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
At Ground Level | Human rights violations in Marcos Jr.’s first year
Human rights violations, highlighted by extrajudicial killings and questionable arrests, detention and filing of nonbailable trumped-up charges following red-tagging, continued during the first year of Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s occupation of Malacañang.
At Ground Level | SC: JMSU case has ‘transcendental’ value
Finally, describing the case as of “transcendental importance,” the Supreme Court affirmed its Jan. 10, 2023 decision declaring as unconstitutional and void a tripartite agreement for Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking (JMSU), signed in 2005 by the Philippine government with the governments of China and Vietnam.
At Ground Level | Two similar killings, two decades apart
In the early 2000s, government soldiers brutally killed a couple, Expedito and Manuela Albarillo, in a surprise attack on their home in San Teodoro, Mindoro Oriental. Their bodies, mutilated by the intense gunfire, were dragged out of their house by the perpetrators, later identified as Philippine Army soldiers commanded by then Col. Jovito Palparan Jr.
BALIK-TANAW
PROMOTION OF CHURCH PEOPLE’S RESPONSE
Balik-Tanaw | Witnesses of the resurrected Christ in today’s context
The atmosphere of fear and doubt prevailed among the disciples. Some of the disciples at the moment have not seen Jesus after rising from the dead. They continued to be in hiding after Jesus’ brutal death on the cross in fear of being caught and put on trial as one of those who followed Jesus, whom the authorities have called a blasphemer.
Balik-Tanaw | Transformation, repentance, and renewal
Contemplate the metaphor of yeast and unleavened bread, inviting us to examine the presence of malice and wickedness in our own lives. What old ways of thinking and being, and how might we clear out the old yeast of oppressive colonial ideologies, embracing the sincerity, truth instead, and love of our kapwa-tao that lead to freedom and unconditional love of neighbor?
Balik-Tanaw | The dissident love of Jesus
The readings for Palm Sunday begin with narrating the triumphant entry of Jesus and His disciples to Jerusalem. According to the story, Passover and the Feast of the Unleavened Bread is coming in two days’ time and a lot of Jews will go up to Jerusalem to celebrate the feast. As observant Jews, Jesus and his disciples came to Jerusalem in observance of the feast that will take place (John 12: 12-16; Mark 14:1-15). When they drew near Jerusalem, to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives, Jesus instructed his two disciples to go to a village where they will find an ass and to bring it to him. Jesus rode on the ass when he entered Jerusalem. The people accompanied him and they held palm branches while crying out, ‘Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the kingdom of our Father David that is to come! Hosanna in the highest!’ (Mark 11:1-10).
BALIKSAYSAY
FRANCIS GEALOGO
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BLOODRUSH
SARAH RAYMUNDO
#MarchForOurLives
The #MarchForOurLives rally is an outcome of a brave and thoughtful organizing among the youth. They gathered together, reached out to other youths, organizations, institutions, and eventually, the power and speed at which they were holding fast to a belief in the form of an urgent campaign compelled politicians, celebrities, and even ordinary people to share their resources and make the march for our lives happen nationwide. These young people believe in defending lives. And there is nothing more radical, more basic than organizing and politicizing for the defense of lives.
Ode to Shopping
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Ars Terror
This regime labels people who serve the very same people it deprives of life, living wage, and social services as "terrorist" without showing us the way to move the country forward. The term "reactionary state" is crystallized in this government's perpetuation of violence --Martial Law, war on drugs, criminalization of dissent, neoliberal economic policies, and its active campaign for misogyny.
FIRST PERSON
BULATLAT CONTRIBUTORS
First Person | ‘To my father, this is for you’
To my father, this is for you. Thank you so much for convincing me to go to UP. You have always been, and always will be my inspiration. I will continue your fight.
