said in a forum held at the University...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com There seems to be no relief in sight , even temporarily, to the world economic crisis that imploded in 2008. While economists declare every seemingly positive sign, such as an increase in stock prices or in consumption expenditures,...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Defy the Supreme Court This is the standing call of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas and the Alyansa ng mga Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luson (Amgl, Peasant Alliance in Central Luzon) to both farmworkers in Hacienda Luisita and...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld BENIGNO AQUINO III has an approval rating of between 68 and 70 percent, most probably because he hasn’t done anything scandalous or controversial. That says something about how low Filipinos’ expectations of their...
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