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BULATLAT ARCHIVES

2005

MARCH

 

Vol. V, No. 7 March 20-26, 2005

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Undeclared War vs Progressives Condemned
Just Like in the Old (Martial Law) Days
  by Ronald B. Escanlar

News Analysis

War on Terror as Reign of Terror By Bobby Tuazon

The Killing Fields of Central Luzon BY DABET CASTAÑEDA

Aftermath of ‘Bicutan massacre’: Police Accused of Torture
BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN

VAT Hike: Views from Down and the Middle
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

Gov’t Employees Take to Streets for Higher Pay  BY RONALYN V. OLEA

SPECIAL REPORT

Joblessness Awaits Batch 2005 (First of two parts) By Carl Marc Ramota

Economic Woes Drive Bright Graduates to Call Centers (Conclusion)
By Carl Marc Ramota

NUJP Launches Petition vs Anti-Terror Bills
Says bills violate press freedom, civil liberties

BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

Full Text of the NUJP Petition Against the Anti-Terrorism Bills

NUJP Primer on the Anti-Terrorism Bills

RPA-AFP Raid NPA Camp for Mining Operations in Negros
By Karl G. Ombion

MIGRANT WATCH

Servants Resisting Globalization: Agency and Representation in Filipina Migrant Women’s Narratives  By E. SAN JUAN, JR.

Felipe Salvador: The Cross and the Gun
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

alternative reader no. 110

- Two Years Too Much  By Stanley Cox and John Exdell

- MoveOn.org: Making Peace With the War in Iraq 
By Norman Solomon

- Secret US Plans for Iraq's Oil 
By Greg Palast

- ILPS Call to Action for March 19 & 20 Global Protests against the US Invasion and Occupation of Iraq 
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison

SALUNGGUHIT

Crucifying the People

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Whip Marks

 

Vol. V, No. 6 March 13-19, 2005

 

BREAKING NEWS
Assassination Attempt on UN Judge Puts NDFP-GRP Talks in Peril
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA AND ABNER BOLOS

The Bohol Tragedy: Pesticide Contamination Did It, Doctors Say
By Terence Krishna Lopez

On the March 9 Mabini tragedy: NGOs: Cassava IS NOT the Culprit 
BY Dr. Oliver Gimenez

Ban on ‘Terrorist’ Interviews Illegal – Lawyer, Ex-UP MassCom Dean
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

No to AFP Terror Plot on Press Freedom!
By the alumni of the College Editors Guild of the Philippines

News media told not to interview ‘terrorist groups’
By the R
eporters Without Borders

Canadian Press Condemns Media Killings in the Philippines
By Edwin C. Mercurio

Commentary

Media Gag and Creeping Fascism   By Bobby Tuazon

Confessions of a Yellow Armyman: Yesterday’s defender, today’s foe
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA

Kagawad Abel Ladera: Hero of the Hacienda People 
BY ABNER BOLOS

There Must Be Punitive Actions Against the AFP BY Rep. Satur C. Ocampo

The latest victim of enforced disappearance
Danilo Macapagal: GMA’s Cousin, Biggest Critic In Nueva Ecija

BY DEE BATNAG-AYROSO

No Ordinary Man: Bayan Muna–Ilocos leader assassinated in Baguio
By Abi Taguba Bengwayan

Amid staggered oil price hikes
Groups Demand P2 Rollback, Repeal of Oil Deregulation Law
BY RONALD B. ESCANLAR

Students from 4 Big Universities Oppose Tuition Hikes
BY RONALYN V. OLEA

MIGRANT WATCH

OFW Dependents Seek Higher, More Accessible Scholarships
BY RONALYN V. OLEA

alternative reader no. 109

- "Going to War with the Army You Have"
Why the U.S. Cannot Correct Its Military Blunders in Iraq

By Michael Schwartz

- Middle East
Bush Postures On The Brave Streets Of Beirut
By Ahmed Amr

- If Syria Is Expected To Withdraw from Lebanon, Shouldn’t Israel Withdraw From the Occupied Territories?
By Bill Fletcher, Jr.

