Sitio Sandugo: A postscript
The Lakbayan camp is like a river junction from where water rushes stronger towards a new direction.
Sitio Sandugo: A postscript
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On the Fringes | You failed to kill them
On the Fringes | You failed to kill them
Political detainees are behind bars because they dared to go against the status quo.
On the Fringes: The life of a ‘compo’ journalist
On the Fringes: The life of a ‘compo’ journalist
What are the ups and downs of covering the front lines of protests?
#15YearsofBulatlat | The cat that got me out of my rut
#15YearsofBulatlat | The cat that got me out of my rut
Bulatlat’s jester wears a fur coat.
#15YearsofBulatlat | Choosing journalism for the people
#15YearsofBulatlat | Choosing journalism for the people
I was not only honing my writing skills in Bulatlat, but also deepening the commitment to serve the people’s interests and their struggles.
#15YearsofBulatlat | My sources of news, my sources of inspiration
#15YearsofBulatlat | My sources of news, my sources of inspiration
I would say journalism is a blessing as it is a curse. Writing is my only way of trying to help out those whose voices are either unheard or muted. There are times I feel it is not enough.
Martial Law was just OK?
Martial Law was just OK?
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – When I searched for netizens’ thoughts about the commemoration of martial law last Monday, Sept. 21, I stumbled upon a number of tweets saying good things about it. “Martial law years were better than today because...
To be a fool or a tool for change?
To be a fool or a tool for change?
By CHRISTINE ANNE T. CABANATAN Bulatlat.com On the Fringes When I learned that we were to attend an environment forum, I thought, this is just self-explanatory. However, as I listened to the speakers from the Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment and Ban...
How a banana in water gave me a new view of the urban poor
How a banana in water gave me a new view of the urban poor
By BETTINA CATLI Bulatlat.com When I first heard that we were to attend an urban poor situationer, my first thought was, what is there to talk about? In my head, it was pretty clear what the situation was. I was remembering the crooked and dilapidated shanties,...
Surviving an earthquake
Surviving an earthquake
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Talks of the impending Big One, the strong earthquake that would result from the inevitable movement of the West Valley Fault makes me relive the nightmare of the Baguio earthquake in 1990. Yes, I was in Baguio City when a magnitude...
Labor 101| From the eyes of one who is about to enter the labor force
Labor 101| From the eyes of one who is about to enter the labor force
By BETTINA CATLI Bulatlat.com The main concern of students, especially college students, is to pass subjects and finally be handed a diploma – the fruit of four or five years’ work, borne out of tears and sleepless nights. Once this is done, scores of fresh...
It’s all about the byline
It’s all about the byline
By LHEALYN VICTORIA Bulatlat.com Every time people ask me why I chose to major in Journalism, I just smile and not bother to explain, not because I'm being a snob, but because I didn't know what to say then. I initially chose this course, not because I wanted to...
A visit to the house with purple and pink flowers
A visit to the house with purple and pink flowers
By KATHRINA MANUEL Bulatlat.com Gloomy weather welcomed me, as I walked the street of Cambridge – not in the United Kingdom –but in Cubao, Quezon City at around 9 a.m. on May 7. I was searching for the place that houses the advocacy group for migrant workers, when...
Job fair: where the unemployed, underemployed, and the nervous wrecks are
Job fair: where the unemployed, underemployed, and the nervous wrecks are
A Bulatlat.com intern meets her future self at a job fair.
What’s left for Filipinos in Boracay Island?
What’s left for Filipinos in Boracay Island?
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com BORACAY ISLAND, Aklan – I had the chance to visit Boracay when we were invited to attend a media workshop. I was excited (our thanks to Health Justice and Ms. Inday Espina-Varona) because it was my first time to set foot on what...
Funny but murderous thoughts while stuck in traffic
Funny but murderous thoughts while stuck in traffic
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com On the Fringes WATERWORLD, Philippines -- For the past few days, thunderstorms, occuring usually late in the afternoon, have resulted to heavy flooding and traffic, leaving many "bosses" of this administration, at least here in...
Maddening thoughts while stuck in traffic
Maddening thoughts while stuck in traffic
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Here is another day in the hard, maddening life of a commuter. Yesterday, I left our office at about 4:30 in the afternoon. Usually, I’ll be home by around 6:30 to 7 p.m. if I take the MRT (counting slow traffic). I live...
Top 5 quotes from Palparan’s arraignment
Top 5 quotes from Palparan’s arraignment
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com At around 9:30 a.m., silence swept over the court room. A group of men, most of them burly, came in. Behind them was a seemingly frail-looking man, a shadow of the stoic general I have seen only in news reports – it was retired...
“Ser, towel ba, towel?” and other People’s SONA sidelights
“Ser, towel ba, towel?” and other People’s SONA sidelights
By DEE AYROSO Bulatlat.com After the coverage of the People’s SONA on July 28, other Bulatlat staff writers and I were crossing a catwalk over Commonwealth avenue when, on the Philcoa-bound side, we saw at least a truckload of armed men in fatigue uniform,...
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