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BULATLAT ARCHIVES

2006

JULY

Vol. VI, No. 24  July 23-29, 2006

Giant Gloria/Hitler Effigy Is SONA Protest Centerpiece
By Joshua F. Castro
MIGRANT WATCH
SOS from Lebanon
BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN
Analysis
Israel’s Aggression in the Middle East
BY BENJIE OLIVEROS

All-out war in Quezon
Minors Not Spared

BY DABET CASTAñEDA
Related article
Dorris Cuario: Going Up Against “The Butcher”
Fisherfolk Group Files P20-M Libel Rap vs. Palparan
BY GERRY ALBERT CORPUZ
Guerrilla Priest Says All-Out War Policy Will Worsen Strife
BY KARL G. OMBION
TRO Filed vs. Lafayette
BY jeremiahs Antonio III
Young Davao Filmmaker
in Full-Length Movie Venture
By Cheryll D. Fiel
NEWS AT A GLANCE
-
Metro Manila youth rejects Arroyo’s SONA - survey

- GMA acting like dictator – church group
- Tell the truth in SONA – Casiño to GMA
TULA (POETRY)
Doon Po sa Amin
NI RICHARD R. GAPPI
Bali-balita
NI EDEL GARCELLANO
Ambahan sa Pagkamanhid
NI ROBERTO OFANDA UMIL
In Search of Heroes
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Welga sa Mendiola
NI REY TAMAYO, JR.
ALTERNATIVE READER 136
Israeli Immunity for Genocide
By Andrea Howard
DEMOCRATIC SPACE

- Winning European Favors, Losing at the Homefront
By Ashlanie Dumadalog,
Liga ng Kabataang Moro (LKM-Manila)

- Surface NDF Consultant Rudy Calubad
By Ramil Dacer Balaoro

Salungghit
At the Cliff’s Edge

PHOTO OF THE WEEK
IQuiet and Disquiet

BREAKING NEWS
Anti-Pollution Leader Abducted in Bulacan
 

Vol. VI, No. 23  July 16-22, 2006

Analysis

Much Ado about Nothing
BY BENJIE OLIVEROS

Analysis
Illusion as GMA’s Poverty Solution
BY DANILO ARAÑA ARAO

Military Unrest, an Epidemic Says Retired Officer
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA

Bishop: CBCP May Eventually Support Impeachment
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

Son of Cordillera Red Leader Slain in Abra Clash
BY LYN V. RAMO AND ACE ALEGRE

MIGRANT WATCH

RP Urged to Condemn Lebanon Bombing, Secure OFWs
BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Flood of Hope
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA

Protests Greet Appointment of New PNU President
BY ZOFIA LEAL

Baguio Examinees Fear ‘Whitewash’ on Nursing Board Scam
BY ARTHUR ALLAD-IW

Medical Transcription Comes to Davao
BY GERMELINA A. LACORTE

Madapo Residents in Limbo Despite Duterte Help
BY AILEEN A. CAINGLET AND JENNIFER LIBRES

Nicole’s Testimony Strong and Unimpeached ― Prosecution
BY JHONG DELA CRUZ

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Young Peasant Organizer, 690th Victim of Political Killings under GMA
BY THE RURAL MISSIONARIES OF THE PHILIPPINES

STREETWISE

CBCP Statement, a Step Backward
BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO

Historical Significance of the 100th Year of Filipino Arrival in Hawaii in the Early 20th Century
BY E. SAN JUAN, JR.

Ilang Tala Hinggil sa 'Nationalism and Literature,' Paksa ng Isang Forum ng UMPIL
NI MARK ANGELES

ALTERNATIVE READER 135
- The Real Reasons for Israel`s Invasion of Gaza: An Experiment in Human Despair
By Jonathan Cooke

- The ‘Roadmap’ to Palestinian Ghettos
By Ghali Hassan

Salungghit
Deal or No Deal

PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Still in the Dumps

BREAKING NEWS
- Anti-Imperialist Group Pickets Israeli Embassy
- Class Suit Filed to Stop Lafayette’s Test Run
- 2 Missing in NE 
- All set for SONA rally: Groups Vow All-out Protest vs All-out War, Cha-Cha 
- U.S.-based Youth Group Joins Calls for Bolante’s Extradition
 

Vol. VI, No. 22  July 9-15, 2006

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
When a Long Search Is Never Over
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA

