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.
Recent legal victories of well-known Left personalities such as Anakpawis representative and former chairperson of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) and Kilusang Mayo Uno, Crispin Beltran, as well as Prof. Jose Maria Sison, founding chairperson of the Communist...
Only the government’s sale of its stake in PLDT saved it from a whopping P67.8 billion ($1,481,967,213) deficit during the first five months of 2007, P4.8 billion ($104,918,032) higher than the official deficit target of P63 billion ($1,377,049,180) for the whole...
Nanay Fe was shocked when she saw the cost of tuition of her daughter Karina at the “University of the People.” And even if she was exempted by the Bureau of Internal Revenue from paying an income tax because her annual income is a mere P46, 000 ($1,005), her...
A land dispute between the administration of the Central Mindanao University and its 200 farmer-tenants almost resulted in a massacre last June 22. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Bulatlat Vol VII, No. 23 July 15-21 For defending the land her family has...
The glaring discrepancy between the number of students coming from the provinces and the capacity of in-campus dorms already presents a long-standing problem of insufficient student housing in the University of the Philippines. A host of other factors aggravate its...
NDFP chief political consultant Jose Maria Sison criticized what he described as the “concerted hostile reactions” of the Dutch and Arroyo governments to the July 11 verdict of the European Court of First Instance (ECFI) in Luxembourg annulling the May 29 decision...
The general amnesty proposal and the peace talk overtures come in just a short whiff of time before the implementation of the Human Security Act (HSA), also known as the Anti-Terrorism Law. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 22, July 8-14, 2007...
Recent moves by the Macapagal-Arroyo administration show its regard for the people’s sovereign will and human rights: it violates these with impunity. And things may get worse with the impending implementation of the Anti-Terrorism Law euphemistically called the...
A consensus is shaping up among lawyers’ circles, human rights groups, civil libertarians and others that the case against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, along with rogue generals implicated in the war crimes and crimes against humanity, should proceed under...
It is tragic that the Arroyo regime is wasting time and squandering what has been achieved so far in the peace negotiations in a bid to maintain itself illegitimately in power. After five years of using “anti-terrorism” as a trump card to pressure the NDF, the...
BY JOSE MARIA SISON* Posted by Bulatlat Democratic Space Vol. VII, No. 22, July 8-14, 2007 The Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA, Republic Act No. 9372 or the Human Security Act of 2007) is part of the global wave of fascist legislation and state terrorism generated by the...
BY THE NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES Posted by Bulatlat Democratic Space Vol. VII, No. 22, July 8-14, 2007 The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) treats as a serious threat to press freedom and the people's right to know...
NI RADO CERVO III Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 22, July 8-14, 2007 Sumusulak na bulkan ang poot ko tuwinang maririnig Sa radyo ang nagaganap sa mga kasamang ipinipiit Ang karapatan at tuluyang ninanakaw ang pag-asa. Kaya naman kung minsa'y gusto kong...
NI MYKEL ANDRADA Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 22, July 8-14, 2007 Ang anak ay nakaupo na, Ang ina'y gumagapang pa. Nang ang Ina'y makaupo na, Ang mga anak ay pinagapang na! Hindi hari, hindi pari, Nagdadamit ng sari-sari. Parang si Imelda, parang si Cory,...
NI NOEL SÁLES BARCELONA Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 22, July 8-14, 2007 1. Isumpit mo, makata Ang iyong tula sa hangin – Parang palaso, Sa lupang may bahid ng dugo Iyong patamain. Huwag pabayaang salakabin ng mga palalo Ang iyong talino. Kapag itinanikala...
Despite the junking of the habeas corpus petition they filed against the military, the siblings of Leopoldo Ancheta insist that only the military has the motive and the means to abduct their brother. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 22, July 8-14, 2007 The...
Neophyte councilor Karlo Bello, who was recently selected as the chairman of the Davao City Council’s Committee on Civil, Political and Human Rights, has expressed reservations about the anti-terrorism law, or the Human Security Act, saying it might result in more...
Nicanor Gonzales braved the Marcos regime to help teachers in Davao City fight for their welfare. The city’s teachers, who had to fight hard to get what is due them, became part of his family. It was a relationship that defined a selfless activist whose wisdom and...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has cancelled the environmental compliance certificate (ECC) of a Korean company constructing a spa-resort at the crater of Taal Volcano in Batangas. But for residents of the volcano, it is not enough. They...
Sen. Jamby Madrigal speaks her views on what she describes as “state terrorism” perpetuated by the Macapagal-Arroyo administration in this interview with German political scientist Dr. Rainer Werning conducted in March. E. San Juan, Jr. edited the transcript of the...
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