BORACAY, Aklan — A small boy sits down on Boracay’s white beach, at the area more commonly referred to as Station 1, and starts digging a small hole with his spoon. “You know, you’re mom would be angry if she finds out you’re using your kitchen spoon to dig sand,” I told him in jest,…
Youths march a dragon to drive away ‘bad luck’ of price, tuition hikes(Photo by Pher Pasion)
By MARYA SALAMAT
“The TRB decision approving the automatic increase in toll fee rates every two years should be scrapped.” – Taxpayers Unity vs Toll Fee Hike
By BILL FLETCHER, JR.
Is the so-called “special relations” with the US beneficial to the Philippines? Is the Left a spent force? What are the prospects for real change? In an interview, Professor Jose Maria Sison tackles these questions and more.
With the way speculators and giant oil companies have been playing with oil prices, one could not help but be incensed. Why would oil prices rise when there has been no supply shock nor an increase in costs of producing oil? The sharp increases in pump prices have been dealing speculators and oil companies, and…
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – One year after the killing of broadcaster and environmentalist Dr. Gerry Ortega, his family and colleagues reiterated their call for justice. Ortega was killed on January 24 last year in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Four alleged gunmen and their accomplices have been charged for the murder but the suspected…
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Migrante International has another bone to pick with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). The Commission on Audit (CoA) recently released its report on the POEA’s “Balik Manggagawa Program” and implied that the agency has been overcharging overseas Filipino workers by at least P13 million ($ 302,326…
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The two representatives of Bayan Muna party are calling for investigations into the World Bank fund anomaly involving the Supreme Court. Reps. Teddy Casiño and Neri Colmenares have filed House Resolution 2049 to probe the alleged anomaly, and call on the Committee on Good Government and Public…
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – More groups added their voices to the call for the release of detained artist Ericson Acosta. Acosta, 39, was arrested on Feb. 13 last year by elements of the 34th Infantry Battalion (IB) of the Philippine Army in San Jorge, Samar. He is charged with illegal possession of…
Ni ROLAND B. TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Hindi mahilig magtapon ng gamit ang mga Filipino. Ang pantalon kapag nabutas, sinusulsihan at kapag nasira nagiging shorts; ang shorts kapag nasira, nagiging basahan. Ang nanay ko, kahit sira na ang unang TV ng pamilya, matapos ng ilang paulit-ulit na repair, hindi pa rin itinapon, naging furniture at pinatungan ng…
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com During my last organized long run, a half marathon during the Octoberun, my left knee hurt by the 10 km mark. I pushed on by enduring the pain and shortening my stride. Eventually, I was able to finish the race with a decent but still my worst time of 2:45. The…