First Person | Notes of a non-lawyer: How the CA’s 14th Division is acting in favor of the respondents President Duterte et al in the petition for writs of amparo & habeas data
While we will fight it out and still avail whatever remedy there is, we are inclined to affirm the view that courts in especially with those appointed by the current President and his allies are severely compromised. We are inclined to believe that even these so-called remedies for victims of human rights violations are discouraging and thus are rendered inutile.
First Person | A tale of two fathers
It’s already a full cycle for our family. The struggle never ceases.
KALIBUTAN
KALIKASAN-PEOPLE’S NETWORK FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
From Daguma to Sadyandi: the continuing story of the Dulangan Manobo’s struggles
A climate change activist writes about one of the Lumad tribes besieged by mining and logging companies in Mindanao.
Trading away peace for ‘Vital Installations’
These so-called development projects that serve as the AFP’s loophole in their commander-in-chief’s ceasefire declaration are precisely the reasons why grassroots communities are denied of land, water, food, livelihood, and rights.
Kalibutan: A global front against OceanaGold is growing
As the state of the environment under mining worsens, the people’s movement against large-scale and foreign mining will intensify.
KONTEKSTO
DANILO ARAO
Konteksto | PhD
Para sa mga katulad kong may edad na, may isang pundamental na katotohanan: Wala nang masyadong motibasyon para magtapos sa gradwadong antas. Matagal na kasing nasa akin ang ilang inaasahang nakamit na ng akademikong may nakakabit na PhD sa kanilang pangalan—kawaksing propesor (na ranggong senior sa akademya) nang isang dekada na; patnugot ng internasyonal na pang-akademikong dyornal na may reputasyon naman; awtor ng mga artikulo’t libro sa wikang Ingles at Filipino na dumaan sa prosesong peer review. May iba pang puwedeng banggitin pero hindi ito okasyon ng pagyayabang. Ito ay paglilinaw ng politikal na konteksto.
Konteksto | Bini
Bini o BINI? Bloom o BL&infi;M? May letrang “s” ba dapat sa dulo ng Bloom/BL&infi;M kung tinutukoy ang napakaraming tagahanga? Ano-ano ang mga akmang salita sa panahon ng kasikatan ng walong binibini? Kailangan ba talagang may salitang “Bini” bago ang mga pangalang Aiah, Colet, Gwen, Maloi, Jhoanna, Mikha, Sheena at Stacey? Sige na nga. Baka ito ang patakaran sa tinaguriang BINIverse!
Oposisyon
Hindi porke’t wala na sa posisyon ay oposisyon na. Hindi maikakahon ang mga indibidwal at grupong kritikal sa administrasyon o gobyerno. May mga kritikong itinataguyod ang kapakanan ng mga naghihirap. May mga kritikong itinataguyod lang ang sarili habang ang mga naghihirap ay lalo pang pinahihirapan.
LAB NOTES
Advocates of Science and Technology for the People
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OPINION
BULATLAT EDITORS
COVID-19 pandemic and the continuing relevance of print media
In the context of community print publications, they should be strengthened not just by the people’s support but by ensuring that press freedom will be promoted and upheld by the government.
Opinion | Revolution is the path towards a more human existence
When you are “free” to choose between which business you give your money to so you can survive and work tomorrow for another one, you are not free. You are trapped in an endless hell for the benefit of these few businesses.
Uncertain future following close elections in former British colony
Biden has a host of issues ahead of him come January – including a healthcare crisis and ethnic and racial violence.
ON THE FRINGES
BULATLAT STAFF
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.
QUESTION EVERYTHING
MONG PALATINO
Different shades of redbaiting
The occupant of Malacanang Palace is always the most rabid and notorious redbaiter-in-chief. Duterte has his own uncouth style but his ranting is no different from former presidents who used their privilege to attack critics and activists.
Activism and life-work balance
Activism can provide useful insight and practical guidance on how to better grasp the link between the personal and the broader set of social relationships. It can sharpen our understanding of the dynamics of changing the self in relation to social transformation.
The books I read in 2019
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ROOT ACCESS
COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS UNION
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