By LYN V. RAMO
The Army captain enticed the young, poor teenage girls with gifts and trips, until he had his way and the girls’ future were forever shattered.
By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Two indigenous women, one an Aggay and another a Higaonon, share the yoke of the military abuses inflicted against mountain peoples and indigenous peoples. Their husbands, also from the same indigenous groups, had fallen...
By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- The church-based group Rural Missionaries of the Philippines in Northern Mindanao Sub-region (RMP-NMR), which recently decided to reopen literacy and numeracy schools in Agusan del Sur and Bukidnon provinces is appalled by the...
By LYN V. RAMO
"Justice has been too slow and elusive to the Moro victims of Arroyo’s fascist reign. Many of the victims who belong to the poorest sectors of Moro society have been languishing in jail for 10 years now." – Moro Christian Peoples' Alliance
By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY – One afternoon, the city was almost freezing because of the typhoon Falcon's heavy rains. Nonetheless, the mercury was rising in a little bar and restaurantbecause of the announced mass holy union of eight same-sex couples....
By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- The national indigenous peoples’ (IP) center Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas (Kamp) had welcomed initiatives of a Cordillera lawmaker to establish IP help desks in at least three departments. The group said...
By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com Main Story: Economic zone project to evict thousands of farmers, fisherfolk in Casiguran, Aurora CASIGURAN, Aurora – An Agta resident here, who has been living here, tending several coconut trees, fruit trees, and has been doing...
By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY -- Mushroom growers welcome the occasional thunderstorms that usually jolt others to scamper to safer ground. "Lightning of that magnitude encourages the growth of mushrooms," said Annie Cosi-Ngitew, a 28-year-old mushroom...
"The road to peace, like the road we took to reach Buneg, is long, sometimes coiled, narrow, dark and stormy, but a road we travel each day to bring a spark of hope for our nation, for our fellow countrymen, for the present and succeeding generations." By LYN V....
by LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com LEGAZPI CITY -- In just three visits to Albay, I have come to love many delightful Albayanon delicacies that tended to awaken the culinary writer in me. These delicacies could not be fully appreciated by those who just stare and take...
By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com BACACAY, Albay -- The massive cutting of old mangrove trees to give way to large tracts of fish-ponds for the benefit of just a few operators continue to deprive small fisher folks of their livelihood here. "These not only destroy the...
By LYN V. RAMO Culture Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY --One's spirituality affects food preparation, according to an Igorot elder who constantly shares culinary expertise producing what he terms as sacred "etag." His ingredients are prayers and the yearning to share with...
By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY -- Amid debates on the consolidated reproductive health (RH) bill (House Bill 4244) in the House of Representatives, a regional summit endorsed it, with grass-root participants vowing to convince their lawmakers to vote for...
By LYN RAMO Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY -- A university-based research institution is about to introduce etag, a Cordillera preserved pork, in commercial scale. They would infuse it with value-adding interventions to ensure food safety, quality and high market...
By LYN V. RAMO
Why, they asked, are they being made to suffer human rights violations, when they have only been working for the indigenous farmers, laborers, small-scale miners and urban poor and, in the process, traveling long hours to reach far-flung villages, some of which could only be reached on foot?
By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Students of the Pangasinan State University (PSU) Lingayen campus have called for the ouster of their dean due to alleged “repressive policies.” More than 3,000 students signed a petition addressed to the PSU Board...
More student trainees earlier deployed by the Pangasinan State University to train in hotels and restaurants in Singapore went back here recently complaining of poor working conditions in their training.
By LYN V. RAMO
During the press conference, the women thanked their supporters and the mass movement for their freedom. The questions from the journalists present ranged from what one supported described as inane (“Are you still mad at the military?”) to the curious (“What was it like being imprisoned for 10 months?”)
LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com MANILA, Philippines – This time it is two for the blockade against Cuba, as the association of nations passes a resolution asking for an end to US blockade, as presented for the 19th time by this island-state. The Cuban Embassy to the...
By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY – Without any place to stay right after the demolition of some 400 shanties, residents of the urban poor community decided to spend the night on the streets while others asked relatives and friends to accommodate them...
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