Vol. 4, No. 17 May 30-June 5, 2004
ELECTION WATCH
The Spark that Crippled a Dynasty
By Dabet Castañeda
Ocampo to Gonzales, AFP: 'Shut up!'
By BULATLAT.COM
COMMENTARY -
Marginalizing the Marginal
By Bobby Tuazon
Teachers Expose Widespread Poll Frau d By
Alexander Martin Remollino
Protests Hound Poll Results in Negros; “In Negros, fraud money flowed like raging waterfalls…”
By Karl G. Ombion
Post-Election: Baguio Sidewalk Stalls Demolished Anew By
Johnny Fialen and Milena Roque
The U.S. Offensive against the People's Right to National Liberation, Democracy and Social Justice
By Prof. Jose Ma. Sison
COMMENTARY - Who Dictates Oil Prices?
By Arnold J. Padilla
MIGRANT WATCH - The Hero is a Slave
By Dabet Castañeda
Mindanao Farmers Oppose BT Corn
By Dennis Espada
PHOTO OF THE WEEK - IN FULL DEFIANCE
By Arkibong Bayan/BULATLAT.COM
ALTERNATIVE READER NO. 83
COMPILED BY BULATLAT.COM
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For all The Grand Rhetoric
We Have Failed to See Through our Mission in Afghanistan
By Independent UK
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Regarding the Torture of Others
By Susan Sontag
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The Other Prisoners
By Luke Harding
Vol. 4, No. 16 May 23-29, 2004
Remembering Braveheart
By Lisa Cariño Ito
Under Arroyo Presidency:
Instability and More Hardship for Filipinos
By BULATLAT.COM
ELECTION WATCH
Poll Watchdog Shows Proof; Says May 10 Elections “Tainted” By
Alexander Martin Remollino
Media, Lawyers’ Groups Slam DoJ, Comelec for Media Gag By
BULATLAT.COM
Burning the Voters’ Mandate in Isabela By Dabet Castañeda
Election Violence in Mindanao: ‘They Just Opened Fire!’ By
Daisy C. Gonzales
Youth Party to
File Contempt Raps vs Akbayan By Emily Vital
Political
Dynasties Still Rule Philippine Politics By Carlos H. Conde
NL Dynasties and Kingpins: Some are In, Some are Out
By Pio Verzola Jr.
Low Turnout for Party-List Votes in Northern Luzon
By Northern Dispatch
In Baguio: Opposition
Votes Show People’s Voice vs Corporate Interests By Northern Dispatch
Commentary -
U.S. Imperialism and the 2004 Elections By Ricco Alejandro Santos
human rights watch
Mother cries
justice for 2 kids: ‘Agoy! Dyos Ko, ang Balay Ko!’ (Oh my god! My house!) By Dabet Castañeda
Killings Alarm Dutch-Filipino HR Movement
By D.L. Mondelo
General Rapped by Rights Body for Mindoro Killings
By Emily Vital
OFW Remittances Needed to Pay Foreign Debt, Offset Deficit By Danilo Araña Arao
Philippines Faces AIDS Explosion
By Carlos H. Conde
William H. Hinton (1919 –2004)
By John Mage
Book Review -
Hearing the Music of Filipino Culture: A review of Bienvenido Lumbera's Sa Sariling Bayan
By Charlie Samuya Veric
PHOTO OF THE WEEK - SEXIST AD IN WORLD HERITAGE SITE
By Ace Alegre/BULATLAT.COM
Vol. 4, No. 15 May 16-22, 2004
ELECTION WATCH
ANALYSIS - Arroyo’s Sham Elections: Or How the Military Tried to Disenfranchise the Left
By Bobby Tuazon
Military-instigated Fraud and Terror vs Moro Vote Decried
By BULATLAT.COM
Party-list Groups Deplore ‘State-directed Fraud and Terrorism’; Protest in 60 provinces, 15 regions set next week
By Gerry Albert Corpuz
In Quezon: 2 Slain, 2 Declared Missing
By Dabet Castañeda
“No One Should Have to Die...Just so Elections may be Held” – Int’l Election Observer By
Alexander Martin Remollino
Sison: Massive Cheating Can Ignite Protest Movement to Topple Regime By
BULATLAT.COM
ANALYSIS - DepEd Using Wrong Solution to Wrong Problem By
Danilo Araña Arao
human rights watch
Missing Alleged Red Leader Surfaces in Mindoro Police Jail
NDFP says Serrano is covered by immunity guarantee; demands his release
By Dabet Castañeda
Related article:
Serrano’s Side By Dabet Castañeda
PHOTO OF THE WEEK - FIGHTING OFF THE DARKNESS
By Northern Dispatch/BULATLAT.COM
NEWS AT A GLANCE
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Gabriela scores Bulacan party-list officers’ arrest
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Bring home OFWs in Iraq
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Lacson's treachery should forewarn all – Ka Roger
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OFWs warned of South Korea's new employment system
Vol. 4, Special Election Issue May 12, 2004
ELECTION WATCH
Gonzales, AFP Accused Anew of Mounting Dirty Tricks vs Party-List Groups
By Dabet Castañeda
Initial List of Election-Related Human Rights Violations
At the Polls: Chaos, Confusion, Violence, Anger
By Carlos H. Conde
Isabela
Burning: Dys Want to Keep Power Grip By Dabet Castañeda
Youth Party Says Akbayan Stealing Votes
By Emily Vital
Widespread Vote-Buying in Negros Reported
By Karl G. Ombion
Missing Voters’ Names, Violence Mar Cordillera Polls
By Northern Dispatch
Arroyo Must Have a Clear Mandate
By Carlos H. Conde
Campaign 2004: What the Voters Missed
By Carlos H. Conde
Vol. 4, No. 14 May 2-8, 2004
ELECTION WATCH
2004 Campaign Trail Leaves 10 Party-list Members Dead; 3 Others Missing
By BULATLAT.COM
Bayan Muna Pays Tribute to Martyrs in Miting de Avance
By Alexander Martin Remollino
Anak ng Bayan Nominee Links Armed Group to his Arrest
By Karl G. Ombion and Edmund Sestoso
Exposed: Massive Cheating, Vote-Buying by Arroyos in
Negros By Karl G. Ombion
Same Old Faces Rule Northern Philippine Politics
By Northern Dispatch
Priest Leads Campaign vs. ‘Corrupt’ Mayor
By Mars S. Marata
As nation goes to polls: Human Rights Must be Respected - Amnesty International
By BULATLAT.COM
Purchasing Power Drops in Election
Derby By Danilo Araña Arao
human rights watch
Torture of 2 NPA Suspects to be Raised to JMC By Tyrone Velez
As military storms Anakpawis HQ: 4 Bayan Muna Members Killed in ‘Valley of Death’
By Tyrone Velez
Alleged Red Leader in AFP Custody Declared Missing
By Dabet Castañeda
Ex-Gov’t Exec, Now Red Leader, says PTC
Goes to the People By BULATLAT.COM
Joan Carling’s Journey to Damascus By Alexander Martin Remollino
PHOTO OF THE WEEK - NOT ALL FIRE
By Aubrey SC Makilan/BULATLAT.COM
DEMOCRATIC SPACE -
Journalists' view: Public is the first beneficiary of press freedom By the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP)
NEWS AT A GLANCE
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Block voting should not be allowed --- PILC
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Migrante questions GMA project charged to OWWA
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Study leave on human rights for soldiers
ALTERNATIVE READER NO. 82
COMPILED BY BULATLAT.COM
Torture, Incorporated: Let the Wall of Silence Fall
By Virginia Tilley
