Washing and ironing his clothes, cleaning the house, washing the dishes, and weeding the farm. Other politicians would hire maids to do these things for them. But Anakpawis (Toiling Masses) Rep. Rafael “Ka Paeng” Mariano, the poorest congressman in the country,...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat MANILA -- The United Nations (UN), including its committees and commissions, is not known for straightforward and precise assessments and statements. Its reports and statements are usually couched in diplomatic language. This is...
BY JASON LEOPOLD Truthout Posted by Bulatlat Former Vice President Dick Cheney intervened in CIA Inspector General John Helgerson's investigation into the agency's use of torture against "high-value" detainees, but the watchdog was still able to prepare a report...
The Arroyo government and its allies have been harassing their critics -- political activists, human-rights advocates, journalists, government employees, workers, teachers, environmentalists, lawyers, to name some -- with court cases that range from the frivolous to the absurd. Now, these victims of political persecution have banded together to fight back.
BY BENJIE OLIVEROS ANALYSIS Bulatlat Vanessa and Gadian provide two more reasons why the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) should be abrogated and the Balikatan joint US-Philippine military exercises be stopped. Vanessa is a 22-year-old student who recently came out...
BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Vol. VII, No. 29, August 26-September 1, 2007 BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of Manila) – The Kalanguya tribe, an ethno-linguistic group native to Tuba, Benguet has reiterated its clamor for the government to revoke the special...
The question at hand is not whether Pakistan is on the verge of a takeover by reactionary religious extremists from Afghanistan. It is not. Conflating the situations in Afghanistan and Pakistan only confuses people. Pakistan is, however, experiencing an...
De Facto Entourage. When boxer Manny Pacquiao returned to the Philippines after winning his bout with England’s Ricky Hatton, he was accompanied by a de facto entourage of politicians who did not have to be with him in Las Vegas. (By Flon Faurillo/Bulatlat.com)
May mga ginagawa naman ang pamahalaan para bigyang-solusyon ang sunud-sunod na pagtaas ng presyo ng langis. Ang tanong lang siyempre ay kung sapat ba ang mga ito para makatulong sa mga tao. NI DANILO ARAÑA ARAO Konteksto / Pinoy Weekly Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol....
Council Of EU Fails to Present Any Concrete Evidence of Any Specific Act of Terrorism Against Prof. Jose Maria Sison BY THE INTERNATIONAL DEFEND COMMITTEE DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by (Bulatlat.com) The oral procedure in the case of Prof. Jose Maria Sison against the...
When Jonas Burgos’s relatives and friends trooped to Camp Aguinaldo last April 28 to mark the second anniversary of his disappearance, their prayers and speeches were drowned out with loud and lewd music. (BY FLON FAURILLO/Bulatlat.com)
Widespread hunger and poverty, broad dissatisfaction, and the absence of justice belie any claim of accomplishments that the Arroyo government is hard-selling on the people. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS ANALYSIS Vol. VIII, No. 25, July 27-August 2, 2008 Pres. Gloria...
The Arroyo government is running out of excuses as one survey after another shows the deteriorating state of the economy and the quality of life of the Filipino people. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS ANALYSIS Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 27, August 10-16, 2008 The Arroyo...
The June 4 decision of the Japan Supreme Court will reverse the old law which only grants nationality to Japanese-Filipino children whose parents were married legally. The new law will include children whose parents are not legally married. BY GERMELINA A. LACORTE...
‘Backyard’ View. You are looking at what serves as the “backyard” (actually, the laundry area) of one of several families in a relocation site in Mandaue City, Cebu. (Photo by RAYMUND VILLANUEVA)
Press reports say Barack Obama may retain George W. Bush's Defense Secretary Robert Gates as a gesture to war-time continuity, bipartisanship and respect for the Washington insider community, which has embraced Gates as something of a new Wise Man. However, if...
The KMU is tagged as a “rebel group” in a high school textbook; one of its lawyers is slapped with criminal charges in connection with the burning of a cellsite; there was an attempt to break into their national office. All these, says one of the KMU's leaders,...
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