BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com The government, said Bayan Muna (People First) Rep. Teddy Casiño, may impose additional taxes to raise the income needed to finance this year’s proposed P1.053 trillion ($20,371,445,153) national budget. In the 2006 proposed budget, the real value of the proposed budget for education and health decreased while that for debt…
Marya Salamat
Military Rebels Say No to Cha-cha
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat.com Military rebels are “silently observing” the people’s reaction to the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo administration’s charter change maneuvers. “If the people will strongly react against it, there might be another attempt of military intervention to solve the current political impasse,” a retired military officer who has close ties with the military rebels said.…
Oil Squeeze
BY BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The country is again facing the prospect of oil price spikes. Why? Can nothing be done about it? The country, and the world, are again being threatened with the probability of run-away increases in the prices of oil, gas, and its derivatives. New York’s main contract, light sweet crude for June…
Only in the Philippines
BY TRINA FEDERIS Bulatlat.com GUESS? clothing sold locally is actually sewed here in the Philippines. And while it is put up for sale at exorbitant prices, the workers just earn a pittance for their hard work. GUESS? clothing sold locally is actually sewed here in the Philippines. And while it is put up for sale…
Alleviating Poverty: Is Microfinance the Solution?
BY ZOFIA LEAL Bulatlat.com In her 2001 State of the Nation Address, President Arroyo mentioned microfinance as the cornerstone strategy of the government’s fight against poverty. The year 2005 was also declared as the Year of Microfinance in the Philippines. But who benefits from microfinancing and what impact does it create in the quality of…
Uma Hosts Cordillera Day ‘06
BY AURA IRENE SEMANERO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com Uma, Lubuagan, Kalinga is this year’s host community for the Cordillera Day celebration from April 23 to 24. In a meeting last February the Uma Tribal Elders and Leaders Conference pointed out the significance of the Cordillera Day celebration in this community “in addressing their issues…
The Cordillera Day: A Continuing Struggle
BY MARIE CONIE DUERME Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com The commemoration of the Cordillera Day is an event that has become the biggest annual political solidarity gathering of indigenous peoples not only in the Cordillera Region but also worldwide. This day is traced back to the eve of April 24, 1980 when soldiers belonging to…
Rights Lawyers Decry Continuous Political Killings
BY AUBREY MAKILAN Bulatlat.com Despite President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s moves to abolish the death penalty, human rights lawyers noted that extrajudicial and political killings continue contradicting the image of “kindness and compassion” she wants to portray. Arroyo’s position vs. the death penalty, they said, is but a “desperate effort to save her presidency.” Extrajudicial killings Lawyers…
February 24, 2006
BY DENNIS ANDREW AGUINALDO Posted by Bulatlat Friday is a fear of weekends, The shadows of monuments, Stones, Sticks. Shield against a Saturday! Water down a rising Sunday. Next week could be different. A next Week? Could be more than seven days. (Bulatlat.com)
Mga Anghel ng Guinsaugon
NI TOTO DIVINO Inilathala ng Bulatlat Kanina lang, kanina lang, nariyan pa sila. Mga halaklak at tawang-anghel sa lupa Dito, dito, o maaaring sa dako pa doon Doon ko huling narinig ang mga awit nila. Bilis, habulin natin ang mga bakas ng tinig Ang buntot ng hagikhik at dulo ng sigawan Idikit ang tenga sa…
Rumsfeld Singled Out as Crisis Deepens in Iraq
By Julian Borger and Jonathan Steele The Guardian UK Posted by Bulatlat Defence chief attacked on war’s third anniversary. Ex-PM Allawi says conflict is tantamount to civil war. A former US army general yesterday called for Donald Rumsfeld to resign on grounds of incompetence in Iraq, hours after Ayad Allawi, the former US-backed Iraqi prime…