Vol. 3, No. 34 September 28-October 4, 2003

Massacre in Maco, Compostela Valley: Alleged military intelligence agents abduct, torture, murder youth activists   By Tyrone Velez

Related Article: NPA Identifies 3 of 5 intel agents in Maco massacre; calls on youth to come to the countryside

SPECIAL REPORT

Bagong Lupa: The Village Built from Garbage (First of two parts) By Zelda DT Soriano

Countdown Begins for Bagong Lupa’s Settlers (Last of two parts) By Zelda DT Soriano

Bulacan’s Salt Farms Melt Down  By Dabet Castañeda

Clamor for Return of Balangiga Bells Snowballs  By Alexander Martin Remollino

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S WATCH - Dumagats: A People's Struggle to be Free   By Dennis Espada

The Wto Cancun Conference:  A Post-Mortem Analysis    By Ricco Alejandro M. Santos

LABOR WATCH - Manila Midtown Closure: A Case of Contractualization?
Gokongwei’s hotel workers say strike to go on no matter how long it takes  By Alexander Martin Remollino

MIGRANT WATCH - GMA Orders to Divert Billions of OFW Funds Hit  By BULATLAT.COM 

PHOTO OF THE WEEK - UNCERTAIN FUTURE  By Arkibong Bayan/BULATLAT.COM

news at a glance

·        Moro human rights leader arrested

·        Probe on PAGCOR chair urged

·        CPP:  Bush is GMA’s god

 Vol. 3, No. 33 September 21-27, 2003

Police’s New Lethal Weapon vs Anti-Bush Protesters: ‘Rubber Bullets’  By BULATLAT.COM

LABOR WATCH - Unemployment Reaches 46-Year High  By Alexander Martin Remollino

Commentary - Probing the Probe Issue  By Rowena Carranza

Commentary - Unionism as a Deterrent to Violence vs Media  By Danilo Araña Arao

CULTURE - Rousing Patriotic Performances Mark Ka Amado’s Birth Centennial  By Joel Garduce

Chronicle of a Dictatorship Unleashed   By Ronalyn Olea

Pidal Accounts, Destabilization and State Terrorism   By Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo

Poetry - Ang Kalupitan By Romulo Baquiran  

PHOTO OF THE WEEK - DAMOCLES' SWORD  By Arkibong Bayan/BULATLAT.COM

news at a glance

·        Church group calls for ringing of bells, noise barrage during Bush visit

·        Good Shepherd Sisters of Mindanao decry harassment

·        MILF cadres reject ‘autonomy,’ vow to continue fighting

 Vol. 3, No. 32 September 14-20, 2003

71 Journalists Killed Since 1986: A total of 103 media persons summarily executed since Marcos  By Ronalyn Olea

Martial Law in Retrospect  

·        The AFP: Corruption and Betrayal During Martial Law  By Danilo P. Vizmanos

·        Martial Law in Retrospect By Ricco Alejandro M. Santos

·        Torture Methods and Torturers of Martial Law By Alexander Martin Remollino

·        Defying the Dictatorship By Dabet Castañeda

·        Chronicle of Troubled Times
A Review of Martial Law Diary: Part One   By Alexander Martin Remollino

News Analysis - On Bush’s coming visit to the Philippines: Growing Political Isolation Binds Bush, GMA 
By Joel Garduce

Agricultural Importation: The Bane of Farmers' Existence

·        The Scourge of Rice Importation   By Karl G. Ombion  

·        Importation is Slowly Killing Vegetable Farmers  By Lulu Gimenez

·        At the WTO in Cancun, Mexico: Arroyo Officials' Farm Trade Reform Proposal Useless, Critics Say  By Alexander Martin Remollino

Davao, Cagayan de Oro Journalists March vs Media Killings: Denounce wave of human rights abuses under Arroyo By Bulatlat.com Mindanao Bureau

The Gallery of Brutality  By Danilo Araña Arao

Two Years After 9/11: U.S. Imperialism in a Quicksand  By Prof. Jose Ma. sison

PHOTO OF THE WEEK - PUBLIC SERVANT  By Aubrey Makilan/BULATLAT.COM

 Vol. 3, No. 31 September 7-13, 2003

 The Perfect Crime: Get Filthy Rich, Make Millions of Casualties, and Still Get Praise 
WTO withholds patients’ essential medicines because of TRIPs By Wim De Ceukelaire

Making Sense of the WTO By Danilo Araña Arao

Two years after 9/11: Bush Gov’t Blew it Bigtime   By Joel Garduce

Philippines Reaps Bitter Results of Globalization   By Alexander Martin Remollino

Media Killings Turning Philippines Into Another Colombia By Carlos H. Conde

Suspected Child Offenders Live Tortured Lives: 27 minors were summarily killed in Davao City from mid-1999 to Dec. 2002  By Rolando Pinsoy

Development Projects Bulldozing Urban Poor Communities  By Dennis Espada

Culture - Amado V. Hernandez: People’s Writer  By Alexander Martin Remollino

PHOTO OF THE WEEK - CAMOTE TOPS AND CANCUN  By Ace Alegre/BULATLAT.COM

news at a glance

·        Reyes should be investigated, church group says

·        NPA steps up offensives in Mindoro, Mindanao

·        Peace advocates urge resumption of peace talks

DEMOCRATIC SPACE - WAR, TERRORISM AND PEACE IN MINDANAO: Understanding the Events in Mindanao   By Ka Oris, National Democratic Front of the Philippines-Mindanao

Alternative Reader No. 68: On the 2nd anniversary of 9/11  Compiled by BULATLAT.COM

·        9-11- New Books, Videos, the Growing Movement for Truth and Accountability  By Carol Brouillet

·        A Deadly Franchise: The Global War on Terror is a Smokescreen Used by Governments to Wipe Out Opponents  By Naomi Klein

·        America Two Years after 9/11: 25 Things We Now Know By Bernard Weiner

·        Concerning the Joint 9/11 Inquiry   By Kristen Breitweiser

·        Four 9/11 Moms Battle Bush By Gail Sheehy

·        Political Complicity and the 9/11 Joint Inquiry    By Michel Chossudovsky

·        September 11^th And The Bush Administration: Compelling Evidence for Complicity    By Walter E. Davis