- Next Phase of Washington's Global Agenda:
From the 'War on Terrorism' to the 'War on Tyranny'
A Peek Behind Bush II’s War on Tyranny

By F. William Engdahl

- Iraq - Sgrena Shooting: Hit or Message Sent?
By Kurt Nimmo

Critical Analysis
Living Under Fascism  By Davidson Loehr

SALUNGGUHIT

Half the Sky, Double the Burden

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Sagada Horizon

 

Vol. V, No. 5 March 6-12, 2005

Tarlac Councilor is 9th Luisita Martyr; Victim's kin finger Cojuangcos, military as suspects  BY DABET CASTAÑEDA AND ABNER BOBLOS

Filipino Women Find No Comfort from a Woman President
BY RONALYN V. OLEA

The Filipino Women’s Century-Old Struggle for National Liberation
BY AVA DANLOG

Beijing Platform of Action
Ten Years After: More Burdens than Triumphs BY GABRIELA

MIGRANT WATCH
Family of Slain Filipina in Holland Calls for Justice BY BULATLAT

Over anomalous GSIS eCard system: Garcia Faces Storm as State Employees Call for His Ouster Anew  BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

Garcia’s Ghosts BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

VAT Spurs Exportation at the Expense of Domestic Needs 
BY DANILO ARAÑA ARAO

'U.S. Troops Out, Now!' – Southern Tagalog Groups BY DENNIS ESPADA

College Education in Crisis First of two parts By Carl Marc Ramota

Profit-makers Produce Mediocre Graduates Conclusion 
By Carl Marc Ramota

‘Nardong Putik’ Pushes Eviction of Cavite Farmers  BY DENNIS ESPADA

A Tribute to Ama Alibcang, 74 BY ABI TAGUBA BENGWAYAN

Danao River: Rehabilitation for Profit? BY KARL G. OMBION

Workers Fight Eviction from Philex BY NORTHERN DISPATCH

NEWS AT A GLANCE

- Farmer couple’s bodies torched

- NUJP denounces threats vs San Pablo journalists

- Lady solon seeks probe into foreign takeover of gov’t securities

- Arrest of Quezon activists linked to Balikatan - CPP

- AFP ignorant of international humanitarian law - NDFP

DEMOCRATIC SPACE

Never Again! By the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines

No to State Terror Against Media and the People
By
Independent Media Center – Quezon City

alternative reader no. 108

READER ON THE MIDDLE EAST

I

- Assassinating Al-Hariri Fits Washington’s Plan  By Mike Whitney

- Al-Hariri's death seen as a bid to destabilise Lebanon; The Assassination Plot targeted Syria  By Ahmed Janabi

- Israel is Prime Suspect in Lebanon Assassination  By Mehdi Shakiba'i

- The Role of Lebanon
in the Bush Administration's Crusade for Empire
 
By Chris Floyd

II

- Iran: Next Target of US Military Aggression  By Michel Chossudovsky

- The Real Reasons Why Iran is the Next Target:
The Emerging Euro-denominated International Oil Marker By William Clark

- The Dangers of Exporting Democracy :
Bush's Crusade is Based on a Dangerous Illusion and Will Fail 
By Eric Hobsbawm

SALUNGGUHIT

Half the Sky, Double the Burden

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Walking Store

 

Vol. V, No. 4 February 27-March 5, 2005

Is GMA Provoking MNLF-MILF War? BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

Sidebar: Sulu and the Moro Armed Struggle

Luisita Labor Talks in Near Collapse; Cojuangcos out to close milling operations? BY DABET CASTAÑEDA

Arroyo Gov’t Pushing ID System Amid Snowballing Opposition

BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

Fil-Canadian Groups Call Bello A ‘Pseudo Progressive’  BY BULATLAT

A People's Lawyer and Champion BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO

U.S. Genocide in the Philippines and the New Armed Intervention
BY E. SAN JUAN, JR.

Church Group Condemns Shooting of Priest in Leyte
BY BULATLAT

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Arroyo Asked Not to Release HR Worker’s Killer
BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW

Plan to Convert Laguna Lake as Water Source Will Spell its Doom - Pamalakaya
BY GERRY ALBERT CORPUZ

Davao’s Poor and Homeless Reel from High Prices; Denounce VAT Hike
BY AMABELLE PLAZA-LAMINERO

The New Bush: Diplomacy and Death Squads  BY JAMES PETRAS

While Fog Drapes the Valley BY ABI TAGUBA BENGWAYAN

Sayote: The Survivor’s Vegetable BY JOHNNY FIALEN

Bodong: Cordillera Tribes’ Best Hope for Tribal Rifts  By LYN V. RAMO

alternative reader no. 106

George W. Bush, Europe's Godfather in Spite of Himself
By Alain Duhamel

Activists Occupy Lockheed Martin in Brussels By For Mother Earth

SALUNGGUHIT

War Against Self-Determination

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

Serenity at Risk