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By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Rhak Bihag, 23 said life is getting more difficult for urban poor families. “It’s difficult to find a job; it’s difficult to make do with a measly budget to buy food for our family. And what does the president do? He...
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison Chairperson International League of Peoples' Struggle 23 October 2011 The US and its imperialist allies in the NATO targeted Gaddafi and his regime for complete destruction because he had grievously offended them in the following ways: he...
Letter to the Editor 25 October 2011 Dear Editor, We, the Moros, share the grief of our Christian and Lumad brothers and sisters in Arakan, North Cotabato for the brutal killing of Father Fausto Tentorio, PIME, an Italian Catholic missionary who truly served the...
By JOAN GARCIA Bulatlat.com Last October 20-21, peasant groups coming from the Ilocos region joined in the camp out at Mendiola of the Lakbayan 2011. “We joined the Lakbayan in solidarity with our fellow peasants. Activities like this serve as a venue for us coming...
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – A Catholic bishop called for the immediate release of two peasant leaders accused of common crimes. In a letter addressed to Justice Secretary Leila de Lima dated October 18, Bishop Broderick Pabillo, head of the Catholic...
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – The agricultural towns of Isabela hit the headlines last month when typhoons Pedring and Quiel and the dams in Luzon combined to inundate and damage the province’s nearly ripe crops. But according to the farmers here, even...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- A street sweeper for the Metro Manila Development Authority for roughly 26 years, Marcial Raba, 55, said he does not dream of getting rich. He only wants his family to have a decent meal thrice a day, and for his three...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Ramon Batoy, 35, was killed a mere three days after Fr. Fausto Tentorio was killed also in Arakan Valley.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
"The people affected by mining has long been asking the government to side with them. It is obvious, however, that government is quicker to respond to the interests of mining companies."
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Government employees call on the Aquino administration to honor their incentive pay, as recognized in the Salary Standardization Law III. "We are almost at the level of paralysis because there is money that can be...
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – In Cuba, children and adults suffering from malignant bone tumors have not been given functional treatments. Extendable prostheses used to replace bone parts during tumor surgery are sold by US companies. Until now, Cuba...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“Tentorio was “a good priest, a fervent believer who for many years served the people of the Philippines in a courageous and indefatigable way.” Pope Benedict XVI
BY CJ KUIZON Davao Today Main Story: Scholars to pursue legacy of Fr. Pops ARAKAN, NORTH COTABATO—“I thought he had a stroke.” Lucita Nombreda or Ate Cita was the first to discover the dead body of Italian missionary Fr. Fausto Tentorio, PIME. The 72-year-old...
By MARIETA BASTE-HERNANI and MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
“Father Pops told us, Jesus Christ sacrificed his life for the people. What about us humans? Can’t we sacrifice our lives for our fellowmen and women, too?”
Sidebar: Musings in the first hours following Fr. Pops murder?
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The Aquino government, and the media have been declaring that it is committed to peace, especially after 19 soldiers were killed in a firefight in Albarka, October 18, and another seven more soldiers and policemen two days after in...
Press Release October 27, 2011 Five years ago, on October 26, my parents, Federico and Nelly Intise were abducted by armed men believed to be government operatives in General Santos City. Five years had passed now, I still worry, with dim hopes on their...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Italian missionary Fausto Tentorio foresaw six years ago that he would “die of bullets” someday. Although he was proven correct, that didn’t make his death right. Last week, Fr. Tentorio was shot dead outside...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld President Benigno Aquino III has “vowed,” say media reports, to get the killers of Fr. Fausto Tentorio even if they should turn out to be members of the paramilitary groups he, Aquino, has refused to dismantle. The...
A street child is fully engaged by an interactive installation at the Museum of the Filipino People. (Ermita, Manila)
The lechon or roasted pig, and the tender, smaller version called lechon de leche or roasted suckling pig, star in many Filipino banquets. The crunch of its skin and the tastiness of its meat and fat can make you forget its high cost to both your wallet and...
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