NI REY TAMAYO, JR. Inilathala ng Bulatlat.com Hindi tayo makatakas sa mga nakatutulig na pangungusap Mga mapang-usig at nakaririnding mga pangako Ng mga politikong bihasa sa maiinam na talumpati Na waring mga bulong na umaali-aligid sa ating kamalayan. Kung papaanong kinutkot ng kalawang ang talim ng ating pagkatao. At tuluyang lumalalim ang sugat ng kahapong…
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Chinese Revolutionists Salute Filipino Comrades
BY GO BON JUAN Posted by Bulatlat.com Little do Filipinos know that our own heroes and martyrs were among those who inspired the Chinese revolutionists and encouraged them to continue their struggle. The Chinese revolutionists, in turn, stoked in their Filipino comrades the same ideals to achieve freedom even at the cost of their lives.…
Kalinga People Resist Corporate Mining
BY LYN V. RAMO, NORDIS Bulatlat.com In another display of people’s unity, indigenous peasant communities and advocates from the middle sector in Kalinga province banded together to put a stop to all corporate mining activities in the province. TABUK, Kalinga (330 kms, north of Manila) — Indigenous peasant communities and advocates from the middle sector…
Cry Justice!
PHOTOS BY AYA SANTOS TEXT BY DEE AYROSO Bulatlat.com They came together with one thing in mind: justice for their kin. The names were written in white letters on 10 pieces of black tarpaulin. Hanging from steel bars, the tarp looked like gravestones in the middle of the plaza in front of the Sta. Cruz…
Resonance of the Past
A tragic incident similar to what happened in Leyte way back in 1991 (the Ormoc flashflood that swept about 6,000 individuals) and in 2003 (the San Francisco landslide that killed 133 people) took place last Feb. 17, this time in St. Bernard town, same province. Rampaging mudslides swallowed the whole village of not less than…
National ID system a major setback for civil liberties – Bayan
The impending implementation of the National ID System after a Supreme Court ruling upholding its constitutionality will be a major setback for civil liberties according Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) secretary general Renato M. Reyes, Jr, one of the petitioners in the Supreme Court case. “In a time when civil liberties are already bludgeoned by so…
Railroading Charter Change
BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com There are clumsy attempts to create a bandwagon effect by mobilizing the pro-GMA local government officials to manufacture millions of bogus voters’ signatures; by creating media hype through paid hacks and public relations operators; and by utilizing a discredited Commission on Elections (Comelec) to supposedly verify the signatures…
Painting a King’s Lexis
BY PINK-JEAN FANGON MELEGRITO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com Everyone who closely follows literature in Filipino knows Jun Cruz Reyes, novelist and short story writer. He is also a painter, photographer, and filmmaker – but he is primarily known as a writer. “The people would be pitiful if there were no honorable writers,” he said.…
Bien Lumbera: Activist, National Artist for Literature
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera, literary scholar, social commentator, librettist, and poet has been chosen as 2006 National Artist for Literature. He fully deserves the award, and more so than many of those who had received it ahead of him. It is now official. Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera, known as Ka Bien to…
International Mission to Probe Labor Killings
BY ABNER BOLOS Gitnang Luson News Service Posted by Bulatlat.com Alarmed by the unabated killing of political activists, world labor leaders will visit the country next month to investigate killings of labor leaders and organizers and repression of the labor sector. San Fernando, Pampanga—Alarmed by the unabated killing of political activists, world labor leaders will…
‘People’s Calvary’ along the Railways
BY JEWELYN MARANAN Contributed to Bulatlat.com Christ’s passion has for years been compared to the present conditions of the Filipino people who have perpetually been under the burden of social ills. This comparison has developed the tradition of Kalbaryo ng Bayan since the early 90’s which has been flexibly applied and modified based on the…