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The difficulties faced by students in enrolling at the University of the Philippines (UP) are legendary and is the stuff that welcomes freshmen to the university. But now, enrollment would not be the biggest obstacle in entering UP after passing the UP College Admission Test (UPCAT), it is the high cost of tuition. BY REYNA…

“Living in the “belly” of the imperial beast, we Filipinos in the U.S. are confronted with class and racial violence every day.” BY DR. RAINIER WERNING Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 18, June 10-16, 2007 This interview was conducted in the afternoon of March 22, 2007 during the now historic Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal Session…

“There is something I must do. I should speak for the victims – the disappeared, tortured and killed – and expose how the government treats those who they perceive as enemies.” BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 18, June 10-16, 2007 Camp Panteleon Garcia, Imus, Cavite (23 km. south of Manila) —Pastor Berlin Guerrero…

BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat Posted June 4, 2007, 5:15 p.m. Clad in red barong, Anakpawis Representative Crispin Beltran arrived at the House of Representatives around 3:15 p.m. today to attend the remaining session of the 13th Congress. Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 Judge Elmo Alameda granted this morning Beltran’s motion for temporary release to…

Two issues have put the Macapagal-Arroyo administration on the defensive since 2005. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat Analysis Vol. VII, No. 17, June 3-9, 2007 Two issues have put the Macapagal-Arroyo administration on the defensive since 2005: electoral fraud and political killings. And on both issues, the Macapagal-Arroyo administration has been trying in vain to turn…

Since President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo assumed power in January 2001, 196 Filipinos have become victims of enforced disappearances or politically-motivated abductions. BY BULATLAT Human Rights Watch Vol. VII, No. 17, June 3-9, 2007 As the world observes the International Week of the Disappeared, families of those who were abducted continue their call for the Arroyo administration…