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All Roads Lead to Malacañang

All Roads Lead to Malacañang

What does Governors Ben Evardone and Joel Reyes of Eastern Samar and Palawan respectively, Francis Ver, Benjamin “the Broker” Abalos Sr., Lintang Bedol, Virgilio Garcillano, and Iggy Arroyo have in common? They all tried to absorb the blame for issues which could...

Endgame for Iraqi Oil?

Endgame for Iraqi Oil?

The oil legislation now pending in the Iraqi parliament awards foreign oil companies coveted, long-term, 20-35 year contracts of just the sort that neighboring oil-producers have rejected for decades. It also places the Iraqi oil industry under the control of an...

Organic Aquaculture: Restoring Natural Production Systems, Changing Lifestyles, and Raising Quality of Life

Organic Aquaculture: Restoring Natural Production Systems, Changing Lifestyles, and Raising Quality of Life

In today’s world dominated by ‘fast food’, ‘fast money’, and ‘fast habits’, people have obviously taken for granted the quality and safety of the food they eat. What seemingly matters most is not the acceptable safety standards of the food we eat, but just to be...

The Fugitive of Talaingod

The Fugitive of Talaingod

Datu Guibang Apoga, the chieftain of the Ata-Manobo tribe in the hinterlands of Talaingod, Davao del Norte, has been in hiding for a decade now. In the lowlands of Mindanao, his face is prominently displayed on posters in bus terminals and police stations as one of...

Matapos ang Pagsabog

Matapos ang Pagsabog

Nagkataon man o hindi, ang trahedya sa Makati ay nagbigay ng pagkakataong makapaghanda ng mas epektibong estratehiya ang mga nasa kapangyarihan para mabawasan o tuluyang mawala ang negatibong epekto ng mga kontrobersiyang kinasasangkutan nito. Ni Danilo Araña Arao...

Audacious and Praiseworthy

Audacious and Praiseworthy

The Joint Statement of Sen. Maria Ana Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal and the NDFP negotiating panel on the peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the NDFP opens up a new channel for the stalled talks to move forward at a time when all avenues seemed to...

Corruption in High Places

Corruption in High Places

BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES IN THE PHILIPPINES Posted by Bulatlat DEMOCRATIC SPACE Vol. VII, No. 37, October 21-27, 2007 We express utter incredulity over Malacañang’s order for the investigation of an incident where members of the Congress and some other...

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