The June 4 decision of the Japan Supreme Court will reverse the old law which only grants nationality to Japanese-Filipino children whose parents were married legally. The new law will include children whose parents are not legally married. BY GERMELINA A. LACORTE Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 30, August 31-September 6, 2008…
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Arroyo’s Policy Shift in Peace Negotiations Will Intensify Conflict in Mindanao
BY ATTY. BEVERLY SELIM-MUSNI Initiatives for Peace In Mindanao DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat.com Volume VIII, Number 30, August 31 – September 6, 2008 Mrs. Arroyo’s policy-shift in her administration’s peace negotiations to ‘disarmament, demobilization, and rehabilitation’ will spell more disaster than bring about peace especially in Mindanao. Already, Malacañang has hinted at reneging on…
The Depth of Corruption at the Appeals Court
The Meralco case is not about public interest; it is all about conflicting business interests. And it is being decided not on the basis of the strength of arguments but by the power of money and influence. This is the depth by which our system of governance, and of rendering justice have been corrupted. BY…
Peace in Mindanao – At What Price?
The peace process can bring about a simulated peace – but not the final solution to the Bangsamoro people’s historic and just grievances. BY THE POLICY STUDY, PUBLICATION, AND ADVOCACY Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) ANALYSIS Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 30, August 31-September 6, 2008 I. Bringing the MILF to the…
The Philippine Labor Situation
As the global economic crisis reaches new lows this first half and with worse to follow in the coming months or even years, the Philippine labor force is being battered by one gut-level whammy after another. While the effects of the surge in prices of petroleum products, rice and electricity are indeed being borne by…
Randy Echanis and Inhuman Jail Conditions
Being jailed is not new to KMP leader Randall Echanis, 60. His detention in January this year following his arrest in Bago City, Negros Occidental is his third already. It is the prison conditions he is now in that are new to him. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 30,…
Ramdam ang Kaunlaran?
Ramdam ang Kaunlaran? There’s this grating commercial on Philippine networks showing select “success” stories under the current political dispensation. (Photo by Raymund Villanueva/bulatlat.com)
Salungguhit: Justice Under Fire
Justice Under Fire
Lamentations of Families of the Disappeared
How does one cope when a loved one was involuntarily disappeared? How does one go on searching for days, weeks, months, years, decades? BY BULATLAT HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Vol. VIII, No. 30, August 31-September 6, 2008 How does one cope when a loved one was involuntarily disappeared? How does one go on searching for days,…
Tagaytay 5: We’ll Continue the Fight
After 859 days (two years and four months) of agony, the Tagaytay 5 (T5) are now free and vow to continue their crusade against injustices and to free other prisoners from the much-bigger “cage” of an unjust society. BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 30, August 31-September 6, 2008 The…
Access of the Poor to Justice in an Elite-Dominated Constitutional Government and Society
I think no one will disagree with the proposition that our problems in the judiciary, in the legislature, in the executive branch, in the rest of our institutions and processes are inextricably intertwined and will defy lasting solutions unless we dismantle the prevailing unjust social and economic order and establish a truly free, democratic and…