By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com Last week’s violent demolition of shanties in a sprawling urban poor community in Quezon City highlighted once more the intractable problems of homelessness and urban blight and government’s generally myopic, piecemeal and anti-poor approach to solving these. It reminded us as well how the urban poor…
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Luis V. Teodoro | Better Than Nothing
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com Question: What do you call people who use the rhythm method? Answer: Parents. It’s an old joke that in the context of the country’s many problems wasn’t funny even when first heard decades ago. Thanks to a reproductive health program that for all practical…
News in Pictures: Peasants Attempt to Hold Vigil in Mendiola for Aquino’s 100 Days, Dispersed by Police
More than a hundred peasants who attempted to hold their two-day vigil at the foot Don Chino Roces Bridge (formerly Mendiola Bridge), marking President Benigno Aquino III’s 100th day in power, were dispersed by police around 7:30 p.m. on October 6.
A Little Light Disembowelment
By MARK ANGELES Bulatlat.com “Kokak!” said the frog when it high jumped from the well. “Kokak!”said the frog when a roguish hand seized it by the neck. “Kokak!” said the frog when it was laid on the table. “Kokak!” said the frog when a lateral cut was made from its ear to ear. “Kokak!” said…
Foreign human rights lawyers back NUPL (PR)
Press Statement October 4, 2010 International human rights lawyers pledged support to progressive local group National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL), and especially its defense of 43 health workers considered political prisoners in the Philippines. Disclaimer | What you are reading is either a press release/ statement or a manifesto. These materials do not go…
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One Nation Progressive Coalition Organizes Huge Rally to Push for ‘Jobs, Justice and Education’
By ALEX KANE AlterNet Posted by Bulatlat.com When Barack Obama defeated John McCain to become president and Democrats retained solid control of Congress in the 2008 elections, progressives rejoiced at the prospect of having their agenda implemented. Two years later, it hasn’t quite worked out that way. Progressives have found themselves locked out of the…
US Admits it Infected Guatemalans with Syphilis in 1940s
By TIM JOHNSON | McClatchy Newspapers Truthout Posted by Bulatlat.com MEXICO CITY — Exposing a dark page in its history, the U.S. government acknowledged Friday that government scientists had infected some 1,500 Guatemalans with syphilis and gonorrhea in experiments from 1946 to 1948 in “appalling violations” of medical ethics. U.S. scientists infected prostitutes with syphilis…
Support for Sacked Radio Workers in Davao City Grows
By CHERYLL D. FIEL Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY – Support grows for beleaguered media workers of Radio Mindanao Network- DXDC Davao (RMN-DXDC Davao). On Sept. 21, during the commemoration of Martial Law, members of the Davao media and members of various organizations, including listeners of RMN Davao gathered at a program in…
15 Shocking Facts Show That the Middle Class is Being Wiped Out
As wealth continues to leave the United States and as the U.S. gets even deeper into debt, more Americans are going to become poor. By MICHAEL SNYDER The Economic Collapse / Alternet International Posted by Bulatlat.com The “America” that so many of us have taken for granted for so many decades is literally disintegrating right…