Survivors’ account
Abducted in Pampanga

BY ABNER BOLOS

Courage-EV Head Slain
BY JOHANN HEIN B. ARPON

Baguio Council Condemns Killing of Kalinga Peace Pact Holder 
BY ARTHUR ALLAD-IW

Mission Probes Kalinga Peasants’ Attempted Murder
BY KIM QUITASOL

Analysis

Wages Still Insufficient for Decent Living
BY DANILO ARAÑA ARAO

The Radio station the farmers built: Radyo Cagayano: Burned but Not Silenced
BY DEE AYROSO

Human-Rights Lawyer Target of State Surveillance
By Cheryll D. Fiel

Eroding peace in Mindanao
Arroyo Moving to War Policy – MILF

BY JHONG DELA CRUZ

Arroyo Desperate to Cling to Power - Jalandoni
BY EDWIN C. MERCURIO

GRP-NDFP talks
Peace Advocates: At Risk of Facing Raps?

BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

LABOR WATCH

On Nissan strike: 'Determined Action Can Break Barriers'

BY DENNIS ESPADA

MIGRANT WATCH

OWWA Execs, Migrant Groups Oppose Planned OFW Bank
BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN

Masinloc Fiasco Exposes Pitfalls of Privatization
By Arnold Padilla

Survivor `Nicole’ Recounts Her Ordeal
BY JHONG DELA CRUZ

Marines Deployed to UP for Intelligence Work
BY ZOFIA LEAL

In UP, Defiance Vs Tuition Hike Gains Ground
By Grace S. Uddin

TULA (POETRY)
Si Pacquiao
NI KAREN PAPELLERO

Karsel
NI REY TAMAYO, JR.

Salungghit
What Price ‘Friendship’?

PHOTO OF THE WEEK
In Freedom’s Name 

BREAKING NEWS
- Nicole's Injuries Consistent with Rape - Expert

Vol. VI, No. 21  July 2-8, 2006

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Bishop Says Arroyo’s All-Out War Promotes Death
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
ROTC Revival to Boost Anti-insurgency Drive?
By Jhong dela Cruz
Arroyo Killings Worse than Marcos - Jalandoni
By Edwin C. Mercurio
Gays, Lesbians Hit Gov’t Inaction on Killings
BY NORTHERN DISPATCH
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S WATCH
RP Refuses to Sign UN Declaration on Indigenous Peoples' Rights
BY MAURICE MALANES AND ACE ALEGRE
Gov’t employees unions file impeach raps vs GMA
‘Our Boss Must Be Impeached’

BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN
Nursing Board Examinees Say Cheaters Pose Danger to Profession
BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW
‘Al-Qaeda Is a U.S.-sponsored Intelligence Asset’
BY JOEL GARDUCE

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Militants Denounce Killing of Ilagan Mayor
BY ABE ALMIROL
PHOTO ESSAY
Raging Against the Killings
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN
BOOK REVIEW
Humanizing the Name
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

STREETWISE
All-out Failure
BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO

Why Church People Involved Themselves in Social Transformation
By Rev. Luna L. Dingayan

TULA (POETRY)
Atse Glue
NI GELACIO GUILLERMO
Arestuhin si Gloria upang Makaglorya
NI RAUL FUNILAS

Salungghit
Again, Technicalities?

PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Health Risk

BREAKING NEWS
- 3 Missing, 34 Hurt in Mendiola Youth Rally Dispersal
- Nicole Tells Her Story
- On meeting with NDF leaders: I Did Not Violate Any Law - Jamby 
- 6 Arrested Piston Leaders Released; 1 Still Missing
- Peasant Leader’s Kin Shot Dead in NE

- Rights Group Claims Soldiers Arrested 7 Men Illegally in Pampanga
- Abductions: A Shift from Killings – Youth Groups
- Petitioners Want All Comelec Commissioners Charged
- Burning of Community Radio Station Blamed on Soldiers, Condemned as Media Repression
- Armed Men Burn Baggao Community Radio Station 

 



BULATLAT
STATE
OF THE NATION REPORT

HUMAN RIGHTS

New dictator in the Palace
State of Undeclared Martial Law

BY DEE AYROSO

MIGRANTS
‘Modern Heroes’ as ‘Milking Cows’
BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN

LABOR
Strikes Down, but Take Longer to Resolve
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

Analysis
Government Uses Employment Figures to Paint Rosy Picture
BY DANILO ARAÑA ARAO

Related article
Arroyonomics’? Redefining Economic Indicators to Hide Crisis

EDUCATION
Students Suffer from High Tuition Rates, Repression under GMA
BY ZOFIA LEAL

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Five Years Down the Drain
for Indigenous Peoples

BY JHONG DELA CRUZ

HEALTH

Sad Tales of Happy Land
I
naccessible health services in a sick nation

BY DABET CASTAñEDA
 

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