In a move students branded as a form of harassment meant to silence their leaders who are steadfastly campaigning against increases in tuition and other fees, the administration of the University of Northern Philippines filed a case of theft against the...
"War, Inc." is a radically different kind of movie. In fact, it really defies genre. It is sort of like this generation's "Dr. Strangelove," "A Clockwork Orange" and "The Wizard of Oz" mixed together with the unembedded reporting of Naomi Klein, spiced up with a...
Ang isang indikasyon na namamayagpag (kumikita o nabiyayaan ng pondo) ang unibersidad ay kung mayroon itong mga bagong gusaling itinatayo. Pero may kanya-kanyang inunlad ang mga pangunahing unibersidad sa Metro Manila. Ang paraan ng paglawak ng infrastruktura ay...
BY JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 14, May 11-17, 2008 The P20 salary increase within Metro Manila is not sufficient for an average Filipino family, Bong Labog, chairperson of the labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), said after the Regional Wage Board...
BY JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat Posted 4:46 p.m., May 15, 2008 Farmer’s Association in Davao City (FADC) spokesperson Celso Pojas was gunned down by a motorcycle back rider who fired four times and hit the victim three times around 6:30 a.m. today in front of the...
BY JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat Posted 5:01 p.m., May 15, 2008 More than a hundred Lumads from Mangayon, Compostela Valley have fled from their homes because of the military operations conducted by the Philippine Army’s 67th Infantry Battalion in their ancestral...
BY HANNAH FAITH S. DORMIDO Bulatlat Posted 5:25 p.m., May 15, 2008 Youth groups staged a protest action in front of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to demand an immediate moratorium on tuition increases given the present socio-economic crisis. “Parents...
This carinderia owner in Alabel, Sarangani still manages to smile because of the brisk sales of rice that she enjoys. The same cannot be said though of those who are buying rice, as they have to put up with rising prices of the Filipino staple. BY COCOY SEXCION /...
Dureza said the government is currently working on another draft on the ancestral domain clause that will hopefully be acceptable to the MILF to break the deadlock in the peace negotiations. BY GERMELINA A. LACORTE Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 8,...
With the current intensification of the political crisis, the growing movement calling for Truth and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s resignation or ouster might still be able to muster enough strength to push the Arroyo government out of Malacañang and mitigate the...
Nasa iyo ang desisyon kung hanggang saan mo gustong dalhin ang iyong pagkilos. Sa isang lipunang “normal,” tungkulin ko bilang guro na sabihan kang unahin ang pag-aaral dahil ito ang pundasyon ng iyong magandang bukas. Pero alam mong malayo sa “normal” ang ating...
Many Americans were puzzled by the news, in 1902, that United States soldiers were torturing Filipinos with water. The United States, throughout its emergence as a world power, had spoken the language of liberation, rescue, and freedom. This was the language that,...
BY ROBERT WEINER AND JOHN LARMETT The Cleveland Plain Dealer Truthout.org Posted by Bulatlat ALTERNATIVE READER Vol. VIII, No. 7, March 16-29, 2008 The House vote this week was 225 to 188 - not enough to override President Bush's veto of legislation requiring the...
Local village folks, mainly indigenous peoples in Licuan-Baay, Abra have clashed with government over allowing mining operations in their town as they have shut down their doors to any mining activity. BY ACE ALEGRE Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 8, March...
“Angeline’s” quiet life in the university suddenly turned tragic after she was abducted from her boarding house, brought to a lodging house, and allegedly raped. This, said the Suara Bangsamoro Party, is not the first case of rape and sexual harassment that...
Ito ang panahon ng pagpaparami ng hanay: pagtataas ng kamulatan, pagpapakilos at pag-oorganisa. Kailangang may maunang kumilos at paratihang mag-rally. Kailangang kumprehensibo ang prop, malikahain sa pagpapataas ng kamulatan. At kailangan ang napakilos ay...
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo may make much of the recent revocations of Executive Order No. 464, which barred cabinet-level officials and top-ranking military officers from testifying in congressional investigations in aid of legislation without clearance from...
BY THE SISTERS’ ASSOCIATION IN MINDANAO Posted by Bulatlat DEMOCRATIC SPACE Vol. VIII, No. 6, March 9-15, 2008 We, in the Sisters’ Association in Mindanao, an aggrupation of some 360 nuns coming from more than 40 congregations in Mindanao, renew our call for Mrs....
Ang nasa bokabularyo ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at ng mga tagapagtanggol niya ay ang paggamit ng mga salitang magtatakip sa katotohanan, kahit na ito ay labag hindi lang sa batas ng gramatika kundi sa batas ng Pilipinas. Tunay na may dahilan para mapansin...
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