Initiatives for Peace in Mindanao PRESS STATEMENT July 7, 2009 InPeace calls for independent probe on bombings InPeace Mindanao calls for an independent probe on the bombings in Mindanao that will also look into a military plot intended to stage emergency rule. We...
Press Release July 4, 2009 The National Telecommunications Commission must "do more" than extend the expiry of prepaid load to decisively end the issue of "vanishing prepaid load" that is bedeviling the country's more than 70 million mobile phone subscribers. In a...
By JOAN GARCIA Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY -- As onlookers watched, the members of Baguio Pride Network marched along Session Road on June 28 to commemorate the Stonewall riots and to call for an end to homophobia and discrimination against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and...
By LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY -- It is never too late to join the priesthood for someone who wanted to pursue changes in the Church. At 41, Myke Sotero is pursuing his yearning to serve the Church as a priest. His former colleagues...
By the International League of Peoples’ Struggle Democratic Space Posted by (Bulatlat.com) Over the past week, thousands of Indian police and paramilitary forces have descended on Lalgarh, West Bengal to crush the just struggle of the adivasis (tribal people)....
By CHALMERS JOHNSON Tomdispatch.com /Alternet International Posted by (Bulatlat.com) The following is an introduction from Tom Engelhardt: Along with postcards of cowboys riding jackalopes and giant berries on flatcars, there's a brand new entry in the American...
By DEAN BAKER Truthout/Perspective International Posted by (Bulatlat.com) Unemployment among men is near its all-time high. The economy shed another 467,000 jobs in June, as the unemployment rate edged up to 9.5 percent. The rise in unemployment would have been...
Iggy Rodriguez, whose body of work reflects the social realities he wants to change as an activist, considers the award an opportunity to introduce people to the mass movement. Artists, he said, should “create for the people” and they should remain conscious that...
By TAD DALEY and KEVIN MARTIN Truthout/Perspective International Posted by (Bulatlat.com) If our thousands of nuclear weapons actually do serve to deter, then why should we be concerned about a nuclear North Korea or a nuclear Iran? If they do not serve to deter,...
The State of the Bakwits (S.O.B.), a joint coverage of Mindanao and Manila journalists held on June 29 to July 1, 2009 was intended to focus public attention on a humanitarian tragedy that we believe has not been given the attention it deserves. Coming from...
After their brush with visiting journalists last week, the military in Maguindanao gave clearance to aid agencies to distribute rice and food relief in the province. For many evacuees, it was the first relief assistance they received after three months. (Photo by...
Dr. Rogelio Peñera, an AH1N1 expert with the health department killed on June 24, was also active in a group of progressive doctors who provide basic medical services to the poor. Five of his colleagues at the Davao City-based United Integrated Health Services Foundation are included in the military’s order of battle.
Independent probe needed -- Bayan MANILA -- The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan doubts the Malacanang probe into the abduction of Filipino-American activist Melissa Roxas will lead anywhere. Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita recently ordered the...
A Humanitarian Crisis Deepens in Maguindanao
MANILA -- A motorcycle-riding gunman shot and killed a radio blocktimer in Brgy. Poblacion in Bayugan, Agusan del Sur. The victim, 43-year-old Jonathan Petalvero, sustained a lone gunshot wound on the head from a .45 caliber pistol and was brought to the New...
"COMELEC should not leave the 2010 Automated Elections in the hands of foreign control," said Mr. Rick Bahague, National Coordinator of the Computer Professionals' Union (CPU) in reaction to the pull out of Smartmatic's local partner, Technology Information...
Ni ROLANDO TOLENTINO Kulturang Popular Kultura Bulatlat Nang mabalita sa Internet na patay na si Michael Jackson (MJ) noong Hunyo 25, 2009, mabilisan ang palitan ng mensahe, postings at tribute matapos. Marami ang nalungkot. Banggit ng kaibigang Sarah, yung kapatid...
Union denounces move by Triumph International, calling it “unjust and illegal." The workers have been trying to fend off attempts by the company to decrease production at the factories and to move these facilities elsewhere.
Audio: Melissa Roxas Vows to Pursue Justice
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