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 dust from the May 2007 elections is settling and the broad contours of the coming post-election period can already be made out. The country is entering another period of political in-fighting and instability, with the possibility of major upheavals in a few...
The issues of extrajudicial killings and media killings just wouldn’t go away. It is not because the Macapagal-Arroyo administration is not being given a chance to solve it. Nor is it part of a destabilization plot. These issues continue to hound Gloria...
Even while incarcerated in a Saudi jail during his last few days, Reynaldo Cortez had nothing in his mind but his wife and their six children. During his last conversations with his family, he was discussing the future of his children with his wife and kids. And on...
The decision of the Supreme Court’s Second Division in the case of Beltran, et al v. Gonzalez, et al is an important ruling in the campaign for the protection of civil liberties. Assuming that it will not be reversed by the Supreme Court en banc, the decision will...
Some would probably say he was just at the wrong place, at the wrong time. But the torment the 21-year old youth leader has undergone was more than a case of an unfortunate coincidence. BY KAREN PAPELLERO HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 19, June 17-23,...
Constitution lawyers agree that the First Party rule will make future party-list elections vicious and expensive and is against the spirit of the party-list system. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA ELECTION WATCH Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 19, June 17-23, 2007 The First Party rule,...
A Japanese woman artist's installation art exhibit dubbed The Back of Affection shows the artist's desire to help heal whatever suffering and sorrow inflected by Japanese soldiers during World War II. BY MAURICE MALANES Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Vol....
In 2005, Melody said the DFA asked them to stop publicizing Rey’s case. "Sinunod namin tapos ganyan lang pala mangyayari,” (We followed their advice and still nothing happened.) she said, adding that what she really wanted was to ask media’s help to publicize her...
BY BULATLAT Breaking News June 17, 2007 - 2:05pm The Bayan Muna (People First) leader in Bohol who was shot Friday night in Bien Unido town died today while undergoing treatment for wounds in the head and left arm at the Governor Celestino Gallares Memorial...
BY BULATLAT Breaking News June 16, 2007 - 12:50pm A peasant activist was abducted yesterday morning in Sitio Artemia, Brgy. Bubog, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro. Rogelio Marquez, 27, a member of the Alyansa ng Magsasak sa San Jose (Peasant Alliance in San Jose) and...
Y EMILY VITAL Bulatlat Posted June 15, 2007, 6:22 p.m. Members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) held a picket rally June 15 to condemn the killing of Musa Dimasidsing, one of the witnesses on Maguindanao fraud. The protesters held a short program in...
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat Posted June 14, 2007 - 6:56 a.m. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) dismissed the disqualification case against progressive party-list groups Bayan Muna (people first), Anakpwis (toiling masses), and Gabriela Women’s Party. In its...
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Breaking News June 14, 2007 - 6:40pm The Delegation of the European Commission has announced that the European Union (EU) will send a team of six experts on a 10-day technical mission on extrajudicial killings to the...
“There is something I must do. I should speak for the victims – the disappeared, tortured and killed - and expose how the government treats those who they perceive as enemies.” BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 18, June 10-16, 2007 Camp Panteleon Garcia, Imus,...
BY BULATLAT Posted May 30, 2007, 6:18 p.m. Election watchdog Kontra Daya joined the Concerned Citizens and other groups in a protest rally, Wednesday, near the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) where the national canvassing is ongoing. The...
BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat Breaking News May 31, 2007 - 6:02pm Some 60 members of militant groups staged a picket in front of the Australian Embassy in Makati City, May 31, to protest the signing of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the Philippines and...
BY BULATLAT HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH/BREAKING NEWS May 28, 2007 - 4:55pm Activist pastor Berlin Guerrero was abducted just outside the local United Church of Christ of the Philippines (UCCP) chapel in Biñan, Laguna (35 kms. away from Manila) at 6 p.m. after a Sunday...
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat ELECTION WATCH/BREAKING NEWS May 28, 2007 - 5:01 pm MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur – Were the voters from Barangay (village) Kadigilan, Lumbayanage town in Lanao del Sur not aware of the national elections? In precinct number 0010-A, the...
Bayan Muna's Jeppie Ramada lost in his bid for a council seat. Bayan Muna itself ended up second to Kalahi, the party-list group of the Nograleses that allegedly bought votes massively. It's a disappointing loss, Bayan Muna concedes, but one that is very...
Benguet farmers exposed to pesticides have submitted to physical, medical and blood examination to determine the level of pesticide toxicity in their blood and how it affects their health. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 16, May...
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