2005
OCTOBER
Vol. V, No. 37
October 23 - 29, 2005
NEWS FLASH
'Palit-Bigas’
Prostitution: Or how rural women
are trading sex for rice due to hunger
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Stories of Hunger,
Landlessness and Armed Struggle
Asia Pacific farmers,
advocates meet in Negros conference
By Ranie Azue
SPECIAL REPORT
Gov’t
Promotes ‘Suicide Seeds,’ Transgenics in Cordillera
First of two parts
BY FERNANDO BAGYAN AND LULU GIMENEZ
‘Destabilization Plot’ a Military Farce – Ka Satur
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA
ANALYSIS
Repeating History
By the Center for People Empowerment in
Governance (CENPEG)
News Analysis
Is
Arroyo-Church Clash Looming?
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Mines over Citrus in Nueva Vizcaya: 10,000
rights violations reported due to mining
BY FELICISIMO
MANALANSAN
SPECIAL REPORT
Cordillera – Still the Main Hub of Transnational Mining
First of three parts
By Windel Bolinget
Foreign
TNCs Dominate Mining Industry Second of three parts
By
Windel Bolinget
Arroyo’s
Priority Mining Projects a Boon to TNCs
But small-scale miners will be
displaced Conclusion
By Windel Bolinget
Related story:
Buaya
Tribe Resists Mineral Exploration By Abigail T. Bengwayan
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Soldiers Killed, 42 Others Wounded in Fresh NPA Offensives
But AFP in
tit-for-tat with armed guerrillas
BY BULATLAT
Europeans Pledge to Defend Civil Liberties and Democracy
By D. L. MONDELO
MIGRANT WATCH
4,775 Filipinos in Foreign Jails; 1,103 are
women
Posted by Bulatlat
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Minors in Cordillera Jails
By Lyn V. Ramo
Arroyo
Satisfaction Rating Lowest since May 2004 By IBON Foundation
Corruption in Arroyo Gov’t is Severe – IBON Survey By IBON Foundation
Using Asia's Poor to Build U.S. Bases in
Iraq
Some 1,300
Filipinos were working at Camp Anaconda alone
By
David Phinney
TULA (POETRY)
-
Pagtawid
Ni MARK ANGELES
-
Hinagpis
ng Isang Bayani
Ni PAULINO PRUEL
- Bayan Muna office in
Tarlac burned
- Budget proponent an illegitimate president –
Beltran
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Slow
Suspense
Vol. V, No. 36
October 16 - 22, 2005
Bayan
Muna Leader Assassinated; 13th in Tarlac since November
Massacre
By Abner Bolos
PARC
Stalls Luisita Land Distribution BY DABET CASTAÑEDA
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Negros:
A Bastion of Landlord Resistance
Conclusion
By Karl G. Ombion and Ranie Azue
SPECIAL REPORT
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Playground Behind Bars
First of four-part series
by Mylene Buensuceso, Ronald
Caraig, Likha Cuevas, and Jenielle Marie Enojo
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Doing
Time in the Company of Hardened Criminals
Second of four parts
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Children
on Death Row and the Child-unfriendly Justice System
Third of four parts
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Slow
Justice for Detained Children
Last of four parts
Images of Strife and Struggle:
Photographs as History and Critique
By Lisa C. Ito
General
Out to Quell Opposition vs GMA’s NorthRail, Expressway Projects?
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA
Europe has a New ‘Terrorist’
By D. L. MONDELO
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S
WATCH
Igorots
Picket AsPac Mining Meet, Condemn Arroyo’s Mining Agenda
By
AT
Bengwayan
Corporate
Mining: Assault on IP Lands
By Joan Carling
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Camp Bagong Diwa Likened to Auswichtz
Muslim
detainees appeal for humane treatment By
May Vargas
State
Colleges to Get Less Than Half of Budget for Military Schools in 2006
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
BOOK
REVIEW
By They
Who Harvest
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Resistance
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
NEWS AT A GLANCE
- With or without dengue, many Filipino children are dying
- Progressive congressman wants U.S.
warships probed, seized
- Government ‘bounty
system’ endangers peace talks
- Political earthquake to rock presidential
palace
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Face to Face
Vol. V, No. 35
October 9 - 15, 2005
The Rush for An Anti-Terror Law
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA
Luisita Workers Reap Gains from 'Bungkalan'
By Abner Bolos
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Police
Violating BP 880 – Labor Lawyer
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
CL: From Rice Fields to 'Killing Fields'?
8 political
killings reported since September
BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN
Central Luzon Before Palparan's New Command
Prominent
officials, lawyers, union leaders were in 'hit list'
BY FRED VILLAREAL
'Camingawan
7' Accuse Military of Illegal Detention, Torture
BY KARL G. OMBION
ANALYSIS
Uncertain Future
By
the Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG)
LABOR WATCH
Sacked
Union Leader Jailed by Benguet Police BY ALDWIN QUITASOL
MEDIA WATCH
UP
Profs, NUJP Hit Military, Police Harassment of Lensman
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Grim
Reality Behind Mining Investments By
Jennifer del Rosario Malonzo
Service Contract Allows De Facto Foreign Control Over Malampaya
By Arnold Padilla
Day One
of Ramadhan in Baguio
BY LYN V. RAMO
COMMENTARY
Boxers,
Beauty Queens and
Bugaw na Gobyerno
By JPaul Manzanilla
POETRY
Mga Pagpupugay kay Vicky Samonte, Pinaslang na
Lider-guro-unyonista:
Tatlong tula (Three poems)
Mga tula
ng isang migrante mula sa Saudi Arabia Ni Noel Malicdem
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Dutiful Father
Vol. V, No. 34
October 2 - 8, 2005
Justice or Political Vendetta?
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA
Sweet but Partial Victory
By Abner Bolos
Hacienda
Luisita workers:
Will Justice Finally be Served?
By John Paul Andaquig and
Sweet Mary Cawicaan
HUMAN RIGHTS
WATCH
7 Negros Farmers Nabbed at Checkpoint; 1
Missing
BY KARL G. OMBION AND
RANIE AZUE
GMA Creating ‘De Facto Dictatorship’ – Ex-PCGG
Commissioner
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
18 Troopers, Paramilitary Men Killed in NPA Attacks By Bulatlat
Mining Linked to Military Operations vs B'laans in Mindanao
Arroyo ally is a major shareholder of mining company
BY TYRONE A. VELEZ
Remembering Fort
by Dennis Espada
China: A Cauldron of Looming Conflict
With 200 demonstrations every day
By Carlito Parungo
Mao's Legacy in China's Current Development
By Pao-Yu Ching
Observing Ramadhan in Baguio
BY
LYN V. RAMO
Poetry
-
Mapait ang Kape sa Nestle
(Kay Diosdado "Ka Fort" Fortuna)
Ni Raul Funilas
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Timplang Nestle
Ni Michael Francis C. Andrada
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Isang Malaking Kumpanya ng Kape, Gatas At Tsokolate, Walang Pangalan
Ni Michael Francis
C. Andrada
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Good Food, Good Life
By Kayan Liwari
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Peñafrancia in Milan
SALUNGGUHIT
Public
Health
on the Brink of Death
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