Washing and ironing his clothes, cleaning the house, washing the dishes, and weeding the farm. Other politicians would hire maids to do these things for them. But Anakpawis (Toiling Masses) Rep. Rafael “Ka Paeng” Mariano, the poorest congressman in the country, lives up to his sector’s way of life. BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN Bulatlat Vol.…
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Damdamin para sa Bayan
NI OLIVER CARLOS Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 16 May 27-June 2, 2007 May mga damdaming pilit mang iwaksi Nukal di’t sisibol at di maikubli. Pag-ibig sa bayan pilit mang itanggi Mabibigkas pa rin nitong mga labi.. Pag-ibig na ito sa lupang nagkanlong Sa mga pangarap at musmos na layon, Pilit mang supilin sa…
Oy, Jonas!
(Kay Jonas Burgos, desaparecido) NI MARK ANGELES Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 16 May 27-June 2, 2007 Noong mawala ang susi ng aparador, itinaob namin ang buong bahay. Bakit hindi kita hahanapin, Jonas, ngayong dinukot ka ng mga operatiba ni Arroyo? Waring umalingawngaw sa aking sintido ang iyong tinig: Aktibista ako! Aktibista ako! —…
Not for the Nearsighted
The thing the person in the picture is pointing to in Tatalon, an urban poor community in Quezon City, is not a state-of-the art transformer or electric equipment. Those are actually electric meters of the households in the community. The meter reader from Meralco, the electric distribution utility, has to use a pair of binoculars…
Centerstage: ARMM
As the national canvassing of votes for the recently-concluded senatorial and local elections continues to go full-swing, all eyes are on the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) – as massive fraud is alleged to have taken place in two of the region’s provinces while failure of elections has been declared in another. BY ALEXANDER…
RPA-ABB Headed for Split?
The leaders of the Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa-Pilipinas/Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPM-P/RPA-ABB), a group that split from the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) in the 1990s, have begun accusing each other of corruption and gangsterism – and seem headed for a bloody showdown. BY KARL G. OMBION AND RICHARD PAUYON Bulatlat…
Cardinal Zen, Reaching Beyond Borders for Human Rights and Democracy
“I am a witness to the suffering of my struggling people, and I join them in their fight for liberation.” BY REY ASIS Asian Students Association Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 16 May 27-June 2, 2007 A warm smile, a calm countenance, strong, unyielding conviction… These words best describe , recently-elevated cardinal of Hong…
Political Fiefdoms Dig In
A look at the election outcome in some of the political turfs would show whether the geopolitical balance of power has changed without necessarily shaking the infrastructures of political dynasties in those areas. By the Policy Study, Publication and Advocacy (PSPA) Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) Posted by Bulatlat ELECTION WATCH Vol. VII,…
Kontra Daya Sends Team to Lanao del Sur, Condemns Deployment of Soldiers
BY EMILY VITAL BULATLAT May 25,2007 – 3:46 p.m. Election watchdog Kontra Daya has sent a team to Lanao del Sur to observe the special elections on Saturday. Led by Emmie de Jesus, one of the Kontra Daya convenors, the six-person team left for Lanao del Sur early morning, Friday. Nitz Mahinay serves as the…
Thousands Protest Poll Fraud near PICC
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Breaking News / Election Watch May 23, 2007 – 7:36pm Thousands braved strong rains and rallied this afternoon near the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), where the national canvassing of votes is being held, to protest what was described as “the Arroyo administration’s orchestrated cheating” in the recently-concluded senatorial and…
Clean and Peaceful Elections?
Immediately after the polls closed on May 14, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Benjamin Abalos Sr. and Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Oscar Calderon declared the elections as relatively clean and peaceful. The declaration was made amid the election-related violence, which claimed more candidate’s lives, the spate of political killings and harassments targeting members…