“Subsistence fisherfolk need new boats, at least 10-12 horse power motor engines and new nets because all their fishing gears were swept away during super typhoon Yolanda.”
Month: March 2014
Didn’t we tell you that it is not a Sison revolution?
QUESTION EVERYTHING Mong Palatino Bulatlat.com For the longest time the military has bombarded the public with the propaganda that it is Joma Sison who is leading and controlling the Philippine revolution from his base in Western Europe. This reasoning was accepted without question by many anti-Left intellectuals and they used it to malign natdem activists…
4 months after typhoon Haiyan| Children still struggling to cope, survive
The family’s livelihood, relief, and schools are what children need most to cope and recover, but even these are still scarce in areas devastated by the supertyphoon, more than four months after.
Ngiti
Isa akong babae na kailangang lumimot sa bawat paglisan. Tiisin ang anak na maliit, ngumiti, sapagkat binili ng amo ko ang aking katawan. Tulad ng aking mga mata na hindi dapat gamitin sa pagngiti sa aking mga mahal sa buhay, kung hindi panipat sa mga piyesa sa assembly line. Gayundin ang aking mga kamay na…
‘Nanay Mameng’ and the struggle of the Filipino people
A play about the life and struggles of Nanay Mameng and the urban poor.
Growth figures: Reasons for optimism and pessimism
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat Perspective There seems to be a lot of reasons for optimism on the part of the Aquino government about the Philippine economic outlook for 2014. 1. The Philippine economy grew by 7.2 percent last year, despite the devastation caused by supertyphoon Haiyan (local name: Yolanda) and the Bohol earthquake. 2. Imports…
Activist killed in Cordillera, rights group demands justice
In 2012, William Bugatti was in the list of “target persons” of the 86th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army under the 5th Infantry Division where he was described as a human rights officer and “utak ng NPA” (brains of the NPA).
Revolutionary women’s group calls for release of Wilma Austria, others
MANILA — Wearing masks, members of Makabayang Kilusan ng Bagong Kababaihan (Makibaka), an allied organization of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), staged a lightning rally, March 25 at downtown Carriedo. Makibaka condemned the arrest of alleged top communist leaders Wilma Austria, Benito Tiamzon and five others and called for the immediate release…
Piston submits 7 demands to Aquino
During a nationally coordinated drivers’ and workers’ protest led by Piston yesterday, March 24, George San Mateo, national president of Piston, said they disagree with the fare hike plan aired by Acto, 1-Utak, Altodap and Fejodap, “because public opinion will be turned against us drivers.”
Of captured communists and communist capture
BLOOD RUSH By SARAH RAYMUNDO Bulatlat.com Communist leaders, “certified high-ranking,” were captured last Saturday in Cebu City. Something for your banner story, no? A quick look at the top dailies on Sunday confirms that the news is supposed to elicit a frisson of curiosity possibly from people of different persuasions and interests: from foreign direct…
‘Opapp, de Lima wrong, Jasig still operative’ – NDFP
“OPAPP [Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process] Secretary Deles and Alexander Padilla are setting obstacles to the application of JASIG. They violate the letter and spirit of the JASIG. They cannot declare as ‘inoperative’ a solemn peace agreement approved by the Principals of both Parties.” – Luis Jalandoni, NDFP