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 tuition hike dismantled the concept of the state university as being subsidized by the state,” said UP Student Regent Terry Ridon. “UP is now a private school under the management of the government.” By Glenn L. Diaz Philippine Collegian Posted by Bulatlat...
Despite opposition from a segment of students and other members of the University of the Philippines (UP) community, the approved 300 percent tuition and other fee increase (TFI) pushed through with its first implementation on incoming freshmen this year. According...
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat July 4, 2007 - 1:13pm At least a hundred activists under the umbrella of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan or New Patriotic Alliance) marched earlier today, Philippine-American Friendship Day, near the U.S. Embassy in...
NI PHILIP ANORICO* Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 21, July 1-7, 2007 Inikid ko ang pisi Sa tubig inihagis Lawang nakabalabal Alon ng kislap at biyaya. Nagpagaspas ang kawayan Gintong kumikinang, Tumatagay sa laot Ang kasama, nahapong mangingisda. Lungayngay...
Why is it that those who want nothing but the betterment of our people and country are killed and forcibly disappeared while those who seek to destroy it by their greed live on in comfort and wealth? BY BENJIE OLIVEROS ANALYSIS Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 21, July 1-7,...
The “festering” problem of child labor in the Philippines and in the Davao areas is one of the results of the failure of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program, according to child advocates and peasant groups. BY GERMELINA A. LACORTE Davao Today Posted by...
It is hard to believe that, after the elections which further exposed a fragile political system, the country will see a semblance of political stability in the next several months and couple of years – this, considering the turbulent issues that remain unsolved...
Apparent inaction of national as well as provincial government agencies is blamed for the Rizal, Kalinga demolition carnage of June 25. At the heart of the matter, however, lies a 50-year-old land dispute. BY ACE ALEGRE Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 21,...
It is not only Manila that is plagued by the proliferation of boarding houses that pose health and safety hazards for their boarders. Most student dormitories and boarding houses here obtained the required business permits in spite of reports showing that these...
Six of the 59 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have complained of massive illegal recruitment of migrant workers to Taiwan are back in the country to continue their fight. BY AUBREY MAKILAN MIGRANT WATCH Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 21, July 1-7, 2007 Six of the 59...
Mula Tore patungong Palengke: Neolliberal Education in the Philippines by Bienvenido Lumbera, et al. editors. Published by IBON Foundation. In the best tradition of progressive scholarship, this 347-page book is a collection of 25 reflective essays, grouped into...
It was the day before the first year anniversary of her daughter Sherlyn’s disappearance. Still, Erlinda Cadapan had not lost hope. BY KENNETH ROLAND A. GUDA Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 21, July 1-7, 2007 It was the day before the first year anniversary...
Mrs. Arroyo appears to be increasingly entangled in her own official web of lies. The more she denies knowing of military and police atrocities, the more she is forced to admit her own inability to rule. If the three generals’ expose is true and Mrs. Arroyo is not...
The U.S. reward money combined with poverty in Sulu gave rise to a new breed of bounty-hunters. Ustadz Zain Jali, chairman of the Bangsamoro People’s National Congress (BPNC), said in an interview with Bulatlat that even innocent people are reported to the military...
NI RAUL FUNILAS Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 21, July 1-7, 2007 Gadangkal ang bakas ng kay amang yapak Sa Lupang Hinirang na kanyang lupain. May patak ng ulang gusto n'yang habulin Kaya nagpapawis ang balat-balagat. Gadangkal sa bukot ang butil panghasik Na...
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat Posted June 26, 2007, 2:47 p.m. Exactly a year after her daughter, University of the Philippines (UP) student Sherlyn Cadapan, was abducted by unidentified men in Hagonoy town, province of Bulacan, Erlinda Cadapan faced the press today...
Ontario Finance Minister Greg Sorbara bowing to public pressure to raise the minimum wage to $10.00 has recently announced the phasing in of .75 annual increases starting next March 31 with the rate becoming $10.25 in 2010. But critics from the labor sector and...
Still reeling from unresolved controversies over reported financial mismanagement that burst into the open last year, the management of the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) and its hospital chief Dr. Domingo Vega are currently being...
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