That so many millions of Filipinos are forced to go abroad and that the country is so dependent on remittances actually underscore the great failure of the government to build a solid domestic economy. BY ANGIE DE LARA MIGRANT WATCH Bulatlat The Arroyo government...
Fifteen doctors who recently joined a humanitarian mission in Guihulngan, Negros Oriental shared that many of the residents’ diseases have been caused by fear of gun toting soldiers roaming their villages. BY RONALYN V. OLEA HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Bulatlat Fifteen...
BY THE ALL UP ACADEMIC EMPLOYEES UNION-BAGUIO CHAPTER ALL UP ACADEMIC EMPLOYEES UNION NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC SPACE 2008 is the Centennial Year of the University of the Philippines. Since January, the entire University System has been celebrating. In fact, in UP...
The Arroyo government has declared 8,100 hectares of land at Mt. Diwalwal, which included the gold rush site, as a mineral reserve, taking over full control of its operations. The government has divided the area into three zones: the 729 hectare gold rush site...
Anti-mining groups are blaming large-scale mining operations for the recent tragedies at the mining town of Itogon in Benguet, while the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) readily pointed to typhoon Nina and geologic structures as culprits. BY ACE ALEGRE...
An anti-mining group in Benguet province said that the disaster in one of the mining villages of Itogon town that buried 16 small-scale miners is traceable to lax environmental and pro-corporate policies of the country. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch...
Elders of nine sub-villages in a Benguet town are determined in opposing the entry of large-scale mining in their communities. BY SONIA BULLONG Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAKUN, Benguet (336 km. from Manila)-- Elders of at least nine sitios (sub-villages)...
A top official of the island garden city of Samal cracked a joke about the fish of Davao Gulf before a recent mining conference here to raise a point on the need to protect the environment amidst the flurry of activities in mining. BY GERMELINA A. LACORTE Davao...
Learning about the hazards of chemical pesticides, vegetable farmers in this town have returned their empty containers to distributors and manufacturers. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BUGUIAS, Benguet ( 336 kms north of Manila) -- Learning...
Buguias, Benguet, which boasts of producing some 80 percent of all temperate vegetables in Benguet, has been seeing its farmers leaving for greener pastures in foreign countries, the municipal agriculture officer divulged last week. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch...
NI TERENCE KRISHNA LOPEZ Inilathala ng Bulatlat Wari’y pinipilas Ang bawat kong kalamnan, Pinipigtas ang bawat kong ugat Sa paggunita sa iyo Anong giting Anong tapang Anong tatag Ng iyong pag-ibig Na handa’t humarap Sa digmaan Tinanganan ang sandata Para sa bayan...
Enchanted Kingdom. Philippine president Gloria Arroyo once boasted she will turn our country into an "Enchanted Kingdom." If a story should be written about it, it should begin with "Once upon a time, in an abjectly poor country ruled by an evil and corrupt witch..." (Photo by Raymund Villanueva)
In a four-day humanitarian mission in barangays (villages) in Guihulngan, Negros Oriental, children displayed anxiety and worries. Psychologists believe militarization spurs the children’s behavior. BY TERENCE KRISHNA V. LOPEZ HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Contributed to...
Five students of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) branch in Lopez, Quezon have been slapped with rebellion charges. The Philippine Army’s 76th Infantry Battalion tags them as “infiltrators” from the New People’s Army (NPA) who are deployed in...
Since losing a number of its major overseas bases in the 1990s, the US has had to make shifts in its basing strategy. It now increasingly relies on what its Department of Defense calls “Cooperative Security Locations” (CSLs), and there is now less emphasis on “Main...
Jeepney drivers work long days and endure a lot of difficulties in their struggle to eke out a daily living. At the end of the day, however, their earnings are far from enough to afford basic necessities. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Sa maghapon Ang buhay...
While the treaty’s sponsors, Senators Miriam Santiago and Mar Roxas, still have a lot to explain to their colleagues about the economic implications of the JPEPA - not to mention the still unresolved issues of toxic waste dumping and dubious gains for Filipino...
A bill mandating the government to use free/open source software (FOSS) has been filed at the House of Representatives. Bayan Muna Representative Teddy Casiño said the use of FOSS will help the government save from its spending on computer software and licenses. BY...
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