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.
Cha-cha proponents argue that removing the Constitution’s nationalist provisions is key to reviving foreign investment flows into the country. Yet this is a weak argument for an effort that is also about President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s extension in power beyond...
Sa unang malas, mistulang seryoso ang administrasyon sa hangarin nitong maging isang world-class university ang U.P. Sa pamamagitan ng biswal na pagpapaganda, hangad nitong umangat ang ranggo ng pamantasan kapag inihanay na sa mga unibersidad sa ibang bansa, kahit...
In a historic referendum, the students of the University of the Philippines (UP) reaffirmed the rules governing the selection of their lone representative to the highest policy-making body of the university. BY JEFFREY OCAMPO Contributor Bulatlat In a historic...
Members of the House Committee on Economic Affairs grilled National Economic Development Agency (NEDA) Director General Ralph Recto over the P330-billion economic stimulus package at a hearing, February 4. The stimulus package, which is much touted by the Arroyo administration, turned out to be a mere repackaging of old programs. Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño called it a “simulation package”.
With the US dominating the world economy, the effects of this crunch have spread to other countries including the Philippines – affecting multitudes of workers who are now struggling to simply live through the difficult times.
Seven detained activists slapped with murder charges were ordered released, February 5. Now released from detention, they are planning to file counter charges against state security forces and state prosecutors who were responsible for their arrest. BY RONALYN V....
Relatives, colleagues, and supporters of jailed peasant leader Randall “Ka Randy” Echanis launched the 58-page literary folio Panata sa Paglaya (Vow to Freedom) last Feb. 3. The folio contains poems by and for Echanis, as well as other literary and artistic pieces....
The public will be treated to a new kind of entertainment on February 14 with the staging of a musical Phantom on the Lake, an adaptation of the Broadway play Phantom of the Opera, at the Burnham Park in Baguio City. BY LYN V. RAMO CULTURE Northern Dispatch Posted...
Nakakasakal ang papel. Nakakapagtaning ito ng buhay. Nakakapagtakda ng kamatayan. At papel pa lamang ito. Hindi pa isinasaalang-alang ang iba pang pang-araw-araw na poder ng kapangyarihan: boses ng magulang, guro, amo at bosing; asta, pananamit, tabas ng buhok,...
The efforts of the Arroyo government to address the impact of the combination of the world economic crisis and the crisis of Philippine society are too little, too inconsequential, and too late. The extent of the crisis requires nothing less than a radical...
NI JOI BARRIOS CONTEND at BAYAN Inilathala ng Bulatlat Nagmumulto si Senador McCarthy. Gumagala-gala ang kanyang espiritu sa mga pasilyo ng akademya. Nalalanghap ng lahat ang masangsang na bulaklak ng tsampaka, Naririnig ang kalansing ng tanikalang nagbibigay...
Relatives and colleagues of missing activist James Balao asked the Benguet Regional Trial Court to give teeth to its decision on the petition for writ of amparo. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat LA TRINIDAD, Benguet –...
Groups slammed the Committee on Constitutional Amendments for its approval of House Resolution 737 authored by House Speaker Prospero Nograles. House Resolution 737 seeks to amend Art. XII, Sec. 7 of the 1987 Constitution which states that only Filipinos and...
BY BULATLAT Authorities arrested a labor leader around 2 a.m today at the Westdrive Subdivision, Barangay Labas, Santa Rosa City, Laguna. According to the Organized Labor Association in Line Industries and Agriculture (OLALIA-Kilusang Mayo Uno), labor organizer...
A doctor serving the poor in urban and rural areas in the Central Visayas region has been slapped with murder charges. BY TERENCE KRISHNA V. LOPEZ Contributor HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Bulatlat A doctor serving the poor in urban and rural areas in the Central Visayas...
Four farmers filed complaints before the office of the Ombudsman against the officers of the 79th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army. BY EDMUND B. SESTOSO Contributor HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Bulatlat Four peasant activists based in Negros Oriental and a human...
A human rights activist filed cases against soldiers of the 78th Infantry Battalion of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). BY TERENCE KRISHNA V. LOPEZ Contributor HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Bulatlat CEBU CITY- A human rights activist filed civil and administrative...
It is amazing to see sums now running into the trillions being allocated almost entirely to substantial market players, many of whom were heavily involved in producing the financial debacle we are now suffering. The priorities of the U.S. establishment, including...
Since the occupation of the Palestinian territories in 1967, Israel has used its military rule to the advantage of Israeli corporations and economic interests, many times to the detriment of the Palestinian economy under its control. BY WHO PROFITS Exposing the...
A betting man, the morning after Obama’s inauguration, would surely have found odds-on stakes that the new president’s first daring cavalry charge would be an assault on the economic crisis, worsening day by day. Our Wednesday-morning gambler would have found much...
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