Battalion Sergeant-Major John W. Calloway, US Army, fought the Spaniards in Cuba, and then the Filipinos for two years, 1899-1900 - when an order was made in Manila that he be reduced in rank to private and discharged “without honor”. What was it that impelled the...
Cebu residents are for reproductive health (RH), unlike what opponents of the cause say. This was the message of the newly-formed Reproductive Health Advocacy Network (RHAN)-Cebu chapter as they vowed to intensify the tri-media information campaign about the...
Impunity and desperation in a murderous, corrupt, and undemocratic regime is a dangerous combination. It brings back memories of Martial Law. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS ANALYSIS Bulatlat Karapatan has raised the alarm over the surge in extrajudicial killings during the...
Picture this: you, in your toga, walking along the long aisle, waiting for your name to be called, excited to get hold of that diploma, or medal (if you are an honor student), until that final moment came when you could release a sigh of relief because you’re done...
Majority of Filipinos do not favor amendments to the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution, according to the latest nationwide survey conducted by research group IBON Foundation, Inc. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Majority of Filipinos do not favor...
There may be more to the Balikatan military exercises which are set to be held in the Bicol Region this coming April than the much-vaunted “humanitarian missions”. The participation of an overwhelmingly large number of US troops indicates a high likelihood of combat operations during the exercises, said the spokesperson of a Bicol-based anti-Balikatan alliance.
About 30 million Filipinos living below the poverty-line hound the urban scene of modern-day Philippines. In the heart of Tondo, Manila, one can easily be acquainted with the images of destitute lives of thousands of men, women and children struggling amid the ever worsening situation.
Nilililok ng mga struktura ng tarps ang bagong edifice ng syudad. Purong imahen, statikong karangyaan at konsumerismo, at ang irony nito, manipis lamang ang imahen na ito. Walang nasa likod ng imahen ng urbanidad at kosmopolitanismo. Parang sine, intense ang...
Bambi Santos was an activist, a full-time staff member of the national democratic alliance, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN). She was killed at the age of twenty-seven, in what military authorities said was an encounter. Witnesses contend however that there was a...
BY BP. FELIXBERTO CALANG Chairperson, InPeace Mindanao DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat I extend my deepest sympathy to the family of Ka Parago and Evangeline Pitao over the loss of their daughter Rebelyn. It comes as a shock to hear of such news. I pray that...
BY JULIE L. PO Secretary-General, Concerned Artists of the Philippines DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat “Culture of tourism” is a catch-phrase promoted by the government to save us in this time of crisis. What is meant by “culture of tourism”? For concerned...
It is a violation of international humanitarian law to torture and kill a captive even if he or she is an enemy; it is the worst form of human rights violation to forcibly abduct, torture, rape and kill a person simply because of his or her political beliefs. What...
What’s He Trying to Do? You can’t tell what the policeman is trying to do here. (Photo by Owen Segovia Bayog)
Randall “Ka Randy” Echanis’s arrest and continuing detention is glaring proof of the Arroyo regime’s abuse of state power to seal off all non-violent avenues for basic social reform including the peace negotiations. The clear and strong signal Malacañang continues...
The Optical Mark Reader (OMR) that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will use for the automated elections system (AES) in the May 2010 polls has not been fully proven as tamper- and fraud-free, will encourage wholesale cheating, and will not ensure a...
BY RENATO REYES, JR. Secretary-General Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Posted by Bulatlat Today (March 6, 2009) we received the sad news that Pinoy rap legend Francis Magalona passed away. It was a day we had not expected to come so soon, despite the battle with...
RoRo (Dis)Connection. More appropriately known as the Strong Republic Nautical Highway, the RoRo (Roll-on, Roll-Off) system aims to reduce the cost of inter-island travel and to speed up the development of trade and tourism. (Photo by Ayi Muallam)
Marami ang nakapaloob sa sikretong lenggwahe ng kapitalismo—silang may pambili ng McDonalds. Sa maraming hindi, sinasaad naman na ang tira-tira—ang pinaghalong kung ano-anong sobra at hindi lubos na nakain—ang posibleng modalidad ng pagkain pa rin ng fries. Pati...
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