Can people be arrested for no apparent reason? The answer is yes in Negros. Which then leads one to ask: Does this already portends of things to come, especially now that the Arroyo administration has adopted a “calibrated preemptive response” to mass actions? BY...
Arroyo ally is a major shareholder of mining company A big mining firm plans to operate in Columbio, an area occupied by the B’laans, an indigenous group in southern Philippines. Military operations have been regularly conducted since September, resulting in...
The world is consuming more than what is available. This is not in reference to food, but oil. Experts say that no new major oil discoveries are expected in the future, but the addiction to oil, a non-renewable resource, still increases. BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN...
The word “fort” signifies strength, consistency and stability. For the militant workers of Southern Tagalog, Fort is slain Nestle union president Diosdado “Fort” Fortuna. If one is to ask them, the dictionary connotations are also characteristics that have made...
With 200 demonstrations every day A noted China scholar, Prof. Pao Yu Ching, says that China has lost “its socialist elements,” with its currently overheated economy about to burst. “China becoming a superpower is nothing but U.S. propaganda,” she says. By Carlito...
(Kay Diosdado "Ka Fort" Fortuna) Ni Raul Funilas May papait pa ba sa kapeng ginawa Ng Manggagawa sa Nestle? Simula Nang pinagpapatay nitong dambuhalang Namuhunang ulol ang mga kawawang Pinuno ng welga, wala ng aromang Malalanghap dito. Nagluluksang masa Ay...
A Chinese worker said,”This is not socialism with Chinese characteristics as Deng Xiaoping told us. Instead, what we have here is capitalism with Chinese characteristics.” A Chinese peasant said, “When Chairman Mao warned us about the restoration of capitalism, we...
Ni Michael Francis C. Andrada Gumigising ka sa umaga, Isinasalang ang takore't Hinihintay na ito'y sumipol. Tsaka mo ipahahagkan Sa takoreng nakanguso Ang tasang may pingas ang labi. Pinagmamasdan mong lumangoy Ang mainit at madilaw na tubig Sa nag-aalburotong...
Ni Michael Francis C. Andrada I. Nang ibalita ng ABS-CBN ang pagpaslang kay Ka Fort, tila napaso ang dila ng istasyong nag-aastang naglilingkod sa sambayanan. Diumano, ang niratrat ng mga bala ay isang lider-manggagawa ng isang unyong nakawelga sa planta sa Laguna...
By Kayan Liwari Nalalasahan mo ba ang lansa Ng dugong nanikit na sa labi ng tasa? Gumuguhit Sa sikmura ang init Ng kapeng pinapait ng galit Pinupunit Ang kaluluwa. Natighaw ba ng binotelyang tubig Ang uhaw ng tuyo mong bibig? Humihiyaw Ang bituka sa hapdi Ng lasong...
They celebrate the Peñafrancia festival even in Italy. The photo was taken Sept. 25 at the S. Gaetano Church on a street in Milan. Long-time residents of Naga City, Albay (449 kms. south of Manila) believe that an official from Peñafrancia, Spain settled in Cavite,...
The Philippine public health system is on the brink of death, with the government spending less than a peso for the health of every Filipino each day while up to 50 percent of the national budget is automatically earmarked as payment for onerous debts. Result:...
Unless the government gives full protection and support to the sugar industry, the industry will be gone after 2010, when all the tariffs on imports of agricultural produce, including sugar are removed. If the government adopts a regulation policy, then the sugar...
Since the Supreme Court ruling in December 2004 calling the 1995 Mining Act as constitutional, the government has turned its high gears to entice foreign mining companies to invest in the Philippines. Of about nine million hectares of potential mining land only 1.4...
Norman Bocar, the lawyer-activist in Eastern Visayas who had called for President Macapagal-Arroyo’s removal, was shot Sept. 1 in the fashion used for the execution of activists in the region and in Mindoro Oriental. Both places had been placed under the command of...
There is more to the embattled governor of Cavite than meets the eye. For long-time residents, particularly the farmers, he should be removed not only because of his penchant for stealing public funds, but also for alleged political repression and militarization of...
Laughed at, insulted, discriminated, beaten up, oppressed and exploited, lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenders have been persistent in their struggle for their rights. Slowly but surely, they have moved forward. By Gilbert Pacificar and Bejay Absin Mikaila...
The man sits in his store at the public market in Davao City, southern Philippines surrounded by sacks, bags, and basketsful of charcoal. He hardly looks like the lucky entrepreneur who has made big money, but with prices of petroleum products hitting record highs...
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo drove her opponents to bring their case to Congress, where she said she is ready to face impeachment. Her apparent intention was to take the steam off the mounting protests in the streets. But the impeachment complaints – which...
By Counsels for the Defense of Liberties Posted by (Bulatlat.com) CODAL sees the hand of Malacañang in the recent withdrawal by Rep. Amang Magsaysay (Association of Volunteer Educators Party-list) of his signature in the impeachment complaint, taken in the light of...
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