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Bulatlat Contributors | Sep 11, 2017
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The specter of a dictatorship
The specter of a dictatorship
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective Too many things have been happening lately that may be a portent of worse things to come. First is the cold-blooded murder of a 17-year old student Kian Delos Santos. People were enraged at the brazenness, brutality, and...
Maranao bakwit hope to reclaim Marawi, rehabilitate old homes and livelihoods
Maranao bakwit hope to reclaim Marawi, rehabilitate old homes and livelihoods
After the military has destroyed Marawi City's business district, it alleged that the Mautes have taken to planting bombs in the city, and that's why they will still not allow the Maranao to reclaim the city.
Marawi bakwit questions Martial Law, warfare being used on few remaining ‘enemy’
Marawi bakwit questions Martial Law, warfare being used on few remaining ‘enemy’
‘Why don’t they stop the bombing? There is no more enemy. Or even if there are enemies still, there are too few of them.
Marawi bakwit to Duterte: ‘Maybe you don’t remember we Muslim voted for you’
Marawi bakwit to Duterte: ‘Maybe you don’t remember we Muslim voted for you’
'I want to call on Pres. Duterte, please stop the bombing of Marawi and please lift Martial Law.'
Imminent danger
Imminent danger
Never mind the 2017 Duterte State of the Nation Address, which was replete with profanities, self-serving claims of current and future progress on various fronts, among them the regime’s brutal and failing war on drugs, and justifications for the use of...
Marawi evacuees form organization to protect rights
Marawi evacuees form organization to protect rights
The Marawi evacuees want to go home soon not only because they feel the conflict should have been mopped up earlier with the forces sent in by the government. They also worry over possible threats of dislocation via "rehabilitation" and other plans such as the expansion of plantations and promoting eco-tourism.
Martial law extension prolongs sufferings of Marawi evacuees
Martial law extension prolongs sufferings of Marawi evacuees
“Groups helping them now must go beyond providing humanitarian relief and psycho-social services: they need all the help they can get in giving voice to the bakwit’s desire to reclaim Marawi.”
Makabayan bloc wants Congress probe on armed attacks on Lumad schools
Makabayan bloc wants Congress probe on armed attacks on Lumad schools
At least one Lumad school comes under attack per week under the Duterte administration.
PSG opens fire at suspected rebels in North Cotabato
PSG opens fire at suspected rebels in North Cotabato
The area where the suspected rebels reportedly put up a checkpoint is barely populated.
The military in command
The military in command
Since the collapse of the Marcos terror regime in 1986, only two post-EDSA presidents have dared invoke the martial law provisions of the 1987 Constitution and to awaken justifiable fears of a return to the abuses and violence of fascist rule. The first president...
Voice of dissent assails ‘vague’ ML declaration
Voice of dissent assails ‘vague’ ML declaration
It’s one magistrate’s opinion against those of his 11, or 14, other colleagues. And it’s a much younger voice arguing with the many older ones who have presumably spent more years than him in thinking about the law. Yet Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F....
The quick-fix presidency
The quick-fix presidency
The latest rants from the perplexing region of Duterte Land have understandably provoked the same outrage, anger and exasperation as most of their antecedents have been doing during the last 12 months. One of them was an open threat to imprison the critics of the...
Duterte 1st year| ‘Make good on your promises to the people’ – progressive groups
Duterte 1st year| ‘Make good on your promises to the people’ – progressive groups
“After a year in Malacañang, will Duterte stand up to his claim (of being a leftist), or will he allow himself to become another imperialist puppet? Is he for the military generals and neoliberals or for the people?”
4 progressive leaders held for hours at Davao military checkpoint
4 progressive leaders held for hours at Davao military checkpoint
Groups worry that the incident may be a prelude to a crackdown against activists.
‘Someone has to answer to this’ – Humanitarian mission questions military ‘fake news’ in Mindanao
‘Someone has to answer to this’ – Humanitarian mission questions military ‘fake news’ in Mindanao
The military exerts control not only over the traffic of people but the flow of information, too.
PH Independence day | Groups call to stop killings, resume peace talks
PH Independence day | Groups call to stop killings, resume peace talks
On Independence Day, June 12, various sectors held joined the day-long protest, starting in the morning from the Chinese consulate in Makati City, and proceeding to the US Embassy in Manila, with calls for national sovereignty and against foreign intervention. The...
A cure worse than the disease
A cure worse than the disease
It has been close to three weeks since a botched police operation against Abu Sayaff leader Isnilon Hapilon evolved into a shooting war with his supporters in Marawi City, the Maute Group, and the subsequent declaration of martial law in the entire Mindanao. The...
Another threat of a constitutional crisis?
Another threat of a constitutional crisis?
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective Recently, House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez warned of a constitutional crisis if the Supreme Court orders a joint session of Congress to tackle President Duterte’s declaration of martial law over Mindanao. This, after two...
The past in the present
The past in the present
If those who fear martial law are “living in the past,” it is because much of that past, with or without martial law, is still very much in the present. Human rights defenders are still under threat, and farmer leaders, indigenous people, protesters, and political...
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