Street Shooter: Drive to work
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Raymund Villanueva | Jun 11, 2011
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Unforgettable Bicol delicacies
Unforgettable Bicol delicacies
by LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com LEGAZPI CITY -- In just three visits to Albay, I have come to love many delightful Albayanon delicacies that tended to awaken the culinary writer in me. These delicacies could not be fully appreciated by those who just stare and take...
Protect mangroves to prevent disastrous floods – Albay residents
Protect mangroves to prevent disastrous floods – Albay residents
By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com BACACAY, Albay -- The massive cutting of old mangrove trees to give way to large tracts of fish-ponds for the benefit of just a few operators continue to deprive small fisher folks of their livelihood here. "These not only destroy the...
GPH-NDFP peace talks postponed
GPH-NDFP peace talks postponed
By RONALYN V. OLEA
"The NDFP proposal to defer the talks of the Reciprocal Working Committees on Social and Economic Reforms (RWCs SER) and the Working Groups on Political and Constitutional Reforms (WGs PCR) scheduled in Oslo this month is meant to allow the GPH to comply with the Jasig." – Luis Jalandoni
Bukidnon farmers hold camp-out in front of Central Mindanao University to protest harassment
Bukidnon farmers hold camp-out in front of Central Mindanao University to protest harassment
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com A university in Bukidnon continues its campaign to drive away some 800 farmers and their families from their land. Farmers led by the Buffalo-Tamaraw-Limus Farmers' Association (BTL) and the BTL Women's Association continue to...
Open letter of Filipino workers from Norwegian firm Mustad (MTTPWEA-ADLO-KMU) about Mustad’s sudden closure
Open letter of Filipino workers from Norwegian firm Mustad (MTTPWEA-ADLO-KMU) about Mustad’s sudden closure
31 May 2011 To our fellow workers in the Philippines and around the globe, to all those who do fishing whether as sport or as a commercial enterprise, and to all people everywhere, Greetings! We are workers of Mustad Terminal Tackle Phils. Inc. (MTTPI). Our union...
Military officials charged for disappearance of Jonas Burgos
Military officials charged for disappearance of Jonas Burgos
"We have done everything. This is the last bastion. If nothing happens to this, the whole justice system is not working at all. If they will continue to cover up [the crime], then there is no hope for the Philippines."
Int’l fact-finding mission in Isabela exposes abuses, landgrabbing
Int’l fact-finding mission in Isabela exposes abuses, landgrabbing
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“Farmers are losing their land, their livelihood and their very lives because of this [bioethanol] project,” said, Dioni Yadao of Dagami San Mariano.
Pamalakaya demands relief for fishkill-affected fisherfolk,dismantlement of all commercial fish pens
Pamalakaya demands relief for fishkill-affected fisherfolk,dismantlement of all commercial fish pens
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com An activist fisherfolk alliance is deeply disappointed with the “Star for All Seasons” and Batangas Governor Vilma Santos. The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) has expressed disappointment...
Government files new charges vs 72 Southern Tagalog activists
Government files new charges vs 72 Southern Tagalog activists
By RONALYN V. OLEA
When then United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Philip Alston pointed to the filing of charges against political activists by the Interagency Legal Assistance Group (IALAG) as violative of human rights, the previous Arroyo administration dismantled it. But even without the IALAG, the filing of harassment charges against political activists continues, even under the current Aquino government.
Luis V. Teodoro | Oxymoron country
Luis V. Teodoro | Oxymoron country
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld “MILITARY intelligence” is the preferred oxymoron — the contradiction in terms most favored — by activists, human rights workers, and some academics. But that martial law classic may yet yield to these more recent...
Satur C. Ocampo | Fil-Ams: ‘President Noynoy, take charge!’
Satur C. Ocampo | Fil-Ams: ‘President Noynoy, take charge!’
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star In the past several weeks thousands of families of informal settlers in the National Capital Region have had their houses or communities demolished or threatened to be demolished by the government and private...
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | For shame!
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | For shame!
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld What is there left to do except decry - again and again – the brazen attempts of the country’s political elite to obliterate the people’s victory over authoritarianism, martial rule and the wanton plunder of the...
The Roots and outcome of Philippine Migration
The Roots and outcome of Philippine Migration
By Erika Caleja Bulatlat.com It is surely a rare occasion where I get to know a person who can let me have a deeper understanding about forced migration here in our country. That’s why it’s so nice to meet Mr. Ramil Batas, the case officer of a progressive...
DepEd program K+12 will only reinforce Labor Export Policy—League of Filipino Students
DepEd program K+12 will only reinforce Labor Export Policy—League of Filipino Students
By ERIKA CALEJA Bulatlat.com Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Armin Luistro is determined in pushing the K+12 (Kinder plus 12 years) program, which is also called the K-6-4-2 model. This would result in one year “Universal Kindergarten”, six years of...
‘Filipino World War II Heroes Still Dreaming’
‘Filipino World War II Heroes Still Dreaming’
By Artemio A. Dumlao Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY (June 6, 2011) – To most Filipino World War II veterans who are in their twilight years now, getting the promised compensation still remains as just a dream. Two years after signing into law the said compensation, the...
Cramped cells, inhumane conditions, injustices for poor prisoners
Cramped cells, inhumane conditions, injustices for poor prisoners
By RONALYN V. OLEA
While the rich could buy privileges in jail and mock the justice system, just like what former Batangas governor Antonio Leviste and other high-profile convicts did, the poor, who include political prisoners, suffer from torture, inhumane prison conditions and injustices.
The ‘Politics of US Occupation,’ correcting a historical misrepresentation
The ‘Politics of US Occupation,’ correcting a historical misrepresentation
A video documentary review By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com The “Politics of US Occupation” by Richard Concepcion, a thesis for his Masteral in Fine Arts at the American University School of Communication last year, is a video-documentary that begins and ends with a...
Benjie Oliveros | The long, wrong way to solve corruption
Benjie Oliveros | The long, wrong way to solve corruption
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The recent revelation about corruption in the Bureau of Corrections, specifically the National Bilibid Prison, is not new nor shocking to anyone who is familiar with our prison system. Prison officials use the gangs to maintain peace...
Manila Contemporary’s ‘Absence’:Performance art is alive
Manila Contemporary’s ‘Absence’:Performance art is alive
By TERENCE KRISHNA V. LOPEZ Bulatlat.com Until June 26, 2011, Manila Contemporary gallery hosts “Absence,” an exhibition of objects and installations used in the live performances it featured during the opening night last June 4. The show exhibits new works by...
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