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 Arroyo government is the worst violator of children’s rights, as its counterinsurgency program Oplan Bantay Laya II had put children directly in harm’s way, a non-government organization said in a report.
Government peace panel head Nieves Confesor said on Friday, December 5, that the Arroyo government is now ready to resume peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). She also said that both panels agreed to a ceasefire as a “good will and confidence-building measure”. But Confesor’s seeming optimism is not being shared by the NDFP. The NDFP released two press statements, December 4 and 6, saying that the informal talks actually hit a snag over the issue of ceasefire with the government trying to convert the talks into surrender negotiations.
Various groups have called for a review of the Paris Principles, the new guidelines adopted by the United Nations (UN) in defining child soldiers. By not distinguishing between combatants and non-combatants, the Paris Principles, they said, place children in...
After being missing for six days, an abducted Moro activist was found in Camp Crame, slapped anew with kidnapping charges already dismissed in 2005. A human rights leader expressed fears that a police crackdown on Moros has been launched, yet again. BY DEE AYROSO...
A literary critic described the former political detainee’s poems as ‘among the best to have come from the ranks of Philippine protest poets.’ A National Artist for Literature also praised Axel Pinpin’s courage to write poems while in detention. Tugmaang Matatabil...
A post "meditation" of the recently concluded solo exhibit of Ms. Bunch Garcia - A Cup of Memory - at the Sigwada Gallery, 1921 Oroquieta St., Sampaloc, Manila; November 14 - December 5 BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Correspondent Bulatlat Carl Gustav Jung said, "Dreams...
The Arroyo regime is hell-bent on ramming through Mrs. Arroyo’s devious schemes to remain in power, no matter how isolated from and detested by an overwhelming majority of our people. Mrs. Arroyo’s railroading of Charter change (dubbed “Chacha”) will isolate her...
Sixty years have passed since the promulgation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and 22 years after the ouster of the Marcos dictatorship. But the situation in the country is characterized more by violations of human rights rather than its protection and...
NI VIJAE ALQUISOLA Inilathala ng Bulatlat Kahit masustanya, hindi natiis ni kuya na sabaw lang ng sinaing ang sususuhin ng kanyang unang supling pagkakatapos simutin ang lata ng bona. Sa disyerto siya napadpad sa paghahanap ng gatas ng anak at bahay na iilawan ng...
Hundreds of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have returned home after being laid off from Taiwan because of the global crisis were assured by the government that they would be given loans for livelihood programs, as well as legal assistance and referrals,...
Amid the global slowdown, the House Committee on Economic Affairs is urging Malacañang to be more pro-active in protecting the domestic economy and in re-orienting the economy towards greater self-reliance. The committee report on House Resolution No. 834 calls on...
A global alliance of Filipino migrant organizations decried the Philippine government's 'failure to give compensation to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) laid off from Taiwan.' More than a hundred OFWs from Taiwan went home last night. Garry Martinez, chairperson...
The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP-Peasant Movement of the Philippines) condemned the killing of the latest impeachment complaint filed against Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The House of Representatives on Tuesday formally voted down the fourth and latest...
The wife and the daughter of a labor leader in Southern Tagalog were ‘almost abducted,’ a labor group said. According to the Pagkakaisa ng Manggagawa sa Timog Katagalugan (PAMANTIK-KMU), Romeo Legaspi’s wife Hermelita, 47, and daughter Sherry Anne, 17, were...
Members of people's organizations marked the birth anniversary of Andres Bonifacio with a protest against the renewed push for Charter change. Anakpawis Party List and the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU-May First Movement) led thousands of protesters in a march from Plaza...
Communal watershed forests in Mountain Province, which serve as the water sources of main rivers, are threatened by various mine applications due to the government’s active campaigning to revitalize the mining industry. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch...
Two protected areas in Mati, Davao Oriental now face the threat of large-scale mining operations dubbed as the Pujada Nickel Project. BY KEITH BACONGCO Philippine Human Rights Reporting Project Posted by Bulatlat MATI CITY, Davao Oriental – Waves lap up the shallow...
Turning to the future, what can we realistically expect of an Obama administration? We have two sources of information: actions and rhetoric. The most important actions to date are selection of staff. The first selection was for vice-President: Joe Biden, one of...
In January, Barack Obama will become the 44th Commander-in-Chief of the U.S government, which controls and protects an empire of corporations, banks, military bases and occupying armies all around the world. Obama has reached this position by loyally serving this...
A doctor said their continued imprisonment could worsen the medical conditions of six political prisoners detained at the Provincial Jail of Oriental Mindoro in Calapan City. The doctor also said their medical conditions disprove the allegations hurled against...
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