The much-touted bonanza of consumerist globalization may have produced its most hackneyed if repulsive scenario yet, this time in the land of state-approved prostitution, where a handful of Filipino political exiles have taken refuge from the brutal regimes back...
What does NDFP chief political consultant Jose Maria Sison’s arrest imply for the GRP-NDFP peace negotiations? Are localized peace talks really possible? Bulatlat interviewed Luis Jalandoni, chairman of the NDFP Negotiating Panel, on these. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN...
The conduct that was displayed by our “Honourable” representatives and senators during the opening of the 14th Congress was exasperating and unbecoming but not totally surprising. After all, the race towards the 2010 elections has already begun. For the Filipino...
It is not surprising that de facto President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo hardly mentioned the “war on terror” in her annual State-of-the-Nation-Address (SoNA). Not a word about how this small but favorite ally of great big white brother is faring in the “second front...
The Regional Development Council (RDC)-initiated grassroots information drive to determine the contents of a third Organic Act for a Cordillera Autonomous Region was welcomed by a militant indigenous alliance here. The Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA), however,...
Residents of Barangay Camp 3 in Tuba, Benguet are wary of the NCIP-scheduled “negotiation between Philex Mining Corporation and the host indigenous cultural community” set for Aug. 14 right at the open-pit area in Sitio Alang. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch...
By Prof. Jules Dufour Global Research, July 1, 2007 Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 25, July 29- Aug. 4, 2007 The Worldwide control of humanity's economic, social and political activities is under the helm of US corporate and military power. Underlying this...
BY RICKY GELIDO Posted by Bulatlat Democratic Space Vol. VII, No. 18, June 10-16, 2007 The most dramatic part of 2004 elections could be the entry of the Catholic priest Ed Panlilio for the Pampanga gubernatorial derby. When Panlilio launched his candidacy, he had...
When job, health care, education, food and water, and physical security are wanting people are shut off from their choices. The hapless marginalized people become vulnerable and exposed to exploitation aggravated by government's impotence to guarantee human...
For anyone seeking proof that the extrajudicial killings, frustrated assassinations, enforced disappearances, tortures and massacres of progressives, activists and even bystanders are state policy, this case of Pastor Guerrero is the smoking gun. BY CAROL...
“CARP’s goals of bringing about social justice, increase productivity and income, and agricultural development have not been achieved; on the contrary, it has only worsened landlessness, poverty and violence.” The truth in this observation by a Negros Occidental...
BY CHERYL DAYTEC Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 18, June 10-16, 2007 We are as leaves that have fallen from puny twigs on a blustery day Soon verdant leaves will bud from the trunks of the hoary tree Such is how death becomes life. Our blood streamed through vile...
NI RUSTUM CASIA Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 18, June 10-16, 2007 Nang tanungin namin sila kung nasaan si Jonas, kantang “‘Wag Kang Pasaway” ng K and The Boxers at “Jumbo Hotdog” ang isinagot nila. Tsk, tsk. Matalino talaga silang sumagot. Produkto ng...
Justice remains elusive for a Kalinga Pangat (tribal leader) Rafael Markus “Makoy” Bangit who was extra-judicially executed last year as it does in the cases of other victims of political killings throughout the country. BY KIM QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by...
Indigenous peoples in Natonin, Mountain Province suffered military atrocities from May 9 to 13 as shown in the report of a recently-concluded fact-finding mission (FFM) here. BY KIM QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat NATONIN, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE (394 km....
“The IPU strongly urges the authorities of the Philippines to honour their undertaking not to oppose Mr. Beltran's release,” noting that the Supreme Court has dismissed on June 1 the rebellion charges against him and five other progressive legislators. BY AUBREY...
While it dismissed the writ of habeas corpus case against officials of the Northern Luzon Command (NolCom) of the Philippine Army, the Court of Appeals said that the soldier-respondents were “not telling the whole truth as they (the soldiers) appeared evasive in...
It appears that not only opposition senatorial candidates and progressive party-list groups were the victims of electoral fraud and violence in the ARMM. Even Nur Misuari, founder and leader of the Moro National Liberation Front which is strongest in Sulu, Jolo,...
The difficulties faced by students in enrolling at the University of the Philippines (UP) are legendary and is the stuff that welcomes freshmen to the university. But now, enrollment would not be the biggest obstacle in entering UP after passing the UP College...
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