A fact-finding committee created by the Baguio City Council has disclosed anomalies in the on-going construction of the SM Mall along Harrison Road, in front of Sunshine Park in the said city. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No....
The director of a corporate foundation said, it would be “naïve” to expect “profit-oriented entities” such as businesses to do charitable work in secrecy. “Only saints do their work anonymously and only saints do not have cost-benefit ratios.” Companies spend huge...
The supposed advantages of computer-based education have been blurred by commercial interests. In this sense, promoting technology as a catch-word to attract would-be students is nothing more than a marketing scheme, designed to lure prospective clients to a...
An interview with Atty. Edre Olalia The anti-terrorism law is draconian, anti-people, and is very dangerous. Another fundamental point is, it does not cover the acts of terrorism of the State itself which is the worst kind of terrorism. BY DR. RAINER WERNING THE...
BY BERLIN GUERRERO* Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 27, August 12-18, 2007 When a pastor is in prison his ministry is not impaired; the bars and walls are only futile attempts to cut his connections to the world beyond the state curtain. His confinement is limited...
BY LOLITO GO* Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 27, August 12-18, 2007 “Go! Liar!”, I discovered, is a perfect anagram for "Gloria." My apologies to all the Glorias of the world. My apologies to all the liars too, it is unfair that I tie you with Gloria...
NI RAUL FUNILAS Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 27, August 12-18, 2007 Gunitang naglayag hanap ay alabok Na dating dumapyo’t sa aki’y humagod Noong ang panaho’y hindi nasaakop Ng bagong milenyong dagling umimbulog. Ngayo’y natitimbon sa pukas na daang...
No matter how successful the government may be in conjuring a picture of improved peace and order conditions in Mindanao, the truth is bound to emerge sooner or later, as in the latest Basilan incident. BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise/Business World Posted by...
With the Human Security Act, the police and the military are in almost the same situation as they were during the early days of martial law, when they didn't quite know what they could or couldn't do-- but did learn fast enough. BY LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage...
BY FRED VAN LEEUWEN General Secretary, Education International Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 27, August 12-18, 2007 Her Illustrious Excellency The President of the Philippines Ms. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Malacañang Palace JP Laurel Street, San Miguel Manilla...
Consistent with its policies of deregulation and privatization, and limiting government spending, the Macapagal-Arroyo administration has been reducing its budget for education leading to the deterioration of the educational system and the decreasing access of the...
Typhoons “Chedeng” and “Dodong” claimed three lives and caused landslides affecting residents in several communities in the Cordillera. BY ACE ALEGRE Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 27, August 12-18, 2007 BAGUIO CITY (246 kms. north of Manila) –...
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 27, August 12-18, 2007 Balikbayan Dr. Annalisa Vicente Enrile was on her way back to the U.S. on Aug. 5 after a month’s stay in the Philippines. However, as she proceeded to the Immigration booth to have...
Is the HSA really necessary in curbing what it defines as “terrorism”? A lawyer who represented petitioners against the said law before the High Tribunal views the HSA as not only unnecessary but also dangerous. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH...
At least a hundred landowners of a 40-hectare lot comprising Phase-3 of the Batangas Port are demanding that the provincial government free their land from a five-year moratorium. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 27, August 12-18, 2007 BATANGAS CITY (111...
Mt. Pulag's mossy forests are threatened by the fast expansion of commercial vegetable gardens and infrastructure development, a government environmental watchdog disclosed last week. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 27,...
BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat August 6, 2007 - 2:25pm Dr. Edita Burgos, mother of missing agriculturist-activist Jonas Joseph Burgos, led a silent march from Sto. Domingo Church to Welcome Rotunda in Quezon City earlier today, marking the 100th day since her son's...
Independent think-tank IBON Foundation calls on the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to spare consumers from yet another round of energy rate hikes by denying the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) its petition for tariff increases. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by...
“We are concerned that the extrajudicial killings could be a conscious and systematic part of the Philippine government’s counterinsurgency program and that financial assistance from our government is being used to support, directly or indirectly, those within the...
The specter of random arrests in connection with the July 10 beheading of 14 Marines in Al-Barka, Basilan following an encounter between the AFP and the MILF looms over the people of the said town. This is because the warrants of arrest issued for 130 suspected...
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