Botong did murals on historical events, myths, and national heroes – now safe subjects; what the Neo-Angono artists rendered in their now defiled mural is contemporary truth –the social and political reality largely attributable to the person the NPC board wanted to please. BY ELMER ORDOÑEZ The Other View / Sunday Times Posted by Bulatlat…
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To the Hilt
Any ruling regime should quake at being accused — much more proven — as one that cannot be trusted to execute foreign-funded projects reasonably “free” of corruption. The fact that the World Bank has taken official notice, enough to investigate and to suspend the loan while the investigation is pending, indicates that the Arroyo administration…
Creating Historical Milestones: Overseas Filipino Workers and Australian Unions
Australian unions are turning out to be at the forefront of the fight for OFWs brought into Australia under the Liberal government’s notorious S457 visa scheme. Filipino migrant workers in turn are making history in Australian labour records. BY ANIBETH DESIERTO MIGRANTE AUSTRALIA Contributed to Bulatlat COMMENTARY Vol. VII, No. 42, November 25-December 1, 2007…
The Other Story of Luisito Bustamante
Luisito Bustamante had two stories to tell about his ordeal under the custody of the military. He admitted before the court, during the hearing of a writ of amparo filed by his family, that he was a member of the NPA and that he was not tortured. But minutes after his release, he recounted the…
The Strikes of Both the WGA and the Broadway Stagehands
ILPS Supports the Strikes of Both the WGA and the Stagehands of For-Profit Broadway Against the Biggest and Greediest Media Behemoths in History BY PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON CHAIRPERSON, INTERNATIONAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF PEOPLES’ STRUGGLE Democratic Space Posted by Bulatlat The International League of Peoples’ Struggles (ILPS) supports both the strikes of the…
Asian Catholic Students Support Cordi IPs’ Fight for Land
Asian Catholic student leaders vowed to take on the fight of the Cordillera’s indigenous peoples for the recognition of their human rights in a press conference last week that capped a week-long conference in La Tridinad, Benguet. BY KIM QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 42, November 25-December 1, 2007 LA TRINIDAD,…
Pakistan’s Dictatorships and the United States
In his 2005 inaugural address, President George W. Bush declared that the United States would support democratic movements around the world and work to end tyranny. Furthermore, he pledged to those struggling for freedom that the United States would “not ignore your oppression, or excuse your oppressors.” Despite these promises, the Bush administration-with the apparent…
Cordillera IPs, Workers Hit Gov’t Mining Safety Week Fete
Cordillera indigenous peoples and workers’ groups condemned the mine safety week celebrations of the Mines and Geo-sciences Bureau-Department of Environment and Natural Resources (MGB-DENR), saying that large-scale corporate mining is unsafe. BY KIM QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 42, November 25-December 1, 2007 BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of Manila) —…
Sana’y Lumakas pa ang Piso at Bumaba ang Presyo
Para sa mga kumikita ng dolyar tulad ng overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), sa unang tingin ay hindi mainam ang nangyayari ngayong paglakas ng piso kumpara sa dolyar. NI DANILO ARANA ARAO Konteksto/Pinoy Weekly Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VI, No. 42, November 25-December1, 2007 Sana’y lumakas pa ang piso at bumaba ang presyo Para sa mga…
Ranario Family Hopes for Release, not Commutation
As the family of Marilou Ranario, an OFW in death row in Kuwait, awaits for the promulgation of the decision of the Kuwait’s highest court on November 27, they hope that she would eventually be released. They fear that Marilou would not be able to survive life imprisonment in a Kuwaiti jail given her health…
Mariannet’s Gospel
BY TYRONE VELEZ Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 42, November 24-December 1, 2007 the gods would disturb your sleep since you have disturbed their waking they take your body and probe every marrow, every bone, every scar, real or imaginary and claim a crime was committed, a father has forsaken you leading you to…