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.
Students from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) had another taste of repression. This did not result in the murder of another student, as what happened to Mark Chua, the student who exposed the corruption in the Reserved Officers Training Corps (ROTC). But this...
Victims of typhoon Reming (international name- Durian) were recent beneficiaries of almost two tons of medicines and vaccines from the Cuban government, a socialist country with one of the world’s most advanced health system. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat Responding...
For 11 years, Marinduqueños have been seeking justice from the various courts in the country and abroad to determine the liabilities of Marcopper Mining Corporation and Placer Dome, Incorporated (bought by Barrick Gold in 2006) over the disasters their 30-year...
The water crisis, whether in the Philippines or globally, is a crisis underlined by the fact that majority of the poor people have no access to water while most of the water goes to the rich. BY ARNOLD PADILLA IBON Foundation Posted by Bulatlat Environment...
The water crisis, whether in the Philippines or globally, is a crisis underlined by the fact that majority of the poor people have no access to water while most of the water goes to the rich. BY ARNOLD PADILLA IBON Foundation Posted by Bulatlat Environment...
BY LISA ITO Bulatlat A four-person panel of independent experts recently scrutinized the basis of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR's) for allowing the resumption of full commercial operations of the Lafayette mine in Rapu-Rapu, Albay and...
Labor groups welcome the Executive Order 611 providing for a 10 percent salary adjustment for government employees, but insist this is not enough and only favors high ranking government officials. BY AUBREY MAKILAN Bulatlat Labor groups welcome the Executive Order...
At Davao City’s Sasa village, the neighbors and coworkers of Joselito Cayetano are stumped by his decision to run for the Senate. They were stunned when he added the second name “Peter” to his certificate of candidacy. Alan Peter Cayetano, the opposition...
The administration’s Team Unity and the Genuine Opposition, the two main contending forces in this year’s senatorial elections, have been exchanging challenges to a debate for the past few weeks. While both sides have agreed on a possible venue for the debate, they...
Not only thieves prowl the night. In the dead of night, the Macapagal-Arroyo administration tried to transfer Rep. Satur Ocampo of Bayan Muna (People First) party to Leyte. It was also late evening when the government transferred Lance Cpl. Daniel Smith to the...
Bayan Muna (People First) general counsel and third nominee Neri Javier Colmenares revealed that they will file criminal cases of perjury against the witnesses who “falsely testified” against Rep. Satur Ocampo in Leyte. They will also file civil cases against these...
Having run out of counterinsurgency options Bantay Laya I and II appear to be the U.S.-Arroyo regime’s “final solution” to the long drawn-out conflict. A novel and significant feature is its special emphasis on punitive measures in dealing with the political...
Two of the nine-member Philippine delegation of human rights defenders named the “Ecumenical Voice for Peace and Human Rights in the Philippines” shared the outcome of their lobbying efforts before various international organizations and entities in a press...
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Most Rev. Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa, is one of the several supporters of the 2nd Session on the Philippines of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) – where the Arroyo regime, the U.S. government, the...
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Posted 4:21 p.m., March 21, 2007 Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan or New Patriotic Alliance) secretary-general Renato Reyes Jr. had one question as he spoke late this morning before a rally of hundreds near the Manila Police District...
Davaoeños are forced by the hard times to be creative. This man transformed his traysikad (bicycle sidecar) into a mobile sari-sari (variety) store. He plies Juna Subdivision in Matina.(Bulatlat.com) Davaotoday.com Photo by Barry Ohaylan /...
By Flon Faurillo / Bulatlat The Filipino people have been badly bruised so far by three repressive measures – the calibrated preemptive response policy (CPR), which discarded the maximum tolerance policy in dealing with protest actions; Presidential Proclamation...
By Ricky Gelido Posted by Bulatlat The political cauldron is getting hot. And it is expected to get hotter until May 14, the voting day. The intensity could even extend until the counting of the last vote. Since the onset of the campaign period, political gimmickry...
BY ASIA PACIFIC MISSION FOR MIGRANTS Posted by Bulatlat The Malaysian government – already notorious for the way it treats migrant workers, especially undocumented migrants – is set to implement yet another anti-migrant program. This time though, the government is...
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