On The Fringes | Mentally surviving the rotten healthcare system
I spent more hours in the waiting area than in my consultations. Most of my conversations with the doctor took only 15 to 30 minutes.
COMMENTARY
Truth be Told (Again) | To make a dictator (un)necessary
Truth be Told (Again) | To make a dictator (un)necessary
On September 23, 1972, the day Martial Law was announced, Ferdinand Marcos was certain — or, at the very least, he was determined to sound like it.
AT GROUND LEVEL
SATUR OCAMPO
Is peace adviser spoiling the resumption of talks?
This is the third piece in a row I’ve written about perceivable hindrances to the smooth resumption of formal peace negotiations between the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. It had been announced in early December that they had agreed to do so in Oslo, Norway, on Nov. 23.
At Ground Level | Repeal Anti-Terror Law, abolish the NTF-ELCAC
This was the top-of-mind step that Ian Fry, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change, urged the Philippine government to take as he wound up a 10-day official visit in the country last Wednesday.
At Ground Level | At UN and Vatican, women push for leadership roles
At two world institutions, the United Nations and the Vatican, despite obstacles, momentous changes are on the way: changes that would ensure women equal rights with men to be elected heads of their policy-making and executive bodies.
BALIK-TANAW
PROMOTION OF CHURCH PEOPLE’S RESPONSE
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.
Balik-Tanaw | ‘Broken banga’
The 71-year old congregation to which I belong to, took a hit early 2023 when many of our members seceded in relation to a wider struggle of the church that is dividing the institution globally. Despite being relatively small in number, we decided to move on with new leadership and vowed to continue serving and worshipping as those who came before us did. In my view, this experience has broken an old “banga”, which was molded from the grounds by diverse communities of faith journeys and witnessing experiences.
BALIKSAYSAY
FRANCIS GEALOGO
Iba’t ibang panaghoy ng Setyembre 11
Maraming trahedya ang inianak ng Setyembre 11 na naglalahad ng pagpapatuloy ng naratibo ng tunggalian hanggang sa kasalukyang panahon. Hindi na gaya ng dati ang kalakaran sa daigdig mula noong Setyembre 11. Subalit gaya ng mga iba pang digmaan sa kasaysayan ng tao, higit na maraming dalamhati ang naranasan ng mga sibilyan tuwing magkakaroon ng digmaan.
Ang lumbay ng mga Lumad
Kung magiging katulad na ng iba pang mga taga-patag na Kristiyano ang mga katutubo sanhi ng ‘pag-unlad’ o ‘development’ na ipinapahayag ng mga nasa pamahalaan, ano na ang mangyayari sa katutubong kultura, paniniwala, kalinangan, wika, at pamamaraan ng pamumuhay ng mga lumad, ng mga Moro, ng mga taga-Kordilyera at ng mga Mangyan? Ano ang pag-unlad kung mabubura naman ang kanilang lipunan dahil lalamunin lamang ito ng mga kalinangang kanluranin?
May Mayor sa Bilibid
Nagkakaroon ng kaluwagan sa pagtrato sa mga presong may kaya samantalang tila impyerno naman sa lupa ang kalagayan ng mga mahihirap na bilanggo. Sa loob o labas man ng kulungan, napapanatili ang paghahati ng lipunan sa pagitan ng may kapangyarihan at wala.
BLOODRUSH
SARAH RAYMUNDO
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.
Federico Garcia Lorca and academic freedom
The 'Real' was not Irene Marcos. But rather, an instance in which the academe's complicity in that violent history is being displayed like anything. What the protest action affirms is a space that will not be defeated, that will not surrender, a space that turns itself into a place that battles academic freedom's free market version.
FIRST PERSON
BULATLAT CONTRIBUTORS
How is contact tracing done?
So, how does this contact tracing really happen? In my case, wala (none). It didn't happen. I hope this is an isolated case but if this is the norm in most cases, gets ko yung sinasabi ng matanda na we just wait for a vaccine. For the meantime, use gasoline to clean your face masks but do not add fuel to the fire.
The denial that led to the killing
But her death will be a living testimony that terror-tagging is dangerous, that senseless murders happen under a regime that does nothing but to sow fear among the people.
First Person | Thoughts of a frontliner
It is not only COVID - but it made everything: hardest. DO NOT MAKE US CHOOSE WHO DESERVES TO LIVE. Because neither of us, wants to hear and utter these words: "maam, sir..sorry guid..wala lugar". (Sorry, we don’t have space.)
KALIBUTAN
KALIKASAN-PEOPLE’S NETWORK FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
‘Rise, Resist, Renew’ campaign binds peoples against British global mining plunder
The Alternatives to Mines and Money campaign delivers a message of protest to the Mines and Money Conference of big mining corporations in London.
War in Paradise
This war of suppression, directed at people who resist what government armed forces call ‘vital installations’ and ‘flagship projects,’ has always been the biggest investment guarantee that the Philippine government grants to extractive and pollutive large-scale industries.
A climate villain all along
Donald Trump's 'Paris Pullout' was not the first time the US backed out of international climate accords.
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
Napanood mo ba ang viral na bidyo? Sige, panoorin mo pang muli. Sana nama’y higit pa sa 42 segundo ang pagninilay-nilay sa konteksto ng mga pangunahing karakter. Huwag din sanang mabilis na maghusga, lalo na sa ginawa ng guwardiya.
LAB NOTES
Advocates of Science and Technology for the People
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OPINION
BULATLAT EDITORS
Mga salitang bawal, mga rehimeng nabuwal
Sa buktot na pagtingin, inaakala ng mga nasa kapangyarihan na ang pagsikil sa pagkalat ng teksto ay sapat na para tuldukan ang mga ideyang nais nilang pigilan. Subalit kasaysayan na rin ang magtuturo, gaya sa mga halimbawang nailahad sa itaas, na ang mga “subersibong ideya” ay hindi lang kalipunan ng mga salita kundi produkto ng kolektibong pagkilos ng mga taong naninindigan.
Statement | Retired editor deplores PDI compromise with ‘dismissible’ libel case of TV personality
“It’s a bad call by the PDI management, a setback for press freedom and a sad day for Philippine journalism.”
Commentary | Pro-active doable measures to protect and save lives of prisoners
Kapatid seeks to join hands with you all to continue pressing government agencies for expedient, positive, humanitarian action for the benefit of prisoners, including political prisoners, amid the continuing pandemic. Tao rin sila, may karapatang makaligtas sa pandemya.
ON THE FRINGES
BULATLAT STAFF
To be a fool or a tool for change?
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Surviving an earthquake
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QUESTION EVERYTHING
MONG PALATINO
People’s history
Our country underwent numerous transitions in the past century which saw the rise and fall of winners, losers, heroes, villains, oppressors, and the oppressed. Which of the contending forces emerged triumphant and what was its impact on society? Rather than amplify the mainstream version of history, our role is to find the voices which were dismissed by those in power as noise, nuisance, and irrelevant chatter. We have to assert the need to record and popularize this history from below.
Two decades of the Left in Congress
It dutifully served the role of an opposition force guided by its principles and program of action while bridging the agenda of the other parliament, the parliament of the streets.
The books I read in 2020
Bookworm, activist and former legislator Mong Palatino shares with us the books he read in 2020.
ROOT ACCESS
COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS UNION
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