2007
FEBRUARY
Vol. VII, No. 4 Feb.
25-March 3, 2007
ANALYSIS
Two Small
Hopes
BY BENJIE OLIVEROS
'It was a
Harrowing Process' – UN Special Rapporteur
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA
Related article:
Streetwise:
The
Alston Report
Melo
Commission Ignored Key Policy Issues on Killings
By Renato M. Reyes, Jr.
Related article:
The Melo Report
Alston press statement and
Melo Commission report
Hold Arroyo Regime and Military Accountable
for Extrajudicial
Killings
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
MIGRANT WATCH
In Kuwait:
Husband Pins Blame on
Gov’t for Wife’s Death Sentence
BY
AUBREY MAKILAN
Gov’t
Tailoring Nursing Sector to U.S. Demands, Health Activist Says
BY PHILIP PARAAN
No
Evidence in Slay Raps Filed vs NDFP, Study Shows
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
‘Tagaytay
5’ Fast for Freedom
BY DENNIS
ESPADA
As CPA hits Cordi
congressmen for backing ATB: NUJP Questions ATB
Constitutionality
BY KIM QUITASOL
ANALYSIS
Beyond
Arroyo and Beyond Retaking Power
By the Center for
People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG)
IFJ declares int'l
day of action for Filipino press safety; Baguio Media Wear
Black to Protest Killings
BY KIM QUITASOL
Historical Commentary
Semantics of Colonization and Revolution
BY ROSALINDA N. OLSEN
DAGLI SA KRISIS
Balita
nang Nakaraang Linggo
Ni Roland Tolentino
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Away with the Heat
BREAKING NEWS
-
Another Anakpawis
Leader Killed
Vol. VII, No. 3 Feb.
18-24, 2007
Victims’
families say:
`UN Rep
Visit Won’t Stop Killings’
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA
As Balikatan
resumes
Bayan Challenges Candidates to Junk VFA
BY EMILY VITAL
MIGRANT WATCH
Just to
earn money for education, family
OFW in Kuwait Goes Home
almost Paralyzed
BY
AUBREY MAKILAN
Love
without Borders
Four couples find love across the Pacific
BY CAESAR A. BAROÑA
Zaynab
Ampatuan and the Travails of the Moros
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Pro-Arroyo Landlords in Congress to Reap Profits from Biofuels Act
BY ARNOLD PADILLA
Breakup of Cartel, Price Control for Veggies Urged
BY LYN V. RAMO
Davao’s Anakpawis Blasts ‘Pro-Landlord’ DAR
BY DAVAOTODAY.COM
An Invitation
to Murder
BY GRACE S. UDDIN
Moros Fearful of Terror Bill’s Potential for Abuse
BY GRACE S. UDDIN
Davao’s Ilagan to Push Mindanao Women’s Agenda in Congress
BY DAVAOTODAY.COM
The
Criminalizaton of U.S. Foreign Policy: From the Truman Doctrine
to the Neo-Conservatives
BY
MICHEL CHOSSUDOVSKY
STREETWISE
Wolf in
Sheep's Clothing
BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO
DAGLI SA KRISIS
Ang
Tunay na Terorista
Ni Roland Tolentino
TULA (POETRY)
Ikatlong Himno kay Lenin
NI HUGH MACDIARMID
SALIN MULA SA INGLES NI
GELACIO GUILLERMO
Oplan
Bantay Laya, Sumalangit Nawa
NI E.
SAN JUAN, JR.
NI JOI BARRIOS-LEBLANC
DEMOCRATIC SPACE
The Anti-Terrorism Bill: A
Patently Fascist Measure
By the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN)
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Fruit of the Election
Season: Not Ripe
for the Taking
Vol. VII, No. 2 Feb.
