A Mindanao-based group of nuns has condemned the Oct. 31 Philippine National Police (PNP) raids and searches of the convents of the Contemplatives Good Shepherd (CGS) and the Missionary Sisters of Mary (MSM) in Butuan City as an “attack on the church and the...
BY GITNANG LUZON NEWS SERVICE Bulatlat.com The Philippine Army issued on Saturday, November 4, shoot-to-kill order on Maximo Ayunga, village council member in Barangay Culong, Guimba, Nueva Ecija and chairperson of the Alyansa ng Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luzon-Nueva...
Katotohanan na namumuhay tayo sa walang panahong pagkatakot at karahasan. Katotohanan na patuloy ang pag-igting ng pasismo ng estado, sa suporta ng imperyalismo ng U.S. Katotohanan na lahat naman tayo ay mamamatay. Katotohanan na ang tunay na buhay ay sa...
Here, in the first public cemetery I have ever entered, the living may not be thriving, but definitely, they are surviving among the dead. BY TRINA FEDERIS Bulatlat.com Cemeteries are for the dead. This idea was imprinted in me early on due to our semi-annual...
Daisy graduated from the university only last April, after struggling for four years juggling odd jobs and academic duties. Her story is a depiction of the hardships of students who can barely pay their stay in college, even in a state university such as UP. And...
The University of the Philippines (UP) represents a beacon of hope for the Filipino family who have been so used to neglect and suffering: quality education at a reasonable cost. But the latest tuition hike proposal being pushed by the very officials of the...
Since they harbor no illusion that justice will be served in Philippine courts and even in a supposedly independent commission, families of victims of human rights violations have decided to bring their cases to the Permanent People's Tribunal in the Netherlands....
Posted by Bulatlat.com Forty farmers, including four of their leaders, were arrested in Lucena, Quezon while on a protest action Oct. 21 on the occasion of peasant month. About 200 protesters, mostly farmers, were holding a six-day farmers’ camp out in front of Don...
Instead of a "global war on terror", Washington should employ a "global counterinsurgency" strategy that focuses on global law enforcement, intelligence, and special operations. By Jim Lobe International Press Service (IPS) Sept. 27, 2006 Posted by Bulatlat...
By Will Dunham Reuters October 11, 2006 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 655,000 Iraqis have died from the Iraq war, exceeding previous estimates, researchers said on Wednesday, but President George W. Bush called the findings not credible and a top U.S. commander put...
By the Movement of Concerned Citizens for Social Liberties Posted By Bulatlat.com The Movement of Concerned Citizens for Civil Liberties (MCCCL) strongly condemns the gruesome murder of Philippine Independent Church 9th Obispo Maximo BP. ALBERTO RAMENTO in Tarlac...
We commend the Supreme Court's decision to protect women and children victims of violence by identifying them through fictitious initials only. This decision is a welcome action for the victims who stand to suffer further humiliation from the majority who are yet...
Bulatlat.com We speak with deep sorrow and loss as we learned of the senseless killing of our bishop, The Most Rev. Alberto B. Ramento, D.D. He is a man of strong will and logic, with deep passion and courage that earned him the humble honor and respect of an...
Biggest WMD stockpile is in the U.S., AGHAM says "The U.S. is the only country to have used the atomic bomb which killed 220,000 people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It has the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. With no less than 10,600 nuclear warheads...
By BULATLAT Posted 3:38 p.m., Oct. 19, 2006 Southbound traffic in Northern Luzon Expressway (NLEx) has been paralyzed as police tried to block 14 vehicles of peasant protesters who were to join their colleagues from Central Luzon in Quezon City. All northbound...
By BULATLAT Posted 5:08 p.m., Oct. 18, 2006 An urban poor activist was killed in San Pablo City, Laguna while another was wounded in a shooting around 7 a.m. today. Killed was Eduardo Millares, 50, a member of the Samahan ng Magkakapitbahay sa Tabing Riles (SMTR or...
By Mary Riddell The UK Observer 15 October 2006 General Sir Richard Dannatt, the army's biggest gun, has blown apart Blair's promises and exposed the disaster our leaders try to hide History will forgive the war on Iraq. Or so Tony Blair told the US Congress in...
BY BULATLAT Posted 7:40 p.m., Oct. 2, 2006 Families of victims of political killings and abductions called the investigation by the Melo Commission a "whitewash" meant to clear the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Arroyo administration of culpability...
BY THE COUNSELS FOR THE DEFENSE OF LIBERTIES (CODAL) Posted by Bulatlat Pro-Arroyo supporters handling human rights issues CODAL is seriously concerned that people without any track record for human rights advocacy, such as Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile, Justice Melo and...
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