By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Relatives and supporters of political prisoners decried what they called “special treatment” accorded to former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as they demanded anew the release of political prisoners in the country,...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA - Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Enrique Ona is homophobic. Or at least his comments at a recent convention were. Gay and lesbian activists are demanding the official’s immediate resignation after he reportedly...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA - Two party-list lawmakers are going against the plan of the Bureau of International Revenue (BIR) to impose new taxes. Antonio Tinio of ACT Teachers Party-List and Luz Ilagan of Gabriela Women’s Party said the...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA - Lower texts rate now and sanction non-complying telecommunication firms. This was the demand of the progressive party list group Bayan Muna as its members held a protest in front of the offices of the National...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA - Small fisherfolk in several coastal towns of Cavite expressed their support to the oil and production subsidy proposed by the militant fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas...
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – Leleng Zarsuela, 73, shook with rage when she spoke of the urban poor Filipinos’ indignation at the injustices buried within the issue of climate change. “We, the urban poor, are always blamed for flooding,” she said as an...
Ni ROLAND TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Balitaktakan itong paksa ukol sa sexualidad ni Piolo Pascual na pinasabog ng interview ni Boy Abunda kay KC Concepcion. Ang sanhi: nagkumpisal si KC kay Boy Abunda. Sa clip na gamit ay close-ups ng mga mukha ng dalawa. Si Boy ay...
By ACE ALEGRE
On December 2010 alone, 174 new cases were reported, representing a 38-percent increase compared to the same month in 2009. It was also the highest number of cases reported in a single month since 1984.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“We can’t stand idly by and allow another OFW to be executed because the Philippine government failed to exert all diplomatic means to save him. We call on all Filipinos to come together and call for the commutation of our kababayan’s sentence in China.” – Migrante International
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
"What will 'development' be when people are blinded by the glare of the arrogant lights of profit and the mantra of globalization and millions are pushed into further misery?"
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“Tertiary education is really a privilege.” – Budget Secretary Florencio Abad
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Homophobia is alive and killing people. A gay Filipino hairdresser in Seattle, the United States was robbed, beaten into a coma last November 15 as he walked home. The 58-year old Danny Vega died last Sunday, and...
Youth, students mark 47th anniversary of Kabataang Makabayan
(Photos by Gregorio B. "Jhun" Dantes Jr.)
The airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers is just the latest in a series of mistakes that raise doubts about NATO's credibility By PRATAP CHATTERJEE Commondreams.org Why did NATO forces kill two dozen Pakistani soldiers at a border post in the Mohmand region,...
It's time for the US to re-examine the consequences of its dehumanizing, deadly attacks in Pakistan. By JENNIFER ROBINSON Commondreams.org This weekend, Pakistan ordered the closure of the US drone base after a US attack killed 26 Pakistani soldiers near the Afghan...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Meager spending for social services show that the 2012 budget is anti-people and far from being a ‘reform budget’.” – Vencer Crisostomo, national chairman of Anakbayan.
Sidebar: Filipinos get P1.25 for health, P6.55 for education per day
While adults tend to their faith, these two girls tend to their play. (Lipa City, Batangas)
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld MANILA -- Tondo is in the popular mind Manila’s workers’ district, although some sociologists point out, as they did when Manuel Villar was running for President in 2010 and hoping to win by passing himself off as...
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld Forces in the Philippine political landscape are gearing up for a major legal and political battle. Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her husband’s attempts to leave the country and escape the...
By Giovanni Tapang, PhD Bulatlat.com November 30 marked the birth anniversary of Andres Bonifacio, Filipino nationalist and revolutionary and Supremo of the Katipunan. His anniversary yesterday was marked by protests actions in the metropolis by workers and...
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