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.
Seven of the 168 retrenched workers were able to clinch some of their demands because of their assertion of their rights. BY BULATLAT MIGRANT WATCH Seven of the 168 retrenched workers of Walton Advanced Engineering Inc. in Taiwan were able to clinch some of their...
NI RICHARD R. GAPPI Inilathala ng Bulatlat Bisperas Sabi ng Pag-asa, maulan ang sasalubunging umaga. Kaya palakang-kokak mga kwitis at labentador. Kaunti pa lang ang katagay sa basong may Emperador. Hanggang saan ang hanggahan ng langit sasagitsit ang ating mga...
Ang erehiya sa debosyon ay naisasakatuparan ng sagutan ng pito. Habang tumatagal, sumisikip ang prusisyon. Natransforma ang relihiyosong prusisyon sa sekular na parada. At sa aming pag-uwi, naiwan ang nag-uumpukang magkakaibigan, nagkukwentuhan ukol sa parada at sa...
At least 500 cyclists, 200 residents and environmental activists gathered today in San Mateo, Rizal to voice out their opposition to the municipal government's dumpsite project. Dubbed as "Padyakan Laban sa Tambakan," bikers rode around town to raise the awareness...
Activists from the multisectoral group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) held a protest near the US embassy in Manila to protest the US government’s continuing support for Israel. For almost three weeks now, Israel has been carrying out bombing raids followed by...
America's Other Glorious War The Pentagon pushes hard for a large increase in troops for Afghanistan. Barack Obama has been calling for the same since well before the November election. Why? What is there about this backward, reactionary, woman-hating, failed state...
I am aware that for those who have not experienced war firsthand, an accusation against a supposedly civilized government of the deliberate targeting of medical personnel, who are, in theory, protected by international law, is unbelievable and shocking. But there...
International observers have denounced recent activities of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) as designed to overthrow democratically elected presidents Evo Morales of Bolivia and Hugo Chavez of...
Moro groups have joined calls to stop Israel’s attacks on Gaza. They said the Bangsamoro people are, to some extent, beset with similar aggression and feel for the Palestinians in their quest for the right to self-determination. BY BULATLAT INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S...
Overseas Filipinos in South Korea opposed a proposal to charge foreign workers the cost of food and lodging currently given free by employers of small- and medium-scale enterprises. BY BULATLAT MIGRANT WATCH Overseas Filipinos in South Korea opposed a proposal to...
Israel’s incursions into Palestine and its attacks against the Palestinian people did not begin with the founding of Hamas in 1987, during the first intifada (uprising), or its victory over Fatah during the January 2006 elections. Sadly, what is seemingly lost in...
The Israel-Palestine conflict is certainly not about Israel and Palestine alone. It is about oil. It is about who controls the Middle East. And it is about the US drive for world domination currently in the guise of a US-instigated “global war on terror”. BY CAROL...
As the Benguet State University turns (BSU) 23, it has shifted to organic agriculture, shunning agrochemical inputs. BY LYN RAMO REGIONS Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat LA TRINIDAD, Benguet ( 263 kms. North of Manila) – The Benguet State University (BSU) has...
NI RAUL FUNILAS Inilathala ng Bulatlat Kung maramdaman mo ang kirot ng hampas Ng alon sa dalampasigan, huwag kang mag-alaala; Kung minsan kasi’y hindi nito kayang madama Ang yakap at pagmamahal ng lawak ng dagat. Lumusong ka nang matagal at subuking ipagtimbol...
The year 2008 was for the most part a bad year for Filipino workers, as their rights were under attack. But there were some rays of light. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO YEAREND REPORT – LABOR Bulatlat The labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU or May 1st Movement)...
The year 2008 had been a tough yet very exciting year for government employees as they fought and struggled for their jobs, for living wages, and to be able to live as humans with dignity and self-respect. NOEL SALES BARCELONA Correspondent YEAREND REPORT – THE...
The New People’s Army (NPA) said military operations have made the ‘safe and orderly release’ of a captured Army officer ‘not feasible.’ Earlier, the NPA released on Christmas eve Police Officer 3 Eduardo C. Tumol, a member of the 1105th Regional Mobile Group of...
Israeli ground troops and tanks cut swaths through the Gaza Strip early Sunday, cutting the coastal territory into two and surrounding its biggest city as the new phase of a devastating offensive against Hamas militants gained momentum. The military used...
Just after midnight, Aljazeera’s Arabic channel was reporting on events in Gaza. Suddenly the camera was pointing upwards towards the dark sky. The screen was pitch black. Nothing could be seen, but there was a sound to be heard: the noise of airplanes, a...
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