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The case of Manalo brothers

The Manalo brothers continue to fight for justice as Bulacan court acquitted retired major Jovito Palparan over the kidnapping and illegal detention charges.

In Christ’s birthplace existential war rages

What a sad Christmas season this is for the peace-loving peoples of the world. Devastating wars are being waged, most notably, today, in Palestine and Ukraine. Soldiers are dying, civilians are suffering and dying too, and there seems to be no power on earth that will stop the gunfire.

BALIK-TANAW

PROMOTION OF CHURCH PEOPLE’S RESPONSE

Balik-Tanaw | This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me

Psalm 15 asks- “Who shall abide in God’s sanctuary?” “ Those who walk blameless and do what is right and speak the truth from their heart; who do not slander with their tongue and do no evil to their friends nor take up a reproach against their neighbors. . .” “…Who stand by their oath even to their hurt; who do not lend money at interest, and do not take a bribe against the innocent.” “Ang mga ganitong tao ay mag-aani ng tagumpay!”

Balik-Tanaw | Do you also want to leave?

The phenomenon of Church people leaving or abandoning the Church has become a normal event in the life of the Church, particularly in developed countries as well as in developing nations. This crisis is nothing new to us today but somehow began in the early years of Christianity. The gospel of John affirmed this crisis: “… many of his disciples returned to their former way of life and no longer accompanied him.” This provoked Jesus to confront the Twelve: “Do you also want to leave?”

Balik-Tanaw | Broken and blessed to carry out God’s mission

Typhoon Carina and monsoon rains have both had an impact on the country in recent days. Metro Manila experienced the worst flooding in most places, resulting in damage to people’s lives, homes, and livelihoods. River water levels surged as a result of severe rainfall. Many people needed shelter, food, and clothing for the next few days. People are desperate for even the most basic essentials.

BALIKSAYSAY

FRANCIS GEALOGO

Batingaw mula Balangiga

Sa mahabang panahon, naging simbulo ang mga kampana ng karahasan at pagnanakaw ng pagkakakilanlan na kaakibat ng digmaan. Isang kabalintunaan ang naganap na pagsasauli ng mga kampana nitong nakaraan nang ipahayag ng mga opisyal na salamin ang pagsasauli ng 'natatanging pagkakaibigan' ng Amerika at Pilipinas. Hindi naging pagkakataon ang seremonyal na pagbabalik upang mapwersa ang Amerika na humingi ng kapatawaran sa mga ginawa nitong karahasan sa Pilipinas, na ginagawa ng ibang bayang nasa antas ng rekonsilyasyon matapos kaharapin ang pait ng digmaan.

Krisis sa bigas o paano mag-alay ng tula sa mga magsasaka

Nitong mga nakaraang buwan, halos dumapa nang husto ang presyo ng palay sa pamilihan sanhi ng pagdagsa ng mga inangkat na bigas mula sa ibang bansa. Mas mahal pa ang isang istik ng sigarilyo o isang bote ng softdrinks kaysa sa isang kilo ng palay. Sa walang habas na pagpasok ng mga inangkat na dayuhang palay, wala nang proteksyon ang mga magsasaka na pangalagaan ang kanilang mga ani sa pamilihan.

Macario Sakay: Ang tulisan bilang bayani

Ang paggamit ng linyang anti-komunista, ang red tagging sa mga kritiko ng pamahalaan at ang pagpatay, pagpapakulong at panggigipit sa mga aktibista at kritiko ng pamahalaan ang kasalukuyang ekspresyon ng karanasang nagsimula pa sa panahon ni Macario Sakay.

BLOODRUSH

SARAH RAYMUNDO

Chile today: Allende’s anti-neoliberal autumn

One of the supreme ironies in the history of protest movements is the fact that Chile, a US laboratory for covert action and direct military aggression is also the place in which the slogan "¡El pueblo unido, jamás será vencido!” (The people united will never be defeated) originates. It is chanted by peoples in protests and meetings which honor revolutionary international solidarity.

Right on time

The book offers direct and comprehensive answers on various questions and debates on development. Organized movements of farmers are often viewed as a group of people whose stakes are an obstruction to development, especially when asserting their right to the land they till and opposing foreign capital-driven “development projects” sponsored by government.

Presyong kartel, presyong hassle!

We can only cringe at the US-Saudi imperialist war machine's audacity to make us believe that we are all hapless victims on the same side. The price of oil is controlled by the global oil cartel.

FIRST PERSON

BULATLAT CONTRIBUTORS

KALIBUTAN

KALIKASAN-PEOPLE’S NETWORK FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

Gawad Bayani ng Kalikasan

Four heroic women for Mother Earth

But hope springs eternal. Environmental defenders everywhere are tirelessly working to protect the last frontiers of nature and restore our despoiled environment.

Mining Act

Fool’s gold under Duterte

It looks like gold, shimmers like gold. But scrape its surface off and it's just muck. Like Duterte's promised 'change.'

KONTEKSTO

DANILO ARAO

Konteksto | Plano

Bukal ng karunungan ang karanasan ng mga nasa laylayan sa lipunan. Sa kanila rin nanggagaling ang motibasyon para pahusayin ang kaalaman tungo sa klase ng pagbabagong makatutulong sa kanila.

Konteksto | Liham

Para sa ating dalawa, susing salik sa mas malakas na pagsasama ang pagkakaroon ng isang anak. Sinisikap nating palakihin siya nang matino, gamit ang dangal at husay hindi lang mula sa libro kundi mula sa nakakasalamuha niya.

Konteksto | Sampaguita

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LAB NOTES

Advocates of Science and Technology for the People

OPINION

BULATLAT EDITORS

SONA 2022: Why Marcos Jr. economic blueprint will make the nation, ordinary folk suffer

Marcos Jr.'s priority is to ensure that the neoliberal policies that his predecessor President Rodrigo Duterte passed are maximized to create the most favorable environment for big businesses, including foreign capital. To become an investment destination, the administration will provide massive tax breaks to corporations through the CREATE Law and provide foreign companies more profit-making opportunities with the amended laws on public services and foreign investments.

The political economy of the Ukraine crisis

The Ukraine conflict is an example of how sovereign countries become launching pads of inter-imperialist proxy wars mainly because of their geopolitical and economic positions.

US and NATO mastermind and engineer armed conflict between Russophobe Ukrainian regime and Russia

The US and NATO masterminded, engineered and openly funded from the US embassy in Kyiv the Maidan protests in 2013 and the bloody coup d’etat against the pro-Russian government in 2014 in order to bring to power the Russian-hating Bandera-type fascists (the National Socialists of Ukraine), the political descendants of Nazis, and a new breed of Zionist fascists, all servile to the US and West European monopoly capitalism and the NATO. Thus was institutionalized a Russophobic and neo-fascist regime in Ukraine in 2014.

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