Main story: Child rights violations under Aquino government increasing By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Children are not spared from rights violations. Under the administration of President Benigno S. Aquino III, the Children’s Rehabilitation Center (CRC) has recorded 14 cases of killing of children. A more recent case happened last Oct. 19 in…
Month: October 2012
A failed formula for worldwide war
How the empire changed its face, but not its nature By NICK TURSE Tomdispatch.com They looked like a gang of geriatric giants. Clad in smart casual attire — dress shirts, sweaters, and jeans — and incongruous blue hospital booties, they strode around “the world,” stopping to stroke their chins and ponder this or that potential…
Money Talks in Many Ways: Election-season reflections on how the ruling class rules
By PAUL STREET Z Communications | News Analysis Truthout.com A solid majority of Americans has long told pollsters that the wealthy few and their giant corporations and financial institutions exercise too much power in “the world’s most celebrated democracy”[1] the United States. The sentiment is understandable given the nation’s dollar-soaked political system, usefully described by…
Indignation mounts over massacre of anti-mining family
Indignation mounts over massacre of anti-mining family (Text and photos by JHUN DANTES / Bulatlat.com)
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While their middle-class counterparts twiddle with digital gadgets during play time, these boys get as much fun rolling a discarded wheel down a hill. Cans and stones inserted in the wheel ensure it remains upright. (Payatas Dumpsite, Quezon City) Photo by POM CAHILOG-VILLANUEVA (Bulatlat.com)
Spiral
“Like a circle in a spiral / Like a wheel within a wheel” go the first lines of a popular song, which this Vatican Museum ramp obligingly mirrors. (Vatican City)
Gabriela says no to legalization of prostitution
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“Prostitution is a highly organized exploitative system. Legalization would only give pimps, owners of prostitution dens and their customers the leverage to further exploit women as well as children and minors. – Rep. Luz Ilagan, Gabriela Women’s Party
Sachet o tingi-tinging pakete ng gitnang uri
Ni ROLAND TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Hindi exaherasyon na sabihin, sachet ang pangunahing retail na kalakaran sa bansa. Ito ang nagpapaabot sa brands na makarating sa pinakamaraming bilang ng mamimili-mamamayan. At hindi koinsidental na ang pinakamaraming bilang ng mamimili at mamamayan ay nasa hanay ng mahihirap at sukdulang kahirapan. Ito ang kalakaran na ang mahihirap—na iniisip na…
Economic realities bite
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com MANILA — We don’t hear much about the state of the world economy these days. What we normally read are slightly optimistic projections and supposed signs of recovery. But we are being bombarded with political news: the Obama-Romney debates, the civil war in Syria, bombings in Iraq, among others. When we…
More groups urge Comelec to disqualify Akbayan
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“Akbayan is already a party in power. It has significant influence in government and has undue advantage over others, given the position of their high officials.” — Bagong Alyansang Makabayan
Church youth signify commitment to eco-justice
By JOAN GARCIA Bulatlat.com The Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) has always been upfront about their stand with regards the issues that plague the marginalized in the country. In living true to their historical roots, the IFI remains to be involved in seeking ways that can contribute to the betterment of not just their members but…