Death Sentence President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo received nods of approval from the influential Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) – which has been issuing statements increasingly critical of her policies – for her recent declaration commuting...
Photo by Ace Alegre / Bulatlat.com Two tourists welcome the summer by frolicking in the freshness of the waters in Currimao, Ilocos Norte (464 kms north of Manila). Underneath where they are lie the majestic coral reef formations extending kilometer after kilometer...
By Flon Faurillo / Bulatlat.com President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo likens charter change as a train that would take the nation to progress, and that those who support get a ticket to Paradise. But given her blueprint for charter change -- no elections in 2007, the...
Writers' Manifesto of Unity on the Freedom of Expression BY THE AMADO V. HERNANDEZ RESOURCE CENTER Posted by Bulatlat.com Writers now are troubled by the suppression of the freedom of the press along with the freedom of assembly and speech. We maintain that our...
By Nadia Martinez In These Times Latin America challenges the Washington Consensus. The presidential palaces of Latin America are famous for their imposing Spanish colonial grandeur. Not long ago these marble edifices on grand plazas were inhabited mostly by...
By Paul Rockwell In Motion Magazine "Sir, No Sir," A timely film, premiers week of 4/3/2006. "General, your tank is a mighty vehicle. It shatters the forest and crushes a hundred men. But it has one defect: It needs drivers. General, a man is quite expendable. He...
By Larry C. Johnson t r u t h o u t | Report Clearly smarting under charges that they are "failing" to tell the good news in Iraq, the major TV network and cable channels appear to have abandoned any effort to report what is going on in Iraq. Fearful of being...
NI LOLITO R. GO, JR. Inilathala ng Bulatlat.com Sa ikaanim na milyon, pitong daan, walumpu't siyam na libo, isang daan at dalawampu't apat na pagkakatao'y magtatagisan na naman ang mga bilang at titik Tumitilamsik ang init ng tanghali, makapanikip-dibdib ang sikip,...
Bayan Muna-Southern Mindanao Region expressed fears that the P1.06-trillion 2006 budget, now in the Senate for approval, will be used by Malacañang allegedly for the charter change drive. Bayan Muna-SMR spokesperson Jeppie Ramada criticized what he described as the...
By Trina Melissa Federis Bulatlat.com Summer is a time for ice cream, as the hot weather tends to increase demand for this already popular dessert. At this time, Philippine-owned enterprises compete with their foreign counterparts by lowering their prices, the same...
BY CHESTER STONE BATNAG Posted by Bulatlat.com Arms and hands would move with a cheer In fibers of wood were praises so dear Recognized by many with emotions they stir Is this the meaning of achievements? We hear. What kind of bricks did we step on this path Was...
BY MAYETTE INIGUID AND ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com A blind poet from Sagada, Mt. Province has recently been chosen as one of the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)’s candidates for the Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines...
BY KARL G. OMBION Bulatlat.com Sipalay City faces another mining disaster with the operation of Colet Mines, says an Environmental Investigation Mission. Bacolod City – Sipalay City is facing a repeat of of the mining disasters in the 80s and 90s, when a mining...
By Michael Goyagoy IBON Features Posted by Bulatlat.com Although Malacañang denies having anything to do with it, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo recently declared her support for charter change through the people's initiative. In typical fashion, Arroyo likened...
BY NICANOR SEGOVIA Bulatlat.com As the U.S. Catholic Church opens its doors to Filipino priests, this situation causes a “brain drain” of sorts in the Philippines. Priests and seminarians go to the U.S., attracted by a package of relocation, scholarships and other...
BY ABNER BOLOS Gitnang Luson News Service Posted by Bulatlat.com As the 14th martyr of the Hacienda Luisita struggle was buried, the issues connected to his death continue to hound the strife-torn hacienda. Concepcion, Tarlac - The mourners marched under the...
BY LISA C. ITO Bulatlat.com While the Department of Justice (DOJ) seems to be hell-bent on keeping 73-year old Crispin Beltran detained at a Camp Crame hospital, doctors and psychiatrists are recommending his transfer to a hospital with adequate facilities. This,...
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat.com The Anti-Terrorism Bill, as passed by the House of Representatives on third reading, may be "used politically to erroneously charge with terrorism and improperly extradite" the known leaders of the National Democratic Front of the...
BY ZOFIA LEAL Bulatlat.com April 6 is considered a victory for protesters as 3,000 demonstrators managed to reach Don Chino Roces bridge (near Malacañang Palace in Manila) after it has been declared as a “no-rally zone” as part of President Gloria...
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