Members of Migrante International, an organization of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families, picketed last July 11 the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to launch a series of protest actions geared toward President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s delivery...
Tulad ng napakaraming lansangan sa Maynila na nagkalat ang mga basura, ang tinatawag na information superhighway ay sadlak sa dumi ng misimpormasyon at iresponsableng pagsusulat. Pero kung gusto mong mag-blog, maaari kang tumulong sa paglilinis nito sa pamamagitan...
Last May 5, 2008, seven OFWs, the most recent batch who have been repatriated, were welcomed home by their families and Migrante staff. Carlos Rebutar, spokesperson of the seven stranded OFWs, said they are seeking justice for the negligence that they have...
As Ornus gears for silver anniversary next year While the city's urban poor remained hopeful that the demolition of their structures would end in the communities where they have settled, the current rice crisis and the rising price of oil add to the burden of their...
Typhoon Cosme hit the southern towns of La Union on the night of May 17, causing millions of damage in agricultural production, fisheries, infrastructure and leaving seven persons dead and five injured. BY JOAN DIAZ Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII,...
Si Ka Bel ang anti-thesis ng pagtaliwas sa linya ng historikal na panlipunang pagbabago. Nanatiling naninindigan si Ka Bel sa kilusang masa hanggang sa huling sandali na ang wanna-be gitnang uring mamamayan ay higit na nahahalina sa Nokia N-90, Trinoma at Mall of...
E. San Juan, Jr. Balikbayang Mahal: Passages from Exile. Morrisville, NC: Lulu.com, 2007. A book of translations, Balikbayang Mahal or Beloved Returnee is about making history in unexpected places. Take, for instance, the following cases. The names of the dead...
Senators, human rights, and peace advocates questioned the appointment of former AFP chief of staff Hermogenes Esperon as Peace Adviser. Inpeace Mindanao called it “ironic, tragic, and outrageous.” BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 16, May...
Time and again the specter of inflation and factory closures are being raised every time a wage increase is in the offing. And it is terribly insulting to workers that again this is being raised even if the wage and allowance hike being floated for workers in Metro...
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN Bulatlat ELECTION WATCH/BREAKING NEWS May 16, 2007 - 1:44pm Due to shortage in manpower, the canvassing of votes in Manila could take a week. Jovencio Balangquit, chair of the Commission on Elections Board of Canvassers of...
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat ELECTION WATCH / BREAKING NEWS May 14, 2007 - 1:58pm The Moro human rights group Kawagib disclosed that election returns are being sold in Mindanao for P40,000-60,000 ($847.82-1,271.72 based on a $1:P47.18 exchange rate as of...
At 55, political prisoner Eduardo Serrano still has not stopped learning. He recounts the lessons he learned while living with the Mangyans, when he was arrested, and now while in jail. He even decided to take his master's degree while behind bars. BY DABET...
BY PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON FOUNDING CHAIRMAN, COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE PHILIPPINES CHIEF POLITICAL CONSULTANT, NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT OF THE PHILIPPINES Posted by Bulatlat DEMOCRATIC SPACE Vol. VIII, No. 9, April 6-12, 2008 My family and I express sincere...
(Starting with my Marcellana-Serrano-Roslin-Roson Lineage) BY EDUARDO SERRANO DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 9, April 6-12, 2008 For almost a month now, our country’s cradle of democracy is being rocked with a gathering storm of contradictory...
Para sa mga magulang ng mga nagsipagtapos, higit pa sa gintong medalya ang kanilang gantimpala, lalo na kung ang mga anak nila’y tutulong sa pag-unlad hindi lang ng pamilya kundi ng buong bansa. NI DANILO ARAÑA ARAO Konteksto / Pinoy Weekly Inilathala ng Bulatlat...
(Sa alaala ng yumaong Dr. Nemesio Prudente, kasama't kaibigan) NI E. SAN JUAN, JR. Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 9, April 6-12, 2008 “Only connect….” --E.M. Forster, A Passage to India ….Di na umasa sa pirasong ass ni Britney Spears “sneaking into the...
Hits government’s ‘blind adherence’ to globalization The massive land use conversion for non-agricultural purposes have certainly been one of the major factors for the dwindling rice supply, food insecurity and rising costs of basic commodities in recent years....
POSTED BY BULATLAT January 31, 2008 - 12:43pm Six students were arrested while 24 others -- including a teacher -- were injured after police dispersed a rally against what a Malacañang-led education summit. Joanna Rose Adenit and Emman Montado of the Philippine...
BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat January 29, 2008 - 12:21pm Members of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan or New Patriotic Alliance) and allied organizations held a picket protest in front of the SMX Convention Center in Manila, venue of the Energy Summit, earlier today. "We...
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