Will Nicole get justice? The U.S. government and the Arroyo administration have done all they can to deny her justice in a court of law. Perhaps only the court of public opinion and the triumph of the Filipino people's struggle against foreign, imperialist...
When a country fails in its obligation to protect the lives of human rights defenders but is elected to such a prestigious UN body, it dishonors the UN as an institution and makes a mockery of its ability to promote and protect human rights. By Asian Human Rights...
The PPT Second Session indictment shows that the Philippines has not substantially moved away from political repression and military abuse despite the ouster of a military-backed, U.S.-propped dictatorship nor has it broken free of its neocolonial status despite...
This is a country where seeking justice leads to further injustice, where the culture of impunity is aggravated by a culture of fear and defenselessness, where a corrupt and lawless government in all its brazenness invokes the “rule of law” to justify assaults on...
Is tourism more important than job security for the Macapagal-Arroyo administration? Enlightened workers of public hospitals think so. By PHILIP PARAAN Bulatlat.com The Macapagal-Arroyo administration is currently promoting medical tourism to have an “effective and...
With its trade, mining, and economic interests in the Philippines, it is no wonder that Australia is pushing for the signing of military treaties with the Philippine government. There were reports that even without a treaty, 20 soldiers from the elite Australian...
BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat.com Pastor Billy Austin, chairperson of the militant Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (New Patriotic Alliance or Bayan) Ilocos chapter, was shot by still unidentified men around 9 p.m. last night in Vigan City (407kms north of Manila). Austin was...
By Johann Hein B. Arpon Bulatlat.com A death squad in Eastern Samar claimed another victim with the brutal murder of Rodrigo Catayong, PhD., 55 years old, chairperson of KARAPATAN-Eastern Samar yesterday morning just in front of the McArthur, E. Samar Catholic...
BY ANAKPAWIS PARTY-LIST Posted by Bulatlat Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran last week expressed alarm that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was seriously hallucinating. Given this, he said that she "must immediately step down on the grounds of mental incapacity."...
After Afghanistan and the former Yugoslavia, the Philippines will only be the third country in history to be the subject of a session twice by the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT). In 1980, the PPT convened a Session on the Philippines and found the Marcos...
NI FRANCISCO MONTESEÑA Inilathala ng Bulatlat.com Sa siyap ng mga sisiw sa ibabaw ng iyong kabaong ibinadya ang dalamhati sa di sinadyang paglisan. Papapanagutin at di patatahimikin ng mga taghoy ang mga salarin. Sa himlayan ay pinilit ka nilang dalhin at ang...
NI PHILIP ANORICO Inilathala ng Wala tayong ibang inapuhap kundi ang pagbawi sa inagaw na pangarap— isang daigdigang may sikmurang hindi nakakuyom at kinakayas ng gutom. Hindi lingid na ‘sintayog ito ng punong higera kung saan, sa gubat na mapanglaw, ay iginapos...
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BY DESAPARECIDOS Bulatlat.com This coming All Saints' Day, we, the relatives of the disappeared continue to suffer but cannot mourn. We are uncertain whether our missing loved ones are still alive or already dead. There are no graves where we can light candles or...
The country stands to lose more than P9 billion annually in tariff revenues under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA). Meanwhile, the gains to Philippine exports that government economic managers claim will happen under JPEPA are similarly...
The farmers of Hacienda Reyes – owned by the family of a town mayor in Quezon province – already bear the burden of an oppressive crop-sharing scheme. To make matters worse, when they ask for their rightful share their rights are violated, with not a little help...
For the failed abduction of one of its lawyers on Oct. 5, labor lawyers of the Pro-Labor Legal Assistance Center will file a case against an Army intelligence officer at the Commission on Human Rights on Monday, Oct. 30. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat.com Labor...
Second Appeal of the Filipino People Dr. Salvatore Senese President and Dr. Gianni Tognoni Secretary General Dear Sirs: In 1980, at the suit of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) the Filipino and...
Exactly one year after they were elected, officers of a miners' union in Mankayan, Benguet have not yet been recognized by the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Corp. (LCMCo), Asia’s top gold producer. As a result, the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between...
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