More than 1,000 faculty staff and students walked out of classrooms to protest the possible demolition of a tree park in Baguio City. The park would be demolished because SM Investment Corporation (SMIC) plans to construct 13-storey posh condominiums in the area....
Apparently, the purpose of the Forum is not so much to promote and protect the rights of migrants and overseas contract workers but to serve as a venue for dialogue between developed countries, which are concerned with the uncontrolled influx of migrants, and...
The Meralco case is not about public interest; it is all about conflicting business interests. And it is being decided not on the basis of the strength of arguments but by the power of money and influence. This is the depth by which our system of governance, and of...
Iraq, like Vietnam, is a conflict where political realities on the ground will trump America's overwhelming military force. BY STEVE WEISSMAN T r u t h o u t | Perspective Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No, 30, August 31-September 6, 2008 Back in January, the Bush...
By engaging the MILF in a controversial agreement and now in an escalated armed conflict, the Arroyo government has been diverting the public's attention from the numerous issues haunting it. It is now making it appear that the most urgent and serious problem...
So much controversy has surrounded the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement on ancestral domain between the Arroyo government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). In stead of engendering peace, it has led to the escalation of the conflict; in stead of...
The Arroyo government is running out of excuses as one survey after another shows the deteriorating state of the economy and the quality of life of the Filipino people. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS ANALYSIS Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 27, August 10-16, 2008 The Arroyo...
BY RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat Posted 9:09 p.m., July 18, 2008 At least 2,000 college and high school students walked out of their classes today to call for a "meaningful change." They were joined by out-of-school youth from different parts of Metro Manila. Led by the...
World oil prices are bloated by speculation in oil markets, and local firms Petron, Shell, and Chevron Philippines which are domestic agents of the global oil monopolies are passing on this overpricing to consumers. This has resulted in record oil industry profits...
The 12-percent value-added tax (VAT) on oil will remain despite popular demand to have it scrapped, as Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo stood pat on her position that her government gets funds for pro-poor projects from the said revenue measure. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern...
Iba man ang panahon noon at ngayon, iisa pa rin ang konteksto ng mga argumento. Ang nararamdaman ng nakararami ay hindi kaunlaran kundi kahirapan. NI DANILO ARAÑA ARAO Konteksto / Pinoy Weekly Inilathala ng (Bulatlat.com) Vol. VIII, No. 24, July 29-26, 2008 Hindi...
BY RICHARD C. COOK Global Research, July 16, 2008 Posted by Bulatlat ALTERNATIVE READER Vol. VIII, No. 24, July 20-26, 2008 With the economic news of the week of July 14—the continuing crisis among mortgage lenders, the onset of bank failures, the announced...
BY BULATLAT Posted 7:04 p.m., July 17, 2008 A group opposed to the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) has said the Supreme Court decision upholding the secrecy of the negotiations on the said deal will set a dangerous precedent on future...
BY BULATLAT Posted 7:09 p.m., July 16, 2008 The independent think-tank IBON Foundation has revealed that world oil prices are bloated by speculation in oil markets and local firms Petron, Shell, and Chevron Philippines, which are domestic agents of the global oil...
BY BULATLAT Posted 7:23 p.m., July 16, 2008 The Court of Appeals (CA) has denied the petition for the writ of habeas data filed by the mother of two sisters held by the Philippine Army. Maria Gumanoy's daughters Fatima, 17, and Rose Ann, 21, have been in military...
BY BULATLAT July 15, 2008 - 8:58 p.m. It seemed like a funeral march as the faces of men and women were covered with black veils. The color of the march dramatized their collective sentiment; and a banner said it all, "Dahan-dahan kaming pinapatay ni Gloria sa...
BY BULATLAT July 15, 2008 - 1:22 p.m. ILIGAN CITY – About 100 members of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan)-Lanao chapter held a protest here, branding the Arroyo government’s response to the economic crisis as “bogus, pathetic and utterly hopeless.” The group...
BY BULATLAT July 14, 2008 - 6:18 p.m. Members of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) blockaded the main office of Pilipinas Shell in Makati this morning as a "display of resistance against the grave abuses of oil companies and the Arroyo regime." In a statement,...
BY BULATLAT July 14, 2008 -5:09 p.m. Workers under the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) slammed the overpricing and excessive profiteering of big oil companies. In a statement, Wilson Baldonaza, KMU secretary general said, "Big oil companies are at the crux of their greed....
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