Marking the sixth month of Rep. Crispin Beltran’s illegal detention, the Free Ka Bel Movement (FKBM) together with Anakpawis Party List led a two-day vigil and protest rally of labor unions, progressive organizations and Beltran’s supporters demanding the...
Photo by Ace Alegre / Bulatlat Do storms and typhoons dampen business? Not so for umbrella repairmen like Mang Ramon here, photographed in Baguio City (246 kms. north of Manila). In fact, for him, business is at its prime during the strongest rains as customers...
NI MARK ANGELES Bulatlat.com Tinawag nilang camera obscura, "babasaging salaming may alaala" ang maysa-de-gulat na makinang dumudukot ng mga kaluluwa. Ibinababad ang huwad na liwanag sa nakayukyok na birheng kambas. Doon naglalatak ang mantsa ng gutom, sakit, at...
Two victims’ heads run over by PNP jeep, survivors say The families of two Tabuk, Kalinga residents alleged to have been extra-judicially killed upon orders from suspended provincial police chief Preddro Ramos are seeking justice by urging appropriate authorities...
“We are appalled by the statement of the Task Force Usig branding the people’s martyrs and heroes, who died protecting and upholding the interests of the masses, as ‘thieves’ only to cover up the inutility of the government to solve these cases of political...
Media workers may bask in the limelight and may wield tremendous amount of influence. But, as four topnotch Davao journalists tell davaotoday.com, they are not spared from poverty and the corruption and danger that it brings. BY GRACE S. UDDIN davaotoday.com...
Times like this, even a staunch opponent of the Arroyo administration would wish that government will get its act together, do whatever needs to be done with dispatch, in an organized way and with maximum effect. Alas, that may be asking too much if we go by...
The powers-that-be are creating an atmosphere conducive for a subservient media and a kind of journalism that is biased for the "official line." BY DANILO ARAÑA ARAO Bulatlat.com The political crisis besetting the Macapagal-Arroyo administration has reached a point...
Australia and the rest of the international community have a moral obligation to make sure that democracy in the Philippines does not die. President Arroyo has to act to stop the political persecution and physical attacks upon people who advocate for civil...
BY THE Philippine Political Science Association Bulatlat.com We, officers and members of the Philippine Political Science Association, fully condemn the continuing nationwide extra-judicial killings of leaders/activists of legal mass organizations, social...
Two months of maltreatment forced Mariz Yabes, a 20-year-old mother of two from Isabela, to decide to escape from her employer. The war in Lebanon gave her a chance to flee. BY MAUREEN HERMITANIO Bulatlat.com Mariz Yabes, a 20-year-old-mother of two from Isabela,...
By Simon Jones From AxisofLogic.com Bulatlat.com Just when it became patently obvious that the tail was in complete control of the dog (i.e., Israel in control of US Middle East policy), the dog has decided to try to reassert control over its nether appendage....
The government-backed anti-insurgency war and the plunder of public funds have worsened poverty and terror among rural folk, said the “Tagaytay 5”, a group of five detained peasant advocates. BY DENNIS ESPADA Bulatlat.com The government-backed anti-insurgency war...
Although corruption in the media is rampant in Eastern Visayas (EV), there are still journalists here who believe that it is never justifiable to engage in any form of corruption just because of poor economic condition of journalists. BY MAUREEN JAPZON Bulatlat.com...
Looking for the right supplement to boost your family’s resistance to diseases during the rainy season? No need to look further down the road or dig deeper into your pocket. All one needs is the common malunggay, called the “miracle vegetable” by scientists. BY...
The presidential order forming the commission is widely seen more as a political gimmick rather than as a major step toward stopping the extra-judicial killings. It was meant to mollify public outrage over the killings and clear the constitutionally-impaired...
Domus Dei (House of God), jointly set up by the Movement of Concerned Citizens for Civil Liberties (MCCCL)-Bulacan, Alyansa ng Mamamayan para sa Makataong Karapatan (ALMMA or People’s Alliance for Human Rights), the Religious Inter-faith Dialogue and local...
By MICHEL CHOSSUDOVSKY AxisofLogic.com Bulatlat.com Barely acknowledged by the Western media, military exercises organized by Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan under the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, (CSTO) were launched on the 24th of...
Police fears that blood might spill between Kalinga and Maranao tribes in Baguio City after a Maranao vendor shot a Kalinga government official. BY ACE ALEGRE Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY – Bloodshed between Northern and Southern tribes – Kalingas and Maranaos – looms...
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