Protecting His Protector
Benjie Oliveros | Mar 7, 2009
Daughter of NPA Commander, Abducted, Tortured then Killed
Daughter of NPA Commander, Abducted, Tortured then Killed
Rebelyn Pitao, 20, a teacher at St. Peter's College and daughter of Leoncio Pitao, an NPA commander known as Commander Parago, was abducted by four armed men at 6:30 p.m. last March 4, 2009 at the crossing of Bago Gallera de Oro Subdivision, Bago Gallera, Tolomo,...
CDO Radioman Survives Attempt on His Life
CDO Radioman Survives Attempt on His Life
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat Radioman Nilo Labares, 48, survived an attack by gunmen around 8:30 p.m., March 5, in Macasandig, Cagayan de Oro City. Labares, chief reporter of Radio Mindanao Network (RMN) - DxCC, was riding his Yamaha scooter when two men riding a...
24 hours of service
24 hours of service
24 hours of service. The four workers here risk lives and limbs working at dusk, yet are paid so little. (Photo by Raymund Villanueva)
Revising History
Revising History
Ironically, the more Mrs. Arroyo dismisses, degrades and tries to consign to oblivion the legacy of people power uprisings – of a people moving as one to overthrow the current Chief Executive Officer of the unjust and exploitative ruling system – the more she...
Toast to Summer
Toast to Summer
Ang summer lang ang tino-toast dahil ang tag-ulan ay magkatambal na biyaya at sigalot ang kaakibat na dulot. Tino-toast ang singularidad ng panahon—mainit lang forever—at ang singularidad ng homogenisadong karanasan ng gitnang uri. Toast to summer, tostadong...
The Smith Custody Battle, a Question of Power and Interests
The Smith Custody Battle, a Question of Power and Interests
Perhaps people are wondering why the US is so hell-bent on protecting a rapist and why the Arroyo government is so willing to oblige. If a Filipino committed the same crime in the US, he would surely rot in a US jail and not while away the time in the Philippine...
CBCP Issues Pastoral Statement Against BNPP Revival
CBCP Issues Pastoral Statement Against BNPP Revival
By Noel Sales Barcelona Correspondent Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president Angel N. Lagdameo issued a pastoral statement against the issue the planned revival of the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). “We join the...
Catholic Bishop Appeals to Schools Not to Increase Tuition Fees
Catholic Bishop Appeals to Schools Not to Increase Tuition Fees
By Noel Sales Barcelona Correspondent The head of the Roman Catholic Church in Manila, Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal B. Rosales, joined calls asking schools not to increase their tuition this coming school year. In a news report over Church-run Radio Veritas today,...
Journey for Justice
Journey for Justice
“It has helped me make a resolution that the peddlers of lies cannot go on and be left unchecked. Yes, they may be Goliath but the presence of Goliath also gives birth to little Davids.” Edith Burgos, mother of missing activist Jonas Burgos, said this at the...
No Fear of Falling
No Fear of Falling
No Fear of Falling
The possibility of suffering a bad fall from this wall in Smokey Mountain, Tondo, Manila is apparently the least of this boy’s worries. (Photo by Eric Sales)
Philippine Gov’t ‘Lawyering’ for US on Smith Transfer, Lawyers’ Group Says
Philippine Gov’t ‘Lawyering’ for US on Smith Transfer, Lawyers’ Group Says
A lawyers’ group has denounced the Philippine government for “lawyering for a foreign government” on the transfer of convicted rapist L/Cpl. Daniel Smith of the US Marines to Philippine prison facilities. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat A lawyers’ group has...
More Filipinos Think Gov’t Won’t Deal with Crisis Well
More Filipinos Think Gov’t Won’t Deal with Crisis Well
As the country faces uncertainty in the face of the global economic downturn, the latest IBON survey shows that majority of Filipinos doubt that the administration will be able to address the crisis well. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat As the country faces...
OFW Remittances amid Crisis: Government’s Dependable Source Faces Challenges
OFW Remittances amid Crisis: Government’s Dependable Source Faces Challenges
The situation OFWs are now facing is a wake-up call for government which has mythologized overseas remittances as some kind of magic bullet for development BY SONNY AFRICA IBON Features Posted by Bulatlat Even as overseas Filipino workers’ (OFW) remittances grew by...
‘Katas ng VAT’ Did Not Reach Majority of Filipinos
‘Katas ng VAT’ Did Not Reach Majority of Filipinos
According to the January 2009 IBON Nationwide Survey, 62.5 percent of the 1,500 respondents said that the government subsidy package did not reach them, while 18.1 percent said that it did. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Malacañang released this week the...
Programmed Helplessness
Programmed Helplessness
Too many problems have been confronting the Filipino people. To effectively confront these problems and issues, tough but obvious solutions can be implemented. However, the Arroyo government refuses to act decisively, claiming it could not do anything about it or...
To Control Or Not to Control: Is the RH Bill Necessary?
To Control Or Not to Control: Is the RH Bill Necessary?
The proponents of the bill say a law is necessary to protect women’s and families’ health, but its opponents say the bill not only endangers women’s health but family ties, too. BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Correspondent Bulatlat Who will win the fiery battle on the...
Red Before Maroon: My Reminiscences of UP
Red Before Maroon: My Reminiscences of UP
My memories of UP are registers of cognitive and affective experiences. And If I believe in rebirth, then UP to me is like a way station before the quarters of pleasures and pains. Where I am now, remembering is the only answer to dismemberment. BY TOMAS T....
Amid Crisis: Workers to Launch Association vs Retrenchments, Contractualization; Push Wage Fight
Amid Crisis: Workers to Launch Association vs Retrenchments, Contractualization; Push Wage Fight
In the midst of the global financial crisis and the resulting job losses in the Philippines, a new labor group is expected to be launched before this month ends. At the same time, the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU or May 1st Movement) has declared that it will continue to push for a P125 across-the-board, nationwide wage increase.
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