By MARYA SALAMAT
What Aquino calls as “new juncture” in Philippine relations with the US revolves chiefly on the Philippine role in maintaining the Pacific as an ‘American Lake.’
A scene on Beijing’s shopping mecca, Wangfujing Street. Odd that it was once described as the commercial center of six Chinese dynasties, it is now dominated by foreign brands. (Beijing, China)
By ACE ALEGRE www.nordis.net LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — Social Welfare Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman was “frowned upon” by some sectors when Benguet adopted her as daughter and baptized her “Kadmali,” the name of a local tribal deity, mythical protector and giver of blessings. “(She) should not make the mistake of assuming that in being bestowed…
By TOMASITO T. TALLEDO You write poetry but who reads? They who send SMS “I luv U ga…mwah.”? They who sit at coffee shops blubbering inanities? They who sex at the age of fourteen? They’re Plato’s ilks who’ll banish poetry in our people’s republic. You vividly paint the revolution but who stops to see? The…
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“I want to believe that there is hope.” – Mrs. Edita Burgos, mother of missing activist Jonas
By IGAL JADA SAN ANDRES
“The next day, they blockaded the entrance with drums, container vans, so that people and the construction materials they brought won’t be able to pass.”
NI ROLAND TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Hindi naman sana overkill ito dahil gumawa na ng publikong paumanhin ang Bayo para sa kampanyang “What’s your mix?” Ayon sa pahayag sa kanilang website, “We would like to express our regrets to those who have been offended or felt discriminated against.” Sa naudlot na kampanya, mga modelong may halong lahi…
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – This month, Filipino consumers are being asked yet again to cope with increased electricity rates, spurring protests and renewed calls to scrap the Electric Power Industry Reform Act or EPIRA. The law is being blamed for having allowed electricity rates to increase so much. The Manila Electric Company (Meralco),…
By PATRICIA LOURDES VIRAY Bulatlat.com Two trucks loaded with volunteers and school supplies trudged the dusty and bumpy path for almost two hours to reach its destination. As the trucks went up the mountains, the view of the whole town could be seen. A river indicated that they are getting near the isolated community. The…
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“…it is our role as legislators to make sure that when victims turn to our legal system for redress, justice can and will be served in the fastest, least traumatic and least humiliating manner possible.” – Rep. Luz Ilagan, Gabriela Women’s Party
The school opening last June 4 was greeted by the same problems experienced during the previous school years. It was disastrous as usual. The students were once again greeted by lack of chairs, books, classrooms and most specially teachers. The government’s answer to this perennial problems of shortages and poor quality of the education in…