11-17, 2007
UN Rep
Says Killings Hurting Arroyo’s Credibility Abroad
By Bulatlat
Special Report
12 years after the Privatization of the Port of Batangas: Poverty Grips
Former Port Vendors
First of
two parts
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA
Scavenging by Day, Prostitution by
Night
Conclusion
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA
ANALYSIS
Congress: A Hall of Injustice
BY BOBBY TUAZON
Related article:
Senate
Approved Anti-Terror Bill Not Watered Down
but More Draconian Than the House Version
District representatives asked to declare no vote
during the election
Anti-Terrorism Bill to Keep Cordi Rights Advocates Busy
ANALYSIS
Electoral
Showdown
BY BENJIE
OLIVEROS
Related article:
Elections: A
Critical View
Marine General’s ‘Detention’ Provoked by Peace
Pact Violations
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
With Lafayette
mine reopening:
Gov’t Unleashed
Environmental Time Bomb, Group Says
BY LISA ITO
PGH: Hospital for the Poor No More Employees, Health
groups oppose hospital fee increases
BY
AUBREY MAKILAN
MIGRANT WATCH
10,000
OFWs Protest New ‘Extortion’ Scheme
UNIFIL-HK
Commentary
P125-Wage
Hike and Arroyo’s Economic Boom
BY ARNOLD
PADILLA
Rollbacks
Not Enough, Oil Products Still Overpriced
BY RHEA
VEDA PADILLA
KULTURA
Ang
Pag-unlad ng Sining ng mga Makata ay Salamin ng Karanasan ng Kanilang
Audience
NI AXEL PINPIN
DAGLI SA KRISIS
Dalawang
Buwan Matapos ang Reming, Albay
Ni Roland Tolentino
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Forget the Cold
BREAKING NEWS
Graduating Student Killed in Cam Norte
Victims’ Families Storm PNP and AFP Headquarters
Progressive Partylist Groups Start Electoral Campaign
Vol. VII, No. 1 Feb.
4-10, 2007
The Negros Press:
Keen on Unionism, but Constrained
(First of
a two parts)
By Karl G. Ombion
and
Ryan Lachica
Surmounting Economic Woes Together
(Last of
two parts)
By Karl G. Ombion
and
Ryan Lachica
ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
Bulatlat
and Compatriots’ Voices from Afar
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Sub-Contracting
Keeps Women Workers Browbeaten, Underpaid
By Reyna Mae Tabbada
In the wake of
killings:
Election Fever Mounts
in Abra
BY LYN V.
RAMO AND ACE ALEGRE
NISP
Briefing Paper Bares Systematic Campaign vs. Partylists
BY
DABET CASTAÑEDA
ANALYSIS
Arroyo is
Engaging in Double Speak and Cover-ups
BY
BENJIE OLIVEROS
STREETWISE
Melo
Commission – Still No Surprises
BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO
MIGRANT WATCH
Weekly
Protests in RP, Big Mobilization in HK Set vs New POEA Policy
BY
AUBREY MAKILAN
Health
Groups Decry ‘Patronage Politics’ behind Withdrawal of DoH Last-Quarter
Allotment
BY PHILIP PARAAN
Tomas
Osmeña and the Vigilantes of Cebu City
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
HUMAN
RIGHTS WATCH
Refugees
of AFP-MILF Clash Suffer Poor Conditions at Centers
BY AUBREY MAKILAN
Kin of
Luisita Martyrs Benefit from Union Struggle
BY ABNER BOLOS
Student
Journalists Stage National Day of Action
BY REYNA MAE TABBADA
HUMAN
RIGHTS WATCH
Army Captain Denies Hand in Ilocos
Activist’s Slay
But lawyer says alibi is weakest defense
BY
ACE ALEGRE
Itogon
Folk, Benguet Officials Hit DENR for Aiding PMA Land Claim
BY KIM QUITASOL
Alter
Trade Corporation: From Farm Workers’ Cooperative to Profit-Seeking
Company?
By Karl G. Ombion
Dr.
Aloysius Baes: Scientist, Composer and Revolutionary Par Excellence
By Lisa C. Ito
In Honor of Ernesto ‘Popoy’ Valencia
BY JOSE MARIA SISON
SalunggUhit
Absolving the Principal
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Recycling, for Food
BREAKING NEWS
Senate Security Tightens as ATB Set to Go through Final Reading |