By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Indeed the Americans did it. They planned, funded, and closely monitored the execution of “Operation Wolverine/Exodus” carried out last Jan. 25 in Mamasapano, Maguindanao by the PNP Special Action Force they had trained and equipped. The objective was to arrest or kill Malaysian Zulkifli…
Day: February 8, 2015
Bangsamoro after Mamasapano: Don’t muddy the issues of war and peace
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Some broadcast news reports were calling it “a massacre” hardly after the last shots had been fired. Not to be outdone, their colleagues in print said it was “a slaughter.” In the days that followed, the Philippine news media were engaged in a race for scoops, in…
Guernica | Pagkaraan ni Picasso
Ni Glen Sales Bulatlat.com Ang mukha ng karahasan Na nasa pusod ng isang bayan Ay una nang nailarawan ni Picasso Sa hiwa-hiwang hugis sa loob ng kanbas Na tumutugis ang hapis Sa mga hinablot ng hilakbot Na sadyang walang Kinikilalang oras at bayan; Mga dugong natutuyo sa kalsada Upang magpaalala sa lumalalng Kasalanan ng lalang…
The way it used to be
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
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One year after Yolanda|Leytenos rebuild homes, communities through bayanihan
The strongest typhoon to make landfall in the Philippines, November 8, 2013, damaged over a million houses and left over four million people homeless. Bayanihan, the Filipino spirit of helping each other, literally builds homes and communities in this Yolanda-stricken area.
Gov’t urged to strictly implement occupational health, safety
“Employers must not only pay administrative fines and sanctions, they must also face criminal liabilities for any death or injury caused by their violation of occupational health and safety standards.”
Pols, polls & the ties that bind: ‘Candidates’ to Comelec chairs
Filipinos choose the people who will run their government through elections. Yet they do not hold the power to choose who will run the elections. That authority rests on the President, who appoints the chairperson and six commissioners of the Commission on Elections.
Green groups blast SC overturn of kalikasan writ on Subic coal plant
Environmentalists decry the Supreme Court’s decision “demolishing major Writ of Kalikasan cases in favour of corporations and other polluters.”
Mamasapano 2: The Aquino presidency and the brewing storm
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective What happened on February 6, 2015 was unprecedented. This is the first time that a president has made a nationwide address on the same issue twice. (Without saying anything substantial – but that is another matter). This shows that President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III is still reeling from the aftershock…