Why was Nora Aunor left out in the proclamation of National Artists?
Nora Aunor and her most memorable films represented the opposite of what the Aquino administration stands for.
Why was Nora Aunor left out in the proclamation of National Artists?
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Public school teachers, making do with limited resources
Public school teachers, making do with limited resources
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA -- It was not until I transferred my children to a public school did I see first hand the struggle of public school teachers to provide quality education to their students given the limited resources at their disposal. As...
Do you really want an increased presence of US troops, armaments?
Do you really want an increased presence of US troops, armaments?
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA -- National democratic activists, the bloc usually lumped by mainstream press as 'the Left,' have declared the entire week that US President Barack Obama is in Asia as “National Sovereignty and Patrimony Week” in the Philippines...
Appreciating true blue Filipino music
Appreciating true blue Filipino music
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – I was having lunch in a carinderia after covering an event when I saw this contest in a noontime show where contestants 45 years old and above were being asked to render songs from their era as well as today’s hits....
Rising from the devastation
Rising from the devastation
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com It has been more than three months ago when I first set foot in Tacloban City. It was unfortunate that the first time I visited the city – referred to as one of the most beautiful in the country – it was during the aftermath of...
Reality bites the Okra
Reality bites the Okra
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com I received a very heartwarming gift last week: a bag of okra (lady’s fingers). It came from farmers of Hacienda Luisita with a note that read: “Maraming salamat.” (Thank you very much.) As I read it, I saw in my mind images of their...
They are people with stories to tell
They are people with stories to tell
By POM CAHILOG-VILLANUEVA Bulatlat.com They were the first people I noticed as we approached a mass burial in front of San Joaquin Parish Church in Palo, Leyte: two teenage sisters standing over an unmarked grave with only a single candle protected from the wind by...
How yoga supports me
How yoga supports me
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com Stress comes every day. My partner would often complain that I am workaholic. I cannot blame him. I always find myself having a long To Do list. After finishing some tasks, more come. In addition to writing assignments and legwork,...
The killing of a journalist is an attack against press freedom
The killing of a journalist is an attack against press freedom
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com I will not forget that day of Nov. 23, 2009 when the news broke out that 58 individuals were reportedly killed on their way to accompany the Genalyn Tiamzon-Mangudadatu, wife of then Buluan Vice Mayor Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu,...
Eavesdropping during an MRT ride
Eavesdropping during an MRT ride
It was just hard not to hear them -- their voices were becoming more and more distinct.
Dear taxpayers
Dear taxpayers
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com Dear taxpayers, Good day! I was happy to see many of you at the Rizal Park expressing your disgust over the immoral, scandalous pork barrel. As I took photos and went around, I overheard not a few of you rant about how much taxes you...
Where are the reported improvements in public schools?
Where are the reported improvements in public schools?
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – As in previous years, reports reveal that there is, again, an exodus of students from private schools to public schools this school year 2013-2014. Exodus, according to the dictionary, means mass departure of people. But...
For Beng Hernandez
For Beng Hernandez
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA --For the past decade, I have not attempted to write a personal note about her until today, the 11th anniversary of her death. I had always been overwhelmed by sadness and pain. I still miss her. There are times I wonder how...
You are not alone*
You are not alone*
By PATRICIA LOURDES VIRAY Bulatlat.com MANILA -- “Mom, have you heard of the UP Manila student who committed suicide because she couldn’t pay her tuition?” “Yes, I was almost in tears when I saw it in the news. She reminded me of you.” This was the conversation...
Child battering, a curse of extreme poverty
Child battering, a curse of extreme poverty
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com It may be shocking and unimaginable in a family-oriented society such as ours but it is true. For two consecutive days two mothers were in the news because of hurting their children, one of them had accidentally killed her...
‘One Billion Rising’ and Angie Ipong
‘One Billion Rising’ and Angie Ipong
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA Bulatlat.com There are a few benefits to being fat and dark. One of them is being cast as a police officer in films and live performances. The first time it happened was in a comedic role in a music video. Often, I am an abusive cop or,...
If you read it here first, you’re apt to believe it more
If you read it here first, you’re apt to believe it more
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com A new study by Dana Carney of Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and Mahzarin Banaji of Harvard University, as reported in The Economist, sheds light on how people can be brainwashed or greenwashed, and therefore manipulated to hold...
Living dangerously as an activist during martial law
Living dangerously as an activist during martial law
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com MANILA -- The year was 1976. The veil of fear created by the shock therapy of Ferdinand E. Marcos called Martial Law was wearing thin in urban areas. Earlier in the countryside, the Moro National Liberation Front and the relatively...
What Manong means to us
What Manong means to us
Read also: Antonio Zumel @ 80, He never wrote 30 Saluting a great revolutionary, writer and editor Antonio Zumel By Ina Alleco Silverio Bulatlat.com MANILA -- All writers including journalists are said to have influences. Some writers are inspired by novelists who...
Surface the disappeared
Surface the disappeared
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com Just last week, JL Burgos posted this on his Facebook account: “Yesterday, Edith Burgos, was followed by 'unidentified' men. Despite of my mom's effort to lose the 'unidentified' men (and believe me she's good at it), they would...
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