Congress remains the stronghold of traditional politics, now shored up by the increasing presence of certain elitist Party list groups. This is a long way off the charter-based principle of guaranteeing the marginal sectors' representation in the lawmaking body. BY...
The government-set dialogue between the Philex Mining Corporation and the indigenous residents of this town and Itogon failed due to the mining company’s “arrogance,” a community leader said. The dialogue was intended to address issues concerning indigenous...
Ang kontrobersyal na Human Security Act (Republic Act No. 9372) o aking tatawaging "Terror Act" ay madadagdag sa mahabang listahan ng mga batas o dekreto ng estado ng Pilipinas na pagsalakay at pag-atake sa karapatan ng taumbayan na magpahayag, maglathala,...
Clearly the Arroyo bloc has been unwilling to try to end the abuses. There are two main reasons for this. First, she fears a coup. A leader of a recent attempt was placed in detention, but still got 11.5 million votes in the May Senate election. Second, her...
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 28, August 19-25, 2007 The plot seems to be getting thicker. While pursuing Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandits and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) fighters allegedly responsible for the beheading of 10 Marines,...
The declines in the stock market and values of currencies may aptly be described as a bursting of the bubble because it reveals a lot of things: the real state of the world economy and the dominance of international mobile capital; the fundamental weakness and...
After the strike ended more than two years ago, the HLI farm workers have been planting rice and vegetables providing them with income and food. But more than the earnings, they find fulfillment in cultivating the land that is rightfully theirs. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA...
The militant peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP or Philippine Peasant Movement) called for the review of the Biofuels Law fearing that jathropa planting would intensify land grabbing and peasant displacement. BY AUBREY MAKILAN Bulatlat Vol. VII,...
It is clear why the Philippine government is not about to give up Mindanao or even only the acknowledged Moro ancestral domains to the Moro people. All talk about national sovereignty and the indivisibility of Philippine territory is just a convenient cover for the...
Groups supporting the plight of victims of Guimaras oil spill tragedy last year have asked lawmakers to pass a law that would focus on the rehabilitation of Guimaras and other affected areas over the next three years, adding that the proposed fund of P10 billion...
Philippine trade deals with Japan and China, which President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo recently urged Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members to act on, will further weaken the country’s already damaged domestic economy. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by...
The JPEPA deprives the Philippines of vital economic policy tools it would need in its future development.. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 28, August 19-25 As the Senate prepares to conduct hearings on the ratification of the Japan-Philippines...
BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 28, August 19-25, 2007 Philippine Ambassador to Japan Domingo Siazon recently made a pitch for the Senate ratification of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), saying that Japan's aging...
They are the university’s guidance counselors, librarians, technical specialists, extension workers and researchers, who are also at the forefront of developing and producing notable researches. BY JOHN ALLIAGE MORALES Philippine Collegian Posted by Bulatlat Vol....
Saying that expensive technology is not the solution to the decline in the quality of education in the country, teacher and student groups called for the scrapping of the DepEd’s Cyber Education Project. BY VICTOR GREGOR LIMON Philippine Collegian Posted by...
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano must have heaved a sigh of relief when last May’s senatorial and local elections pushed through, thinking that with the polls the so-called “Hello Garci”...
Grade schoolers in La Union perform the tinikling, the Philippine national dance. The tinikling is at risk of vanishing with the inroads of dances popularized by Hollywood celebrities and their local imitators. Its being in danger of dying out is part of the...
As the city announced a shift in the way the annual Kadayawan Festival is celebrated — that is, for one, showcasing Lumad culture and tradition not for tourism’s sake — tribal leaders remain concerned that the festivities hardly depict the struggle of Mindanao’s...
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat August 29, 2007 - 2:27pm MAKATI CITY -- About a hundred activists belonging to various organizations under the banner of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan or New Patriotic Alliance) rallied here earlier today to protest...
Antonio “Tony” Zumel – journalist and revolutionary leader – would have turned 75 last Aug. 10. Aug. 13, 2007 marks his sixth death anniversary. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 27, August 12-18, 2007 Antonio “Tony” Zumel – journalist and...
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