2006
DECEMBER
Vol. VI, No. 47 Dec 24 - 30,
2006
Open-Pit
Mining Destroyed Village in Zambales
BY ABNER
BOLOS
LABOR WATCH
Bananas
Stained with the Blood of Workers
BY MARYA
SALAMAT
DAGLI SA KRISIS
Awit (para sa
pamilya Nadera)
Ni Roland Tolentino
Vol. VI, No. 46 Dec 24 - 30,
2006
Japan Aid
Threat Prompts GMA to Act on Peasant Leader’s Killing
BY ARTHUR L.
ALLAD-IW
Asian
Rights Body says Arroyo Gov’t Can’t Deliver Justice to Victims
BY BULATLAT
Christmas Outside Prison Walls
BY DEE AYROSO
Southeast Asia and the Philippines:
The Second Front in the U.S. ‘War on Terror’
(First of three parts)
By Benjie Oliveros
Propping up a Bankrupt,
Illegitimate Regime
(Second of three parts)
By Benjie Oliveros
Political Killings, Part of
U.S.-Phil. Counterinsurgency Strategies
(Conclusion)
By Benjie Oliveros
ANALYSIS
After
the Con-Ass Debacle, the Elections
By the Center for People
Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG)
U.S. and
Latin America: Overview for 2006, Perspectives for 2007
By
James Petras
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Resist
Political Persecution, Defend the People’s Rights
By Edre U. Olalia
Cagayan
Peasants Denounce Unabated Killings
BY ABE ALMIROL
Aftermath of Bersamin assassination
Abra Still
`Northern Luzon’s Killing Fields’
BY ACE ALEGRE
We Honor
and Cherish the Memory of Aloysius 'Ochie' Baes, a Scientist for the
People
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Aloysius
'Ochie' Baes, 1948-2006: Scientist for the People
By the ADVOCATES of Science and Technology
for the People (AGHAM)
Ilocos Town
Tries Guinness for its Indigenous Sleeping Mat
BY ACE ALEGRE
STREETWISE*
The
Bishops - Missing the Historical Moment
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
DAGLI SA KRISIS
Singapore Urban Legends
Ni Roland Tolentino
ALTERNATIVE READER
SalunggUhit
Duplicity
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Five Christmases – and Then,
What?
Vol. VI, No. 45 Dec 17 - 23,
2006
SPECIAL REPORT
Bleak Christmas for Workers in CL
Economic Enclaves
(First of two parts)
BY FRED VILLAREAL
Litany of Woes for Workers in CL Special
Economic Zones
(Last of two parts)
BY
FRED VILLAREAL
UP Increases
Tuition by 300 percent
BY REYNA
MAE TABBADA
‘Philippines among Most
Dangerous for Lawyers’
Seven lawyers slain in RP this year
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Face to
Face with Terror in the Philippines
By Ted Alcuitas
Canadian
Govt’s Aid to RP in Question
due to Intensifying Rights Violations
BY
EDWIN MERCURIO
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Call
Centers: Boon or Bane?
BY PIO
VERZOLA, JR.
In
Brussels: 1,000 Protesters, Parliamentarians Denounce Arroyo Political
Killings
America’s
Wars for Profit in East Asia and Oceania
By Bobby Tuazon
Jueteng
Operated by Baguio Local Execs Raided
BY ACE ALEGRE
NGO-Village Project Lights Up Sagada Village
BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW
CULTURE
The Indiestream:
The Lens of that
‘Cheap Cam’
BY
PINK-JEAN FANGON MELEGRITO
DAGLI SA KRISIS
Pancreas
Ni Roland Tolentino
TULA (POETRY)
To a Murderer
Investigating Murder
BY CHERYL DAYTEC-YAÑGOT
SalunggUhit
Representatives of Whom?
