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A scene on Beijing's shopping mecca, Wangfujing Street. Odd that it was once described as the commercial center of six Chinese dynasties, it is now dominated by foreign brands. (Beijing, China)
By ACE ALEGRE www.nordis.net LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- Social Welfare Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman was “frowned upon” by some sectors when Benguet adopted her as daughter and baptized her “Kadmali,” the name of a local tribal deity, mythical protector and giver...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“I want to believe that there is hope.” – Mrs. Edita Burgos, mother of missing activist Jonas
By IGAL JADA SAN ANDRES
“The next day, they blockaded the entrance with drums, container vans, so that people and the construction materials they brought won’t be able to pass.”
NI ROLAND TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Hindi naman sana overkill ito dahil gumawa na ng publikong paumanhin ang Bayo para sa kampanyang “What’s your mix?” Ayon sa pahayag sa kanilang website, “We would like to express our regrets to those who have been offended or felt...
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – This month, Filipino consumers are being asked yet again to cope with increased electricity rates, spurring protests and renewed calls to scrap the Electric Power Industry Reform Act or EPIRA. The law is being blamed for...
By PATRICIA LOURDES VIRAY Bulatlat.com Two trucks loaded with volunteers and school supplies trudged the dusty and bumpy path for almost two hours to reach its destination. As the trucks went up the mountains, the view of the whole town could be seen. A river...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“…it is our role as legislators to make sure that when victims turn to our legal system for redress, justice can and will be served in the fastest, least traumatic and least humiliating manner possible.” – Rep. Luz Ilagan, Gabriela Women’s Party
The school opening last June 4 was greeted by the same problems experienced during the previous school years. It was disastrous as usual. The students were once again greeted by lack of chairs, books, classrooms and most specially teachers. The government’s answer...
By MARYA SALAMAT
Although waning economically, the US still has the edge in military capabilities, which it may use to bully or declare war against countries resisting the assertion of its economic interests.
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Human rights groups called for the immediate dismantling of paramilitary forces after a high-ranking military official announced that the government would do so by 2016. In a report by online news site Interaskyon.com, Lt....
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Grassroots human rights and peasant organizations in Southern Tagalog are poised to launch an all-out campaign to expose the increasing number of human rights violations in the region, specifically Quezon province in...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
According to the document, Oplan April Spring has a P1.545 million ($35.9 thousand) budget for operations that include “propaganda and counter-propaganda, organizing and mobilization, special operations (psyops).”
By INA ALLECO SILVERIO
“It is an outrage that the government continues to uphold contracts with corporations that seriously put the country and the Filipino people at a perpetual disadvantage.” – Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Here are bits of related, albeit diametrically opposite news. Local dailies reported that Philippine Undersecretary for Defense Affairs Honorio Azcueta said, after meeting with US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, that the...
By IGAL JADA SAN ANDRES
“The government turning its back on its people and letting greedy corporations take advantage of the interests and wealth of our country by giving them the government’s money for housing is a clear form of corruption.” – Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (COURAGE)
By MARYA SALAMAT
VECO workers are being asked to explain why they had taken part in the May Day rally wearing their uniforms, and why they had hurled tomatoes at the picture of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III during the May 1 program.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"The agrarian reform dispute-cases of Hacienda Luisita, Hacienda Looc in Batangas, Roxas-Araneta lands in Bulacan, among others, are concrete cases where landlords made use of the Carper to evade land distribution.” – Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"A perfunctory look at the state of the Philippine environment is already indicative of the truth." – Kalikasan Party
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