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.
(Isang Pagsubok sa Diyalektika ng Kritika ng Sandata at Sandata ng Kritika, ayon kay Karl Marx) NI E. SAN JUAN, JR. Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 25, July 29-Aug. 4, 2007 [Para kay Karolina] Pambihira ka Matatag matingkad mabagsik ang luntiang apoy sa iyong...
NI RICHARD GAPPI Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 25, July 29-Aug. 4, 2007 Mga mamamayan at artista ng daigdig: Noon, nang bumagsak ang bomba- atomika sa Hiroshima, may “isang anino na ibinakat ng araw sa hagdan sa harapan ng isang gusali, na inupuan ng pagal...
BY JHONG DELA CRUZ Bulatlat HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Vol. VII, No. 25, July 29-Aug. 4, 2007 Vancouver, British Columbia - In a tribute to signify their protest against the impunity in human rights violations back home, supporters of Alice Omengan-Claver gather July 28 to...
If he were to have his way, Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran would like to be a member of the House Committee on National Defense. That way, he said, he can help start investigations into the Witness Protection Program, extra-judicial killings and forced...
In a report back event in Montreal by Canadian delegates to the People’s International Observers’ Mission (IOM) to the Philippines they noted that it was almost impossible to have truly democratic elections in a country where the overwhelming majority live in...
The state of the nation presented by Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in her address during the opening of the 14th Congress was totally different from what was described by militant organizations in the street outside Congress. They seem to be talking about two...
Unlike the 1990s, nowadays the costs and benefits of foreign investments are being evaluated in a much more balanced manner now, keeping in mind not only economic factors but also social, political, and strategic factors. It is increasingly becoming clear that the...
Filipinos are increasingly having trouble paying for their basic expenses, especially for medicines and medical treatment, and for their water and power bills, according to the results of the latest IBON survey. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No....
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) launched a series of “educational” forums in universities, starting with the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) and Philippine Women’s University (PWU) late last month as part of its intensified counter-insurgency...
Even though it was hailed by various sectors in society as historic and unprecedented, human rights advocates doubted if the human rights summit initiated by the Supreme Court would be enough to curb the festering problems of extrajudicial killings and enforced...
A petition filed last week before the Supreme Court to have the Human Security Act of 2007 (HSA), also known as the Anti-Terrorism Law, declared as unconstitutional has among its signatories former Vice President Teofisto Guingona, Jr. and National Artist for...
This is a terrible time in our country, and we must cleanse the nation of the brutal and destructive actions by its own security forces and law enforcement agencies. For can they, invoking our protection and "human security," play god in their dirty war and violate...
Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile, the principal sponsor of the controversial Human Security Act, has a long history of making political and legal moves running counter to civil liberties and other democratic rights, and even of direct association with the forces of...
It felt a little strange seeing Donato Continente for the first time. He was completely the opposite of the Ka Donat I had in mind- tall, grim-and-determined-looking and fierce. Donato Continente, arguably the most popular political detainee of recent times is in...
A call center agent is someone who earns as much as P20, 000 ($446) a month by simply parroting spiels and buffering irate calls. S/he assumes a certain lifestyle to conform with the social strata call center agents occupy. But there is a downside to this seemingly...
Environment groups protested the appointment of former Manila mayor Lito Atienza as secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), listing his litany of sins of commission and omission against the environment. BY ACE ALEGRE Contributed to...
They voluntary submitted themselves to the local court in the hope of clearing their names. However, instead of being cleared in a September 2003 raid and burning of an Ilocos Sur police station, they were thrown behind bars. BY ROD TAJON Northern Dispatch Posted...
Health authorities in Davao are intensifying their monitoring of Chinese food products, particularly those being sold along Magsaysay Avenue (Uyanguren), following the decision by the Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) to pull out candies and biscuits imported from...
Are the Fundamentals of the Economy Strong? Economics is purportedly the strong point of Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s administration. She has declared that the country is well on its way of achieving “First World” status in the next one to two decades; and the...
Arroyo’s State of the Nation 2007: A Legacy of Economic Decay In the face of its glaring failures, the Macapagal-Arroyo administration continues to pursue the very same bankrupt economic policies that caused these in the first place By IBON Foundation Posted by...
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