After a rousing protest by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Hong Kong during Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s visit on March 30, Filipino migrant workers are again preparing another “greeting” for the president on her 61st birthday on April 5. Led by Migrante International, the largest alliance of migrant Filipinos worldwide, OFWs set April 5…
Janess Ann J. Ellao
Pag-angat ng Starbucks sa Ordinaryong Pag-angat
Ang karanasang Starbucks at gitnang uri ay nagsasaad ng bagong auratiko o ang pakiwari na ginawa ang lugar para sa iyo lamang: lugar na pwedeng pagtrabahuan ng notebook computers (may wi-fi card na pwedeng bilhin para sa Internet), pwedeng pag-aralan bitbit ang makakapal na librong binabasa at minememorya (parang haven ng mga estudyanteng sawa na…
Baguio Mayor Seeks Rice Price Watch
Mayor Reinaldo Bautista, Jr. last week said he would ask the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) regional office here to strictly monitor the prices of rice in the city to guard against profiteering, hoarding and other illegal practices that may arise due to the problem hounding the rice industry. BY AILEEN F. REFUERZO, Baguio…
A Nation Divided, A Truth Concealed
The Supreme Court decision upholding the right of CHED Sec. Romulo Neri and Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to invoke executive privilege did not serve the cause of justice and truth. It helped conceal a crime, added to the cracks in the institutions of government, and left the nation more deeply divided. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS ANALYSIS Bulatlat…
Real Crises
There is real danger that rice will soon become a very scarce commodity beginning with the market stalls but eventually, from the dining table of tens of millions of poor Filipinos. This is not to say that this staple food has not become scarce before and is even now beyond the reach of a scandalously…
Gov’t, AFP Claims of NPA Weakening are Lies – Ka Roger
CPP spokesperson Gregorio “Ka Roger” Rosal has belied claims by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the AFP that the strength of the CPP’s armed component, the NPA, has been halved in the last two years and that it will certainly face defeat by 2010. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 8, March 30-April 5,…
There is an Actual Rice Crisis Aggravated by an Artificial One
Rice importation fosters crisis BY THE KILUSANG MAGBUBUKID NG PILIPINAS DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 8, March 30 – April 5, 2008 The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) reacted to the statement of Senator Edgardo Angara saying that the rice crisis today is artificial. The group clarified that there is an…
Real Story for 2008: More Hardships, More Unrest
Gloria Arroyo’s distorted version of reality shows how detached her regime is from the people who face worsening poverty and hunger. But empty propaganda about economic growth will not quell the deteriorating political crisis that engulfs the country today. BY ARNOLD PADILLA Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 8, March 30-April 5, 2008 Gloria Arroyo’s…
Oil Price Hikes More Frequent under Arroyo
Oil price increases under Pres. Arroyo’s term comprise almost 42 percent of total increases since the implementation of the Oil Deregulation law in 1996. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 8, March 30 – April 5, 2008 Since the oil deregulation law was first implemented, much of the of the oil price…
Rice Not Lies! HK OFWs say GMA Answers Hunger with Squander
BY UNITED FILIPINOS IN HONG KONG DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 8, March 30 – April 5, 2008 Filipinos get hungry as the price of our staple food shoots up while Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo squanders about PhP2 million to spew out lies and project false support of overseas Filipinos to her crumbling administration.…
JMSU: China will Set Up Gas Pipelines to Transfer RP Natural Gas, Fishers Group Predicts
The China National Offshore Oil Corporation will eventually set up gas pipelines from Palawan to mainland China once the potential reserves of 3.3 trillion cubic meters of gas is confirmed in the ongoing gas exploration, according to the militant fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya or National Alliance of Small Fisherfolk…