BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 7, March 16-29, 2008 In a Misa para sa Maralita (mass for the urban poor) March 14 at the Sto. Nino Church in Tondo, Manila, Bishop Broderick Pabillo called on Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Secretary Romulo Neri to...
BY BULATLAT August 28, 2007 - 10:45pm UTRECHT, The Netherlands – Elements of Den Hague police arrested Jose Maria Sison, National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) chief political consultant, Aug. 28, for murder charges. Sison had been previously told by...
NI E. SAN JUAN, JR. Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 29, August 26-September 1, 2007 Habang humihigop ng di-kuno’y malahimalang tubig na bukal sa kanlungan ng Birhen sa Ephesus, pansamantalang natigil kami sa paglalakbay sa Turkiya, nakaligtaan kong kilatisin...
NI REYNA MAE TABBADA Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 29, August 26-September 1, 2007 Ang most wanted na tao sa Pilipinas ay ang nagnakaw umano ng nunal ni Gloria. Binigay daw ito sa kanilang angkan upang maging gabay sa katarungang hindi maiiwasang may...
NI RAUL FUNILAS Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 29, August 26-September 1, 2007 Isiniwalat mong isa kang Perigrino. Kung tunay kang Perigrino, ipakita mo at patunayan ang pagkapudpod ng mga lansangan sa kalunsuran Kaparangang hindi malipad ng uwak ang layo At...
Is it possible for dead men to engage soldiers in an encounter that would be soon followed by the beheading of 14 Marines? It is, if we ask the authorities who filed the charges on the basis of which the warrants of arrest were issued. The plot thickens further...
In line with its thrust of attracting foreign investments, the Arroyo government is now opening up the country’s protected seas to oil and gas exploration by transnational corporations. BY GERRY ALBERT CORPUZ Bulatlat Vol. VII, No.29, August 26 – September 1, 2007...
BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Vol. VII, No. 29, August 26-September 1, 2007 BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of Manila) – The Kalanguya tribe, an ethno-linguistic group native to Tuba, Benguet has reiterated its clamor for the government to revoke the special...
BY ACE ALEGRE Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 29, August 26-September 1, 2007 TUBA, Benguet – Philex’s open-pit mines in a 98-hectare gold-rich area in Barangay (village) Camp 3 here are being operated illegally, a government lawyer has disclosed. Although...
BY KIM QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 29, August 26-September 1, 2007 TUBA, Benguet – The Tuba municipal council has yet to make a position on the ongoing conflict between affected residents and the Philex Mining Corporation over the...
The Balikatan exercise in Basilan in 2002 has always been sold to the public as a success story — indeed, as a model for how the U.S. military should engage other nations in the fight against terrorism. Five years later, it is clear that the Abu Sayyaf remains a...
The fascist mindset of the Arroyo government is reflected in the logic of Marikina City Mayor Marides Fernando, in justifying urban militarization, that “order precedes peace.” That is the logic of the all-out wars in Central Luzon, Southern Tagalog, Bicol, Samar...
An increase in U.S. military assistance results in a corresponding increase in the number of human rights violations. During the Marcos dictatorship, the unprecedented amount of military assistance given to the government went to the persecution of people and...
There is no existing law in the Philippines criminalizing enforced disappearances. While Republic Act No. 7438 guarantees the rights of persons arrested, detained or under custodial investigation, it does not punish perpetrators of enforced disappearances. Victims...
A regional trial court in Cebu dismissed for "utter lack of probable cause" trumped-up charges filed by the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) and the Philippine Army’s 78th Infantry Battalion against 27 activists and four other...
The Arroyo government has been keeping a secret political “list” of foreign nationals and some Filipinos residing abroad whom it doesn’t like. These foreign nationals have either joined human rights missions to the Philippines, signed petition letters demanding an...
Election Commissioner Nicodemo Ferrer totally missed the point when he told reporters last week that the Commission on Elections en banc is considering to file electoral sabotage charges against at least two media executives for “spreading false news, false comment...
NI RAUL FUNILAS Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 28, August 19-25, 2007 Dilang nag-aalab ang dulo ng baril, At espadang gasang sa muog ng buhay; Kapingkia’y kapwa Pilipinong tunay Igting ng labana’y maraming nakitil. Liyab nitong apoy ay hindi mapawi, Angaw ang...
NI REUEL MOLINA AGUILA Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 28, August 19-25, 2007 Marami akong inibig Dahil marami akong puso. May puso ang magaspang kong palad Ang mga daliri kong kinakalyo Ang aking balikat, bisig at braso Kayat inibig ko silang nag-apuhap Ng...
NI MARK ANGELES Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 28, August 19-25, 2007 Labing-isa kaming Pinoy sa eroplano kasama ng ilang Pakistani at Indiano. Kinontrata kami ng First Kuwaiti para magtrabaho sa mga otel ng Dubai. Mapasok ko sana ang pinakamataas na lugal sa...
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