NI OLIVER CARLOS Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 46, December 23, 2007-January 5, 2008 tanikalang apoy na kinakaladkad, sibat kang tumarak sa dibdib sumugat at sa pagkadipang bayubay ng hirap talim kang humiwa sa leeg ng hamak narito kang tila multong gumagala...

Walang direktang relasyon ang dalawang salita maliban sa paghahanda ng bitag ng pagkabulol sa sumasagot. Maaring isipin na sa pasko, kapag may lechon, nagiging paksiw dahil sobra-sobra ang karne at balat (kasama na ang taba) kinabukasan. Subali’t hindi nga ba’t...

A review of Balikbayang Mahal: Passages from Exile , by E. San Juan, Jr. Morrisville, NC: Lulu.com, 2007. 155 pages. The poems in Balikbayang Mahal are about the sorrows of migration and exile, to be sure, but they are also about the hope of connections. BY JOHN...

DALAWANG TULA NI GERMAN V. GERVACIO Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 45, December 16-22, 2007 Hu Let Da Dogs Awt?! Hu-Hu-Huhu!: Isang Desperadong Pag-aaral sa Mga Modernong Bugtong na Walang Gustong Sumagot 0. Aso kong puti Inutusan ko sandali Hindi na umuwi...

Sino ba naman ang hindi mangingimi sa mga awit ng Eraserheads? Ilang henerasyon na ng kabataan at kabataang musikero ang umaawit at tumutugtog ng kanilang musika. Sa katunayan, sila ang pinakabatang banda na nagkaroon na ng remake ng kanilang musika ng mga nauna at...

BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN Bulatlat MIGRANT WATCH Vol. VII, No. 45, Dec. 16-22, 2007 Based on the 2006 Census of Canada released recently, the Philippines is the 3rd highest source of immigrants to Canada in the world, and has consistently been in the top 5 since 1981....

FROM THE PHILIPPINE COLLEGIAN Posted by Bulatlat CULTURE Vol. VII, No. 45, December 16-22, 2007 Lost in Translation Ni.Jerrie M. Abella Walang habas ang panlilinlang sa mundo. Sa panahon umano ng pagkawasak ng mga hangganan, may nawawala/ iwinawala sa mga de-latang...

For six years, the U.S. Congress stood by mutely or actively approved as President Bush's team cooked the books to justify war, drew the nation's electronic spies into illegal wiretapping and turned intelligence agents and uniformed soldiers into torturers at...

UN Rights Envoy Suspects CIA of Guantanamo Torture A United Nations investigator said on Thursday he strongly suspected the CIA of using torture on terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, suggesting many were not being prosecuted to keep the abuse from emerging at...

With Cheaper Medicine Bill, Still No Access to Low-Cost Essential Medicine BY KILOSBAYAN PARA SA KALUSUGAN DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 45, December 16-22, 2007 The 14th Congress is wrapping up legislative measures on CHEAPER MEDICINE with the...

Because of the inaction of the Arroyo government, the burden being caused by the oil price increases is being borne by the driver who has already lost almost half of his/her income, and the consuming public who had to cope with the corresponding increases in the...

It is not the fault of the Jonas Burgoses of this world that they have gone missing. It is not their fault that they have taken active participation in changing our society, and got in trouble. It is not their fault that they are branded "rebels." Ma, to paraphrase...

Finally signed by Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on November 15 this year, the Shelter Code is supposed to address the growing homelessness in the city. Non-government organizations consider the new ordinance a triumph. But what does this new law promise a city, where an...

Anna is a first year student in UP Diliman (UPD). She is among the first batch of students affected by the approved 300 percent tuition and other fee increases (TFI). Her first semester alone cost her family P17,000 ($413.22 at an exchange rate of $1=P41.14) for 15...

Two years ago, I participated in a basic masses integration (BMI) program that aims to facilitate our integration with and support for workers in their fight for just wage increase and benefits. The goal of our BMI now was to check up on how the workers are two...

A communist leader last week said the government’s P500-million ($12.15-million at an exchange rate of $1:P41.14 as of Dec. 14) amnesty fund supposedly to be released before the year ends will only be a source of corruption. BY ACE ALEGRE Contributed to Bulatlat...

BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 45, December 16-22, 2007 The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) this week claimed that the country's rich-poor gap was narrowing, citing the thinning ratio between the incomes of the top 30 percent and...

These women may come from different roots and from various fields but all of them have shown exemplary commitment to the service of the people. They are true gems of the Filipino people. BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 45, December 16-22, 2007 Fourteen women...

The new secretary-general of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP), the first indigenous person to be elected to the position, vows to support the campaigns of indigenous peoples nationwide against large-scale mining. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW...

The international community has again called on President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to decisively put a stop to the extra-judicial killings and enforced disappearances in the country, with the call registered recently by Japanese organizations. BY AT BENGWAYAN...