Ni Elektrokyut ng Anakpawis (with apologies to the kid in the TV ad) Gastos sa: Generation charge…ako Transmission charge…ako Systems loss charge…ako Ninakaw na kuryente…ako Kuryenteng di naman nila nilikha…ako Kuryenteng di ko naman ginamit…ako Kuryenteng di nasukat dahil sira pala ang metro…ako Kuryenteng ginamit ng Meralco sa nga opisina nito…ako Gastos sa: Distribution charge…ako…
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Bikay’s Call
This village lass has had two big movies. She has also won five acting awards. Yet she still goes to the seashore – to peddle seashells. By Terence Krishna Lopez Bulatlat.com TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol – This village lass has had two big movies. She has also won five acting awards. Yet she still goes to…
Tomgram: Self-Portrait in a Tortured World American Gothic: Self-Portrait with Shackles for the Year 2005
By Tom Engelhardt Here we are, because time has some of the qualities of a tsunami, deposited in 2005, whether we like it or not. As the year changed, nature trumped the Bush administration in an appropriately, if horrifyingly Biblical way, with a preemptive strike against shorelines jammed with rich tourists and poor peasants alike.…
The Empire in the Year 2005
By James Petras www.globalresearch.ca Posted by Bulatlat.com World developments in 2005 will be determined by the major events and tendencies in 2004. First and foremost, 2004 demonstrated in the most dramatic and definitive manner that the US imperial military machine could be defeated. The Iraqi resistance has proven that the US Empire is not invincible.…
Water Crusader Shot Twice
A water district official was shot twice in the head after bringing to the management’s attention the contamination of his district’s water supply. BY KARL G. OMBION Bulatlat.com BACOLOD CITY – An unidentified gunman shot the chief of the Kabankalan City Water District (KCWD) for reasons that reports say are more political than personal. George…
Media Killings Prompt Journalists to Become Activists
The burning of an ABS-CBN van last January 11 reflects the state of Philippine mass media. Various interest groups try to harass and intimidate journalists, even to the point of silencing them forever. It is important at this point to reiterate the importance of social involvement among journalists in order to not only stop the…
Suspected U.S. Colonel Assassin Donato Continente: Free At Last?
Twice his impending release was blocked by the U.S. government. In June this year, he would have served his maximum prison sentence but will the gates of freedom finally open for political prisoner Donato Continente? BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat.com A political prisoner – one of the alleged assassins of an American colonel in 1989 –…
`Corruption is Everywhere’
Charges of corruption, among others, resulted in the ouster of then President Joseph Ejercito Estrada on Jan. 20, 2001 in a people’s uprising popularly known as EDSA Dos. Immediately after being sworn in as Estrada’s successor, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo promised to lead by example and to be Estrada’s exact opposite. Four years later, corruption remains a…
First Six Months of the 13th Congress
The 13th Congress has used up almost a third of its term, reportedly spends millions a day for its legislative work and still has tons of work to do. It must now work double pace if it would like to compensate for lost time – as some of its members undoubtedly do. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN…
Luisita Survivors: Ombudsman’s Biggest Group of Complainants
The Office of the Ombudsman has now the biggest number of complainants since it was formed during the last years of martial law: 52 farmers, survivors and relatives of seven victims in the Nov. 16 Hacienda Luisita massacre. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat.com The Office of the Ombudsman has now the biggest number of complainants since…
No Turning Back Workers Defy Sto. Tomas’ Order
After their strike was declared “illegal” by the labor department, mill workers at the Cojuangco-owned Hacienda Luisita face mass lay-off. The workers have vowed to defy the DoLE order and to maintain their two-month long strike. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat.com Still hurting from the gunshot wound he sustained when police and military forces tried to…