By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“Residents are being forced to relocate where jobs, electricity and water are scarce. Demolitions and forced evictions automatically translate to workers having to leave their sources of income and children would have to stop from going to school.” Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Luz Ilagan
Year: 2012
Charges filed vs ex-Comelec officer linked to 2004 fraud
By Bulatlat.com MANILA — Former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Virgilio “Garci” Garcillano who was implicated in the 2004 electoral fraud, was charged with perjury and falsification of public documents. Bayan Muna Reps. Neri Colmenares and Teddy Casiño filed the complaint before the Ombudsman, January 11. The charges were in connection to Garcillano’s statements at…
‘Aquino hypocritical in blaming, pushing away Pantukan landslide victims’
By MARYA SALAMAT
“Small-scale mining is not the only cause, and is not even the biggest cause, of the destruction of Pantukan’s erstwhile forest lands… large-scale commercial logging operations since the 50s and large-scale mining operations of the past 30 years have massively denuded the mountains of Compostela Valley.”
Shun homophobia
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com The news of a 19-year old teenager scalded with boiling water by his own father after the latter found out that he is gay proves just how Philippine society remains intolerant, nay, ignorant of the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT). Even as the father has been charged…
With calls vs. hunger, poverty, workers celebrate Ka Bel’s 79th birthday
Workers celebrate Ka Bel’s 79th birthday(Photo by Sheilette Untalan)
CPP denounces Aquino high-profile ‘anti-terror’ scare tactics, power-tripping and muscle-flexing
Press Release The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) denounced the Aquino regime for employing and orchestrating high-profile “anti-terror” scare tactics as an excuse to engage in power-tripping and muscle-flexing. Orchestrated by Benigno Aquino himself, the Philippine government revealed an alleged terror plot against a large Catholic religious procession today in the center of Manila.…
My New Year’s resolution: to find the joy of losing weight
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Every year, it has been customary to come up with New Year’s resolutions. It’s as if the turn of the year would bring about a new person. But this has become a standing joke as most New Year’s resolutions are hardly complied with. And most New Year’s resolutions are repeated year…
Panitikan ng kulturang popular: popular na anxiedad at ang arkipelagong espasyo
Ni Roland Tolentino Bulatlat.com Sa unang libro ng tula ni Adam David, sa El Bimbo Variations, ginamit niya ang unang dalawang linya ng ikonikong awit ng Eraserheads, at sumulat ng 99 na variations nito. Parang Buddhist mantra (Om Mani Padme Hum) na paulit-ulit lang ang pagbigkas sa iba’t ibang paraan, naghahanap ng perfektong kapamaraan ng…
Photo of the week: Too heavy for Baguio
Baguio residential houses increased tremendously which showed that the carrying capacity for the city is now too heavy. Developed by the colonial Americans for 25,000 people, the city has a present population of more than 300,000. The absence of a Comprehensive Development Plan pushes residents to establish shelter even in unstable areas where landslides usually…
Street Shooter: Explosion
A young reveler is profiled and silhouetted as he jumps and fireworks explode in the background. (Quezon City, Philippines)
Detained NDFP consultant decries attempted transfer, repressive measures
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA –On January 5, jail authorities at the Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial Center at Camp Crame attempted to transfer Alan Jazmines, a consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) to Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City. According to the letter of PNP Chief Nicanor Bartolome recommending the…