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2007

MARCH

Vol. VII, No. 8 March 25-31, 2007

Nobel Laureate Supports 2nd Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal Session on RP
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

Filipino Church Leaders Bring Issue of Slays before Int’l Bodies
BY EMILY VITAL

Oplan Bantay Laya: U.S.-Arroyo Regime’s ‘Final Solution’
BY CAPTAIN DANILO P. VIZMANOS, PN (RET.)

Bayan Muna to File Raps vs. ‘False’ Leyte Witnesses
BY KAREN PAPELLERO AND JOHANN HEIN B. ARPON

Ex-PMA Prof, Cordi Militants Call Arroyo ‘Doble-Kara’
BY LYN V. RAMO

ANALYSIS

Like Thieves in the Night
BY BENJIE OLIVEROS

ELECTION WATCH

The Senatoriables: How They Stand on Major People’s Issues
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

The Other Cayetano
BY GRACE UDDIN

LABOR WATCH

Labor Groups Say 10% Pay Hike Not Enough
BY AUBREY MAKILAN

'DENR decision unscientific, haphazard, and fraught with technical loopholes'
Experts Find No Scientific Basis for Rapu-Rapu Mine Re-opening

BY LISA ITO

World Water Day:
Unequal Water Distribution Behind ‘Water Crisis’

BY ARNOLD PADILLA

11 years living in mining disaster: Marinduque Victims Still Cry for Justice
By Marinduque Council for Environmental Concerns (MACEC)

A Gift of Health from Cuba
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA

UST Cracks Down on Student Leaders
BY ZOFIA LEAL

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S WATCH

Ibalois, Victims of Historical Injustice; Laws failed to recognize ancestral land rights 
BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW

HISTORICAL COMMENTARY

`Marcha de Cadiz’ and José Rizal’s Execution
BY ROSALINDA N. OLSEN

TULA (POETRY)
Mga Demonyong Pakawala ng Malakanyang 
NI BIENVENIDO LUMBERA

Wanted: Hi-Speed Sewer
NI AXEL PINPIN

Red Scare
NI MARK ANGELES

DEMOCRATIC SPACE
High-handed and Arbitrary
BY THE NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES (NUJP)

AFP the Real Perpetrator of Mass Graves
By Pamilya ng Desaparecidos para sa Katarungan (DESAPARECIDOS)

SalunggUhit
State of Wretchedness

PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Not a War Dance


BREAKING NEWS
Victims’ Kin Welcome Guilty Verdict on Arroyo, Bush by Int’l Tribunal



Vol. VII, No. 7
March 18-24, 2007

Witness to Murder Case vs. Ocampo was a Desaparecido
BY KAREN PAPELLERO

Kapila Ilubong Ang Patay?
(How Often will You Bury the Dead?)

BY KAREN PAPELLERO

PHOTO ESSAY
The Arrest of Ka Satur
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA

Kabataan Party Nominees Harassed by Military
BY ZOFIA LEAL

ANALYSIS

A Curse to Democracy
BY BENJIE OLIVEROS

Related article:

Someone else’s windows: Repression Plain and Simple

Dirty Air, Dirty Air Monitoring?
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

Economy not improving
Independent Think-Tank Belies Arroyo’s Claims of Economic ‘Gains’

BY IBON FOUNDATION

ANALYSIS
Crossing the Bridge
By the Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG)

Related article:

'Let the Stones Cry Out’: An Ecumenical Report on Human Rights in the Philippines and a Call to Action

STREETWISE
Reign of Impunity
BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO

MIGRANT WATCH
Miners Falsely Accused and Imprisoned in Saudi Arabia
Feels neglected and betrayed by the government

BY
LYN V. RAMO

Advocacy Groups Critical of Changes in Canada’s Migrant Policy
BY SIKLAB CANADA

Fil-Ams Welcome SC Decision on Pandacan Oil Depot
BY BULATLAT

Girl, 6, Climbs Mountains for the Environment
Posted by Bulatlat

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S WATCH

Balatoc Land Sale Threatens NL, Cordi Food Security
BY LYN V. RAMO

NCIP Grants Balatoc Tribe Priority Right over Ancestral Domain
BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW

In exchange for infra funds
Agri Sec Asks Benguet Farmers to Supply NCR with Veggies

BY KIM QUITASOL

Negros NGO Bags DoE ‘Green Energy-Award’
BY KARL G. OMBION

RP's Strawberry Capital Marks Strawberry Fest
BY ACEALEGRE

Personal Essay

Retracing the Steps to an NPA Camp
BY RUDY D. LIPORADA

TULA (POETRY)
Gayuma
NI AXEL PINPIN

Ang Preso sa Pakikipagpunyagi
Ni Rey Tamayo, Jr.

DEMOCRATIC SPACE
Slavery in modern times
Confinement of Migrant Workers in Malaysia, Condemnable

BY ASIA PACIFIC MISSION FOR MIGRANTS

Let’s Get the Debate On
By Ricky Gelido

SalunggUhit
Impending Breakdown?

PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Rolling with the Times


BREAKING NEWS
-
‘Martial Law Na Ba?’ (Is It Now Martial Law?)
- Harassed Bayan Muna Member Files Charges vs AFP

-
Ocampo Back in Manila

- Son Condemns Arrest of Ka Satur
-
Ka Satur in Leyte
-
Leyte Judge Allows Ocampo to Stay
-
Ka Satur Hastily Transferred to Leyte

Vol. VII, No. 6 March 11-17, 2007

Soldiers on Campus Tour
For counterinsurgency operations

BY DABET CASTAÑEDA

Rep. Satur Ocampo of Bayan Muna
Probably Today’s Most Wanted

BY BULATLAT

Related article:

Bayan Muna Gets Special Award from Cebu City Gov’t

ANALYSIS

Metro Militarization: Part of a Bigger Plan?
BY BOBBY TUAZON
ANALYSIS
Run-up to the 2007 Elections
BY BENJIE OLIVEROS

STREETWISE
Human Security Act: License to Kill
BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO

The Alston Report :
What is the UN's Next Move?

BY PETER SALES

Vantage Point

Beyond the TV Ads
BY LUIS V. TEODORO

AFP Asked to Shed Light on Rebel Leaders' Abduction, Execution
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Soldiers Linked to Attempted Abduction in Pampanga
BY ABNER BOLOS

A Bullet in the Head
BY MARILOU M. AGUIRRE

Cordi Rights Group Remembers First Slain NL Activist, Hits Anti-Terror Law
BY KIM QUITASOL

MIGRANT WATCH
Stories of Abuse and Courage of Women OFWs
BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN

Gasoline, Diesel Prices now more than Double
Since Arroyo became president

BY IBON Foundation

Burlesque King’: Libel Law Dooms Davao Newsman
BY GERMELINA A. LACORTE

Breast Cancer Incidence Highest among Filipinas in SEA
BY ACE ALEGRE AND LYN V. RAMO

Abuse vs. Women and Children High in Baguio
BY LYN V. RAMO

Due to community outrage
Mining Company to Return Ancestral Land to Balatoc Tribe

BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW
Bacolod Businessmen Feel Threatened by SM Entry
BY KARL G. OMBION AND RYAN B. LACHICA

HISTORICAL COMMENTARY
One Hundred Years of Denial
BY ROSALINDA N. OLSEN

CULTURE

Rom Dongeto and the Revival of a Protest Song
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

TULA (POETRY)
Tatlong Retorika ng Pagkamakata
NI AXEL PINPIN
Lenang Hihibok-hibok
NI MARK ANGELES

SalunggUhit
Impending Breakdown?

PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Promised Land?

 

 

BREAKING NEWS
- Ka Satur Arrested after Filing SC Petition

- Wives of four accused activists: 'We Don't Want Them Dead'

 

Vol. VII, No. 5 March 4-10, 2007

Guilty of Partisan Politics?
AFP Campaigns vs Bayan Muna

BY DABET CASTAÑEDA

Election Disqualification: Another Demolition Job
By the Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG)
ANALYSIS

Political Killings as State Policy: The Logic of Killers
BY BENJIE OLIVEROS
The First Session on the Philippines of the Permanent People’s Tribunal
By D. L. Mondelo
U.S. Troops’ Presence in Sulu: Civic Work or Combat Participation?
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
RP’s Fiscal Situation: Filipinos Bear Brunt of VAT, Other Reforms 
By Sonny Africa

MIGRANT WATCH

In urgent need of spine operation
Paralyzed OFW Awaits Government, Employer Support
BY AUBREY MAKILAN

Roman Polintan: A Farmer at Heart
BY ABNER BOLOS
Tribal Folks Demand Right to be Consulted over Mining Claims
BY ACE ALEGRE

Ilocos Peasant Leader Charged Anew with Homicide
Militant peasant groups condemn charges as part of harassment
BY ROD TAJON

HISTORICAL COMMENTARY

Rizal and the Myth of the Golden Pancake
BY ROSALINDA N. OLSEN

A Davao Punk’s Adventure Gone Horribly Wrong
BY GRACE S. UDDIN
DAGLI SA KRISIS
Paano Magbigay ng Masamang Balita?
Ni Roland Tolentino
TULA (POETRY)

Pusong Abo
NI ROMMEL PIPOY LINATOC
DEMOCRATIC SPACE
Armed Forces Should Stop Extrajudicial Killings and Not Deflect the Issue by Maligning My Christmas Party Pictures with Ara Mina
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison,
Chief Political Consultant, National Democratic Front of the Philippines
Opposition to Coal Plant Construction In Subic Bay
BY SAVE SUBIC

SalunggUhit
Ill Foreboding
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Festival Turned Sortie?


BREAKING NEWS
Satur to Raul and Norberto: 'You Play Dirty, Boys'