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Cha-cha vs Chacha
Vol. VI, No. 44 Dec 10 - 16,
2006
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
2
Days of Torture Force Couple to Take Own Lives
By ABNER BOLOS
ANALYSIS
Cha
Cha is about Political Survival
BY BENJIE OLIVEROS
Chacha will Make
Impeachment Impossible, Lawyer Says;
‘Constituent assembly without the Senate is usurpation of authority’
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Progressive Solon Calls for Vigilance amid Postponement of Con-Ass
By Bulatlat
Arroyo Called Off ASEAN Summit Due to Storm of Protests, Activists Say
By
Emily Vital
American Rights Lawyer Deported by Philippine
Airport Authorities
Blacklist of foreign lawyers and
priests confirmed
By Bulatlat
MIGRANT
WATCH
Canada, Not All ‘Rosy’ for Filipino Migrants
BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN
MIGRANT
WATCH
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Church
Groups Seek Release of Moro Detainees
BY BULATLAT
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
The New Roman Empire
A Case Study Reflection from a
Victim People
BY BP. ERME R. CAMBA
ATB, an
Arm of Greater Terror – Senator Madrigal
By Sen. M. A. MADRIGAL
BOOK REVIEW
Making
It Hit Closer to Home
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
DAGLI SA KRISIS
Fantasya
Ni Roland Tolentino
ALTERNATIVE READER
SalunggUhit
Custodial
Tug-of-War
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Dancing against Trafficking
BREAKING NEWS
-
Women Groups Unite vs Arroyo’s Chacha
-
Village Chief Gunned Down in Bulacan
-
Militant Solon Urges Continued Vigilance vs Chacha
'They’ll ram it through the first chance they get’
Vol. VI, No. 43 Dec 3 - 9,
2006
In
aftermath of typhoon ‘Reming’:
Bigger Disasters
Coming, Environmental Groups Warn
By Bulatlat
Modernize and Demolish
Port privatization to displace 849,000
Tondo residents
By DABET CASTAÑEDA
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Anti-Crime Group
Calls for Army Pullout from Bicol
Bicol peasant ‘autopsied alive,’ shot dead
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Patriotism
is Dead?
Senator blames it on
lack of ROTC reservists
BY ZOFIA LEAL
ANALYSIS
Martial
Law and Back
ANALYSIS
Desperate
Times
BY THE
CENTER FOR PEOPLE
EMPOWERMENT IN GOVERNANCE
Nicole
Rape Trial Highlights U.S. Defense Pacts’ Threat to RP Sovereignty
BY IBON
FOUNDATION
STREETWISE
U.S. Interference
BY CAROL
PAGADUAN-ARAULLO
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Missing
Leopoldo Ancheta
BY DEE AYROSO
Ambushed
Pastor Urges Arroyo to Stop Killings, Repression
BY ARTHUR
L. ALLAD-IW
Migrante Joins Melbourne Rally vs Anti-Labor Laws
BY REYVI MARIÑAS
Filipino
Workers in Hong Kong: Fending for Themselves
By Bobby Tuazon
LABOR WATCH
Courage,
KMU Assail Arroyo's Silence on Wage Hike Demands
BY LYN V.
RAMO
Doctors
of the People
BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN
-
Dr. Julie Caguiat:
From Exposuree to Trainor
-
Dr. Natie Castro: The 'Misyonera'
Doctor
-
Dr. Chandu Claver: ‘Do
Right by the People’
Diagnosing the Future of Community Medicine in the Philippines
BY
PHILIP PARAAN
Slain
Guerrillas’ Remains Held by Soldiers; Kin Stopped from Claiming Bodies
BY DENNIS ESPADA
Joma
Sison Yearns for Mangoes, Sings `Mao’s Way’
BY RUDY D. LIPORADA
DAGLI SA KRISIS
100 Good Reasons to be ‘Pinoy’
(Thought Balloons, Ikalawang Bahagi)
Ni Roland Tolentino
TULA (POETRY)
Invisible II
(For the Philippine
indigenous peoples)
BY CHERYL
DAYTEC-YAÑGOT
Bayan
NI REY TAMAYO, JR.
SalunggUhit
Nicole’s Fight is the Nation’s Battle
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Selling while Sailing
BREAKING NEWS
- Justice Should
be Served on Subic Rape ― Makati Residents
-
Militants on Subic rape verdict:
‘It Falls Short’
-
On
the Subic Rape Case,
Smith Guilty, 3
other U.S. Marines Acquitted!
-
On
eve of decision on Subic rape case:Justice
is above ‘Special Relations,’ Women’s Group Says
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