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...
Oil is fueling the genocide in Darfur at every level. This is the context in which Darfur must be understood - and, with it, the whole of Africa. The same Africa whose vast tapestry of indigenous cultures, wealth of forests and savannas was torn apart by three...
In a time of global crisis and fierce class war, in particular the renewed U.S. imperialist intervention in the Philippines, the example of the life and work of progressive Filipino worker and union leader, Philip Vera Cruz, has become more necessary and inspiring....
Since the 1990s, some 130 countries around the world have revised, amended or adopted brand new constitutions to accommodate a framework for the sort of "market democracies" that open up domestic labor, economic sectors and natural resources for neo-colonial...
The BNPP is the strongest argument against President Gloria Arroyo's recent declaration that the government will pay off all the debts of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos inspite of the fiscal crisis and declining government spending for social services. By...
Rene Jarque’s legacy to the struggle to bring about an armed forces that will truly serve the interests of the people and the country is surely enshrined in the hearts and minds of the patriotic men and women in uniform. Indeed, he has served his people and his...
I. THE CONSTITUTION DESCRIBES THE COMPLAINT THAT MAY BE FILED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AS “VERIFIED”: …A verified[1] complaint may be filed by any Member of the House of Representatives or by any citizen upon a resolution of endorsement by any Member...
Reconciliation between the Anglo-American and Islamic and Arab people can be achieved through a war crimes tribunal, similar to the Nuremburg Trials after the Second World War. The practitioners and proponents of crimes against humanity beginning with the President...
In Barangay Timar last July 29, we saw a destroyed school, a mosque without spiritual life and military checkpoints. The village is practically dead. At the school we met a group of women and children evacuees, all looking serious. They did not expect any help from...
The lack of more definite agreements in the recently-concluded July council meeting raises the possibility of yet another collapse in the forthcoming WTO talks. By Sonny Africa IBON Features Posted by Bulatlat.com Gloom settled on negotiators at the World Trade...
Despite the Arroyo government’s constant refusal to address the lingering problem of excessive oil prices, PISTON, the country’s largest transport organization, presses the urgency for scrapping of the Oil Deregulation Law. BY MAUREEN HERMITANIO Contributed to...
A former U.S. Attorney General, a former police chief of Portland, Oregon, a noted linguist and foreign policy scholar and a former justice of India’s Supreme Court are among the more than 100 personalities and institutions that endorsed the International People’s...
Mrs. Arroyo’s Truth Commission is likely to turn into a total war against truth, first because the very government accused of wrong-doing will in effect investigate itself; second because it is likely to be used to exonerate its creator; and third because it will...
By the Gloria Step Down Movement (GSM) Posted by Bulatlat.com In these times of political crisis, turmoil and uncertainty, one thing stands clear: Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA) must go. However there is yet no consensus as to how she will be made to step down...
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