Ronalyn V. Olea or Len to her colleagues loves to brew coffee strong enough to keep everyone in the newsroom awake. She’s a vegan and a bike commuter, braving the chaos of the road to get to meetings and errands.
Ronalyn V. Olea or Len to her colleagues loves to brew coffee strong enough to keep everyone in the newsroom awake. She’s a vegan and a bike commuter, braving the chaos of the road to get to meetings and errands.
The failure of the Manila government to address the roots of armed conflict in the Philippines through peace negotiations has emboldened two armed political groups to raise the ante of their armed struggle against the seven-year-old presidency of Philippine...
BY GERMELINA A. LACORTE Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 9, April 6-12, 2008 DAVAO CITY - Pencils and notebooks made in Germany and Switzerland, durable umbrellas, raincoats as big as blankets because European sizes are almost twice as big as average...
The Philippines has become too dependent on food importation to make up for its shortfalls in domestic production and should reverse this trend. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 9, April 6-12, 2008 The Philippines has become too dependent on...
‘Bay fishers need livelihood, not casino’ The proposed establishment of a Las Vegas style casino and tourism complex in Manila Bay will trigger the displacement of small fishermen along the bay’s coastal areas from Pasay City to Cavite. This is because more...
You may have heard enough of the “running priest” who made news headlines for making running around the country as his way of advocating social issues confronting the country. This time it is a “biking priest” who is touring the country from his native place of...
The first part of this paper will delve into how the Philippine government has adopted GDP accounting, while the second section will analyze the historical background and ideological basis of this capitalist criterion of development. Finally, alternative methods of...
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 9, April 6-12, 2008 A new coalition formed to observe the upcoming Universal Periodic Review (UPR) deliberation on the Philippines is calling for the termination or suspension of the country’s...
(First of two parts) So hogs are about to supplant farmers in Bukidnon? In Masbate, farm workers are losing their land to cattle. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA SPECIAL REPORT Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 9, April 6-12, 2008 TICAO ISLAND, Masbate— A shanty made of coconut fronds in...
(Conclusion) Local governments’ power to re-classify agricultural lands for commercial and residential use has aided big landowners in saving their properties from agrarian reform. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA SPECIAL REPORT Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 9, April 6-12, 2008 “I’m...
BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Contributed to Bulatlat February 26, 2008 - 11:51pm The influential Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines or CBCP has called on Malacañang to trash the controversial Executive Order No. 464, which prevents government and military...
NI PAPA OSMUBAL Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 24-March 1, 2008 sa dugong tumagistis buhat sa inyong dibdib napagluksa ang lupang luoy na sinilaban ng mabangis na araw umusbong at lumago ang hubad na butong binhing kalinga ng mapagbatang panahon...
May afinidad ang pornograpiya at politika—pareho itong nagpapakita ng kalabisan, kadalasan isang paulit-ulit o tematikong akto (sex sa pornograpiya, skandalo sa politika) na nakasentro sa spektakularisasyon ng katawan ng mga aktor, at ang naturalisasyon ng...
Media practitioners in this summer capital city have signed a petition to intervene in a press freedom case filed by Manila-based media practitioners before the Supreme Court. The original petitioners in the case seek the aid of the Supreme Court in stopping top...
A Saudi-based Filipino migrant group said that there are still 191 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) stranded in Jeddah alone, including 103 OFWs who originally camped out under a bridge in Jeddah since December 2007. The Philippine Consulate in Jeddah earlier...
After enduring contract-substitution and being underpaid, overworked, and intimidated by the company they were working for, 11 OFWs in Kuwait decided to file a complaint and fight for their rights. And what did Philippine Labor officials do? It tried to discourage...
POSTED BY BULATLAT DEMOCRATIC SPACE Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 24-March 1, 2008 21 February 2008 President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Republic of the Philippines Malacañang Palace PHILIPPINES Fax: +63 2 736 1010 Dear President Arroyo, The news of the plight of the 111...
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison Chief Political Consultant National Democratic Front of the Philippines Posted by Bulatlat DEMOCRATIC SPACE Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 24-March 1, 2008 I am happy to observe that the broad united front of patriotic forces is determined to...
BY WILLIAM BOWLES, http://williambowles.info/ Posted by Bulatlat ALTERNATIVE READER Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 24-March 1, 2008 Harlem, NYC — That both a black man and a woman are the ‘front runners’ in the ‘race’ for the presidency speaks reams about the desperate...
BY TOM HAYDEN ALTERNATIVE READER Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 4, February 24-March 1, 2008 During Christmas 2007 I traveled back in time with my family, to Vietnam, for the first time in thirty-two years. I was feeling a deep need to see the place once more, a...
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