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.
The probability that the Arroyo government would survive another year and complete a six-year term may be getting higher as we approach 2009; but its concern is no longer limited to staying in power till 2010. With the numerous unresolved issues hounding it, it...
BY AXEL PINPIN Former Political Detainee Indang, Cavite DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatat I was released from prison almost in time for the expiration of the government’s Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) that paved a crossroad to the majority of...
BY THE INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS ALLIANCE Posted by Bulatlat Neo-liberal globalization has forced us to migrate and become commodities for sale by sending countries and cheap laborers for the receiving ones. Now, as neoliberal policies induced another global...
Some strawberry farmers in Itogon, Benguet hope to get a boost in the yield this season with the recent introduction of the predator mites. These predator mites prey on the spider mites that eat a whole bunch of leaves and flowers within a day. BY LYN V. RAMO...
Heto ang aking sampung obserbasyon sa kulturang popular ng 2008. Hindi ito syentifiko, simpleng natukoy na kalakaran sa isang phenomenon na nasa syudad, karanasang tumbok ang indibidual na kasiyahan kahit pa para sa kita naman talaga ito ng negosyo, ang pagsantabi...
Hagunot muli ang bus. Tumawag ang konduktor: “Timog na! ‘Yung mga Timog diyan, alisto na! Kilos-kilos! Galaw-galaw!,” aniya. Napansin niyang malapit na sa GMA. Tinuktok niya ang mga balas sa itaas. Alisto ang drayber. Tumabi. Dali-dali siyang bumaba, habang...
Have our peasants shown the same delightful faces during harvests since the war years ended? Is the same reason to celebrate a bountiful harvest still found in their hearts? BY LORIE ANN A. CASCARO CULTURE Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat Davao City—Ten years after a...
NI MARK ANGELES Inilathala ng Bulatlat Bahaw ang kalantog ng latang tambol Maingit ang kalansing ng mga yuping tansan Malat ang tinig ng mga nangangaroling "Pasensiya na kayo, kami rin ay namamasko..." Meri, Meri Krisismas! Maasim na ang ipinamudmod na hamonado...
NI RICHARD R. GAPPI Inilathala ng Bulatlat Tulad ng iyong kamangha-mangha at kagila-gilalas na mga bomba, nagmamartsa ang sanlaksa, ang mga gera-de-bota. Nang mapilay ang iyong katwiran at katinuan, dumating ka tulad ng kuwago na humahapon sa nag-aabong dilim at...
NI ARNOLD PADILLA Inilathala ng Bulatlat hindi ikaw ang maalamat na phoenix ng nagliliyab na balahibo at pakpak na nagsaboy ng nagpupuyos na apoy at naghasik ng nakasisilaw na liwanag bagkus isa ka lamang din sa maraming inakay na napisa sa pugad ng mga gabing...
BY BULATLAT An international anti-imperialist organization hailed the Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at US President George W. Bush. In a statement sent through email, Jose Maria Sison, chairman of the International Coordinating Committee of the...
A prominent Dutch lawyers' group based in this city that participated in an international verification and fact-finding mission on attacks on Filipino lawyers and judges last November 4-14, 2008 in the Philippines, echoed their call on the Arroyo government to...
Ang hindi pa rin narerealisa ng nagmomotor ay ang kanilang politikal na kapangyarihan para sa kanilang kolektibong kondisyon. Peryodiko silang pinapara ng pulis para hingan ng kung anong identifikasyon at papeles. Peryodiko silang naaksidente. At kapag umuulan,...
Heightened militarization in the boundaries of Kalinga, Mountain Province, Abra and Ilocos Sur led to various human rights violations of the collective rights of the residents in these areas, reported a human rights watchdog in the Cordillera region. These,...
Deep into the Cordillera rice terraces are soil dwellers that dig their way through in a disrupted ecology. These lowly but destructive creatures endanger the nurturing ground that sustains the rich rice biodiversity of the Cordillera granary. BY MARY CARLING...
A benefit concert for landslide victims of Barangay Loacan, Itogon Benguet was held December 6. BY NORTHERN DISPATCH Posted by Bulatlat LA TRINIDAD, Benguet (253 kms. North of Manila)-- A benefit concert for landslide victims of Barangay Loacan, Itogon was held...
BY JONI BALAO-STRUGAR DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat I am Joni Balao-Strugar, the youngest sister of James. My other two siblings went to Manila on December 9 and had a meeting with our comrade Igorots and friends. They have gathered there as we gather here...
Confronted by a broad array of forces opposed to Cha Cha, the Arroyo government is gambling with its fortunes. It is banking on the probability that chances for its ouster are getting slimmer as 2010 nears. It is hoping that the broad array of forces opposed to Cha...
With all remaining options including attempts at another Cha-Cha diminishing the whole nation should brace for some extreme measures being resorted to in 2009. BY THE CENTER FOR PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT IN GOVERNANCE (CENPEG) ANALYSIS Posted by Bulatlat By law, Gloria M....
Academic employees of the University of the Philippines (UP) were able to clinch their first ever Collective Negotiation Agreement (CNA) with the UP administration just before the University’s Centennial celebration ended. The All-UP Workers Union also signed their...
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