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2007
APRIL
Vol. VII, No. 11 April 22-28,
2007
Massacres
by Soldiers Provoked Latest Clash, MNLF Leader Says
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Abducted
Urban Poor Leader Files Criminal,
Administrative Charges vs. Military Captors
BY DEE AYROSO
ELECTION
WATCH
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OFWs Dump
Team Unity in Mock Polls, Decry
Irregularities in OAV Conduct
BY
AUBREY MAKILAN
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‘Filoz’ Go for GO Senatoriables – Aussie
survey
BY CAESAR
BEN BASAN BAROÑA
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How Much Does It Cost to Get Elected?
Profile of a trapo’s war expenditures
BY KARL G. OMBION AND MAX CORDERO
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Kabataan Party-list Member Foils Abduction
Attempt
BY ZOFIA LEAL
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Commentary
Surveys: Not Just a Matter
of Voters' Bets
By the Center for People Empowerment in
Governance (CenPEG)
ANALYSIS
Undeniable Truth
By BENJIE OLIVEROS
Elections
and Poverty: Will Arroyo Beat the Odds?
BY JOSEPH YU
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Rampage in Central Luzon
A bad first quarter for human rights in the region
BY ABNER BOLOS
Living at the Edges in Negros: Counter-democracy and government fronts
BY
RANDY LIM
Arroyo
Cabinet Should Demand Firing of
Secretary Gonzalez;
Senator Villar and Speaker de Venecia should
publicly defend the IPU
BY THE COUNSELS FOR THE DEFENSE OF
LIBERTIES
ANALYSIS
The
Attempted Rendition of Satur Ocampo
By Peter M. Sales
Filipino
Poor to Suffer Most from Brownouts, Climate Change
BY
AUBREY MAKILAN AND
LISA ITO
January to March:
Despite Underpricing, Oil Firms Still Owe the Public P4.40/Liter
BY IBON
FOUNDATION
LABOR WATCH
Workers
in Asia’s Biggest Sugar Mill Vote to Strike
BY
KARL G. OMBION AND RANIE AZUE
Making
Alternative Dispute Resolution Work in
Highlands and Lowlands
BY ACE ALEGRE
PHOTO ESSAY
48 Hours in Dumaguete City: The CEGP convention, pots on the street and
other pretty things
BY TERENCE KRISHNA LOPEZ
The
Vanishing Batak Tribe
By Antonio Graceffo
ALTERNATIVE READER
After the Virginia Tech massacre: America's
Tragedy
The Economist
The Arms Trade is Big Business
By Anup Shah
Where the Guns Come From: The Gun Industry and Gun
Commerce
By Garen J. Wintemute
Why Virginia Tech shootings happened
By the International Action Center
TULA (POETRY)
Ang Utos (Kadenado't
Kondenado)
NI RAUL FUNILAS
Inday
Grecil
NI FRANKIE DEL ROSARIO
Si
Bengbeng
NI MARK ANGELES
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Jazz, Dutch Style
Vol. VII, No. 10 April 15-21,
2007
ELECTION
WATCH
Political
Prisoner Runs for Councilor in Cebu
By Karen Papellero
Party-List
Legislation in the 13th Congress
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Families Long
for Missing Relatives
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA
Cagayan
Peasant Group under Attack
BY DEE AYROSO
MIGRANT WATCH
Tales of
Woe and Desperation in Iraq
BY
AUBREY MAKILAN
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Rommel Sanchez: No Money and a Broken Family
-
Noel Rebamba: Accidental Migrant Worker
LABOR WATCH
As NAFLU
celebrates 50th anniversary in May:
Workers Honor Felixberto
Olalia (1903-1983)
BY
MARYA G. SALAMAT
Bourgeois
Journalism vs Alternative Journalism in the Philippines
By Bobby Tuazon
CULTURE
Three
Front-Page Photos and a Plot for the Nation’s Future
BY JPAUL MANZANILLA
DENR Pays Contractor More than $1 M,
Extends Faulty Air Pollution Project
Re-electionist administration solon among those in hot water
BY LISA ITO
Asian
Farmers, Scientists Hit Agrochemical TNCs’ Control on Rice
BY ABNER BOLOS
Forest
Destruction due to Mining – Cordillera NGO
BY MA. LEONEZA B. RIGONAN
Cordillera Day 2007 to Uphold People’s Rights, Politics of Change
BY ROBERT A.
PAMBID
New
Baguio Lawyer Shares Secrets in Topping Bar Exams
BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW
Diagnosing Mindanao
BY CHERYLL D.FIEL
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
The Happy Life and Violent Death of Grecil Buya
BY GRACE UDDIN
TULA (POETRY)
Kapag
Pumula ang Araw sa Silangan
NI OLIVER CARLOS
Kay
Grecil Galacio, 9
NI MARK ANGELES
Butil ng Palay, Sako at Baril
(Kay Kasamang Noel, martir ng
dekada 80)
NI OLIVER CARLOS
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Jazz, Dutch Style
Vol. VII, No. 9 April 1-7,
2007
ELECTION
WATCH
Reviewing the Party-List Law and the
2004 Election
(First
of two parts)
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Pitfalls
of the Party-List Law
(Second of two parts)
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Mock senatorial election on April 8
70% of Hong
Kong OFWs Fear Disenfranchisement in May Polls
BY
AUBREY MAKILAN
Gabriela’s 3rd Nominee
is an Igorot Woman, Ex-OFW
By Voltaire Tupaz
In
Baguio, David vs. Goliath Showdown
8
contenders challenge Yaranon for mayoralty
BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW
Davao Elections ‘07: Same Faces, Same Names
BY TYRONE A.
VELEZ
Davao’s ‘Green Vote’ Hopes to Make a Difference
BY GRACE UDDIN
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Arroyo, Bush Guilty
of Crimes vs Humanity
Int’l Tribunal Verdict Detrimental to Macapagal-Arroyo
BY EMILY VITAL
Related article
Verdict of the Second Session on the Philippines
Two PPT
Jurors on RP Gov't Watch List
BY D.L. MONDELO
Commentary
Political
Killings Stem from Opposition to Macapagal-Arroyo's Economic Policies
By
Antonio Tujan Jr.
LABOR WATCH
Southern
Tagalog Workers Score DoLE Decisions on Labor Cases
BY
DENNIS ESPADA
From
2001 to 2006
Macapagal-Arroyo Responsible for Worst-Ever
Fiscal Crisis
BY IBON FOUNDATION
`Death squad’ democracy
The Arrest of Satur Ocampo
BY JAMES PETRAS AND ROBIN
EASTMAN-ABAYA
PHOTO ESSAY
Unmasked, but Not Hidden
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY RONALYN OLEA
MAIKLING KWENTO (SHORT
STORY)
Fried
Chicken
NI NOEL SALES BARCELONA
TULA (POETRY)
Tagsibol sa Den Haag, Nederland, 25 Marso
2007
[Para kay CPA]
NI E. SAN JUAN, JR.
Two Visits
(For
Bobbie Malay)
BY SARAH RAYMUNDO
Saligutgot sa Paligid
NI REY TAMAYO, JR.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Recycling
BREAKING NEWS
Victims’ Kin Welcome Guilty Verdict on Arroyo, Bush by Int’l
Tribunal |
