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By MARYA SALAMAT
Given the worsening hunger and poverty in the Philippines and the already soaring prices of commodities, the 'triple threats' of new price hikes may well turn out to be the “straw that would break the camel’s back.” - Lana Linaban, Gabriela
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Marjohara Tucay reminded me of Muntadhar al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at then US President George W. Bush. Although Tucay did not throw his shoes at US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during a...
Ni ROLANDO B. TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Sa aking pagkakaalam, sa Pilipinas lang nauuso ang bucket beer promo (promotion o napapanahong special offer lamang)—packaged na apat o lima plus one beers, minsan ay may libre pang pulutan. Lumalabas na sa agarang pag-order ng...
Philippines is a military pawn, not an ally of imperialist US-- CPP
(Photos by Marya Salamat)
Video: Young boy sings for Hacienda Luisita farmers
Officials and alumni of the Benguet State University (BSU), including his mentors, added their voice in the demands of various sectors and personalities to surface Jonas Joseph Burgos, an alumnus of their institution, who was believed to have been abducted by military agents.
“We occupied the land because it belongs to us. We used the idle land for the benefit of our children,”
By DANNY SCHECHTER Commondreams.org It was strange, after all these weeks, to be on the outside looking in at a new set of occupiers that were there because they have the guns and we don’t. When Mao said that “power grows out of the barrel of a gun” he most...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Like many others, I welcomed Justice Secretary Leila de Lima’s action on Gloria M. Arroyo’s request to be allowed to travel abroad for medical treatment, and appreciated her reasons for denying it. But I feel...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld When the Ampatuan Town Massacre of Nov. 23, 2009, occurred and its brutal details were known, it provoked attempts at self-examination among many media advocacy and journalists’ groups, and even in some of the...
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld The overriding and unstated premise in the controversy over the “constitutional crisis” provoked by the Supreme Court order allowing former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and former First Gentleman Miguel...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com For all his fiery inaugural address, President Benigno Aquino III seems to have chosen the path of indecisiveness especially on important issues such as justice, expanding democracy, human rights, and even his banner issue...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- The struggle against the government urban poor housing program continues. With their homes demolished, urban poor dwellers and their supporters went to "occupy" the National Housing Authorities's office in Quezon City....
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA – The lawyer handling the case of the killing of Fr. Fausto “Pops” Tentorio is dismayed over what he said was the slow process the Department of Justice (DOJ) was employing in handling the case of the slain...
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – Amid jeers that his government is engaged in “hardcore US puppetry,” President Benigno Aquino III sat at an extended bilateral meeting in Manila held by visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last Wednesday, after...
By LYN V. RAMO BAGUIO CITY -- The book on medicinal plants and herbs in the Cordillera, which the late botanist Leonard Co wrote in the '70s was re-launched on his first death anniversary in this city. A tree-planting and exhibits of Leonard Co's works were also...
By MARYA SALAMAT
To continue with the campaign for justice, a "struggle against forgetting" is launched on the first death anniversary of the workaholic, generous scientist and the rest of Kananga 3.
Sidebar: Leonard Co remembered with tree-planting and re-launch of Common Medicinal Plants of Cordillera
An old lady sells candles to followers of an age old religion. (Dauis, Bohol)
One of the most visible child labor scenes are found in markets including this one in Baguio City. This cheerful boy at least has a cart for pretending he's playing a game. Photo by Jo A. Santos...
Press Statement 16 November 2011 Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s attempts to escape justice and frustrate efforts to prosecute her is in plain view that nobody could have missed it. The minute she steps out of the country, the quest for justice will...
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