BY JANESS ANN ELLAO Bulatlat April 21, 2008 – 2:14 p.m. At 10:30 a.m. this morning , activists and environmental advocates belonging to the No Deal! JPEPA Movement Against Unequal Economic Agreement staged a “swim protest” at the Manila Bay, near the Senate Office in Pasay City, to urge the senators to junk the Japan-Philippines…
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Gov’t Data Prove Necessity of Substantial Wage Hike
One only needs to look at government data to see the basis for a substantial wage hike, and one only needs to do simple mathematical computations to prove the anti-poor character of the proposed 10-percent wage hike for government employees. BY DANILO ARAÑA ARAO ANALYSIS Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 11, April 20-26, 2008 Unlike in…
Military Men Hovering Around Ka Satur’s Home
(Bulatlat.com)BY BULATLAT April 20, 2008 – 10:50 a.m. Six military-looking men in civilian clothes are currently moving around the house of Bayan Muna (People First) Rep. Satur Ocampo. Bayan Muna is wondering why military men are hovering within the vicinity of Ka Satur’s house when there is no pending warrant of arrest against the legislator.…
Not Everyone Can Smile About Rice These Days
This carinderia owner in Alabel, Sarangani still manages to smile because of the brisk sales of rice that she enjoys. The same cannot be said though of those who are buying rice, as they have to put up with rising prices of the Filipino staple. BY COCOY SEXCION / SARANGANI INFORMATION OFFICE Contributed to Bulatlat…
The Potent Difference
What the Supreme Court eventually chooses to do will certainly be determined not only by what takes place in the judicial arena. The hard-earned lesson for us in countless battles against anti-people state policies, malfeasance in office and intractable abuse of authority: the people cannot simply rely on Congress, even with a marginally oppositionist Senate,…
Are Foreign Loan Agreements Not International Agreements?
There should be no more secret negotiations for foreign loans that only contribute to our nation’s impoverishment and human underdevelopment. In some Latin American countries, they do not allow foreign loan negotiations in the hands of unaccountable finance officials who are dreaming of eventually joining the World Bank or International Monetary Fund as economists. In…
Play of Words Do Not Make the Rice Crisis Go Away
The Arroyo government is again playing with words, as if it would make the rice crisis (which has now reached the level of a food crisis) go away. It claims there is no rice crisis but admits to a rice price crisis. There may be no real shortage yet but sharp increases in the price…
The Rice Crisis, Globalization, and Culture
BY JULIE L. PO CONCERNED ARTISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES Posted by Bulatlat DEMOCRATIC SPACE Vol. VIII, No. 11, April 20-26, 2008 The rice crisis that the country experiences today is greatly a result of the government’s policy towards globalization. Although globalization is mainly economics, it carries a cultural impact that erodes our outlook on rice…
Government Denies Culture of Impunity in its UN Human Rights Report
BY ATTY. CARLOS ISAGANI ZARATE Secretary General Union of People’s Lawyers in Mindanao DEM0OCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 11, April 20-26, 2008 Self-serving and illusory is how we see the government’s report to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). It suppresses the real picture of the culture of impunity happening in…
Mensahe sa Magtatapos ng Kursong Peryodismo
Huwag mong isiping may kailangan kang patunayan sa iyong sarili. Mas mahalagang isaalang-alang ang publikong makikinabang sa iyong paggampan ng peryodismo sa tunay na esensiya nito – ang makabuluhang paghubog ng opinyon at pagkilos para sa pagbabago. NI DANILO ARAÑA ARAO Konteksto / Pinoy Weekly Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 11, April 20-26, 2008…
One Year Later: Nandigram and the Struggle against Forced Displacement in India
BY DAVE PUGH ALTERNATIVE READER Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 11, April 20-26, 2008 In January and March 2007, tens of thousands of peasants at Nandigram in West Bengal, India rose up to defend their land. By the time their struggle abated, the peasants had stopped the plans of the Left Front government in…