When Mylene and Raymond Golloso (then 13 and 6 years old, respectively) were killed by armed men on May 7, 2004 in their own home in Bulan, Sorsogon, no other armed group was in the village except seven Army soldiers and two members of the paramilitary Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU). BY ALEXANDER MARTIN…
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Visayan Farmers, Landlords say CARP a Failure; Urge Overhaul
In Region 6, farmers and landowners agree on one thing: The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program has been a failure. Farmers and their organizations point to the absence of real land distribution, while landowners cite the lack of support services for them and for agrarian reform beneficiaries. BY KARL G. OMBION Bulatlat BACOLOD CITY — “More…
A Way Out Of Iraq
Sen. Russ Feingold TomPaine.common sense Posted by Bulatlat.com Russ Feingold is a United States senator from Wisconsin. On Election Day, the American people weighed in at the ballot box: They want to get our troops out of Iraq. Voters rejected the president’s failed Iraq policy, putting Democrats in charge of Congress and responsible for setting…
Pagdalaw sa Libingan ng mga Buhay: Sagutang-tula
NINA AXEL PINPIN AT RONALYN OLEA Inilathala ng Bulatlat.com Ang Pagdalaw sa Libingan ng mga Buhay* Ni Axel Pinpin, sa ngalan ng Tagaytay 5 Iwan n’yo na ang kandila, ‘wag nang mag-abala sa bulaklak ‘Wag n’yo lang kalilimutan na magbaon ng halakhak, Pagkat kailangan iyan ng nauupos naming tuwa, Pampahalimuyak din iyan ng alingasaw ng…
Autonomy Under Siege: The Philippine Collegian and RA 9184
BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD PHILIPPINE COLLEGIAN, 2006-2007 The Philippine Collegian bears witness to a lasting tradition of independence as a student institution. It is a publication funded solely by the students, and for years has served as a salient representation of academic freedom and democratic rights. Throughout history, University of the Philippines (UP) students have…
Strong Peso Fails to Benefit Consumers
A strong peso is supposed to benefit consumers through lower prices of goods and services. Why is this not the case at this point? BY DANILO ARAÑA ARAO Bulatlat.com In the first quarter of this year, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo stressed that the people can benefit from a strong peso through lower prices of goods and…
Canadian Church Calls on UN to Investigate Political Killings
The United Church of Canada (UCC) called on the United Nations to investigate the unabated political killings in the Philippines. Outraged by the assassination of five members and staff of its Philippine partners in a six-week period, the UCC called on the Canadian government and the United Nations “to take strong steps to end the…
Games of the Elite
“But the empress has no new clothes!” would be the wide-eyed declaration of an innocent child who sees things as they are and would simply say so as well. Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, aka Philippine President, but to a majority of Filipinos, a usurper who refuses to step down from power, is our own petulant version…
Arroyo Risks Further Isolation with Maynilad Reprivatization – WPN
President Gloria Arroyo, who has yet to overcome the worst political crisis of her regime, is risking further isolation from the people if she would allow the planned reprivatization of the Maynilad Water Services Inc. By Arnold Padilla Bulatlat.com President Gloria Arroyo, who has yet to overcome the worst political crisis of her regime, is…
Labor Leader Nabbed, Tagged in NPA Raid in Leyte
A labor leader in Eastern Visayas revealed in a Jan. 14 news conference that members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in the region had abducted him last Jan. 8 and accused him of participating in the Jan. 7 raid of a military detachment in Albuera, Northern Leyte by New People’s Army (NPA)…
PhilHealth Exec Says Soldiers Harassed Him After NPA PoW Release
Two soldiers from the 69th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army paid Philhealth vice-president for Central Luzon Tito Mendiola a visit and interrogated him about his role in the release of T/Sgt. Maron Oronan, prisoner-of-war of the New People’s Army (NPA) released on Jan. 10. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat.com DOLORES, Pampanga – Philhealth vice president…