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BULATLAT ARCHIVES

2006

NOVEMBER

Vol. VI, No. 42 Nov. 26 - Dec 2, 2006

SPECIAL REPORT
Visayan Farmers, Landlords say CARP a Failure; Urge Overhaul
BY KARL G. OMBION

On Golloso kids' slay:
'Only Soldiers Were in Our Village That Day'

BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

Canadian Envoy Tells Arroyo to Listen to Appeals on Killings
As members of a Canadian fact-finding mission are held by the military

By Bulatlat

Troops in Metro: For Demolition or Rebel Hunting?
By DABET CASTAÑEDA

In Canada: Filipino Professionals End Up in Low-Paying Jobs
BY BULATLAT

‘Going Down the Drain’
Foreign investors asked to withdraw from Arroyo’s flagship mining project

BY BULATLAT

Students Oppose Tuition Increase, Demand Refund
BY ZOFI LEAL

UP Manila Wears Black in Fight vs Tuition, Other Increases
BY REYNA MAE TABBADA

ANALYSIS
ASEAN and the U.S. Agenda in Asia
BY SONNY AFRICA

As ASEAN Summit nears
Rights Abuses Intensify in Cebu

By Emily Vital

Furor Over JPEPA: Will Davao’s Banana Workers Benefit from It?
By CARLOS CONDE

Radio Plugs to Educate Women on Their Rights, End Violence
BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN

The Rise and Decline of the Neoconservatives in the U.S.
By Jim Lobe and Michael Flynn

CULTURE

Shared Perspectives
By Lisa Ito

DAGLI SA KRISIS

Trivia ‘bout Diff’rent Universities, Colleges in RP
(Walang Pikunan. Joke Joke Joke Lang!)

Ni Roland Tolentino

TULA (POETRY)
How did I Spend My First Interrogation Night?
NI AXEL PINPIN

Magpapatuloy ang Kahapon 
NI RAUL FUNILAS

Moog na Prinsipyo

NI RADO CERVO

ALTERNATIVE READER
Has a Secret Deal Been Made in Nepal ?
BY RATAN BHANDARI

SalunggUhit
The Real Mass Graves 

PHOTO OF THE WEEK
All in a Day’s Work 

 

Vol. VI, No. 41 Nov. 19 - 25, 2006

Farmers Acquitted; Soldiers in Palo Massacre Face Criminal Suit
BY JOHANN HEIN B. ARPON

LABOR WATCH

Soldiers Harass Unions to Disaffiliate with KMU
By DABET CASTAÑEDA

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Soldiers Nab Three Civilians in Pampanga
BY BULATLAT

Gov’t Hiding Real Plans for Proposed Integration - Health Workers
BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN

ANALYSIS
Nicole’s Ordeal is More than Rape
BY BENJIE OLIVEROS

NEWS Analysis
Macapagal-Arroyo Wants Subjectivism in Media
BY DANILO ARAÑA ARAO

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Slain UCCP Pastor was Holding His Child when Last Seen with Soldiers
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

Luisita massacre 2nd anniversary
Fight For Land and Justice Continues

BY ABNER BOLOS

Aussie Workers Remember Luisita Massacre, Denounce Political Killings
BY CAESAR BEN BASAN BAROÑA

To protest ASEAN Summit in Cebu in December
Progressive Groups Mount Archipelago-wide Caravan

By Emily Vital

To Denounce U.S. Intervention
Five Fisherfolk Leaders to Swim Mactan Channel
BY GERRY ALBERT CORPUZ

ANALYSIS

Loyalty to the Commander-in-Chief, Above All Else
By the Center for People Empower in Governance (CenPEG)

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Slain Cagayan Peasant Leader was ‘Marked for Liquidation’
BY ABE ALMIROL

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Wounded Pastor Still Hunted by Assassins in Hospitals
BY KIM QUITASOL

Lawyer to the People
BY CHERYLL FIEL

After Scoring Killings, U.S. Firms are Dared to Match Words with Action
By DENNIS ESPADA

‘Tagaytay 5’ Seek Immediate Release
BY DENNIS ESPADA

Not Just for the Vain and ‘Petty’
BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN

STREETWISE
The Return of Fascist Rule
BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO

BOOK REVIEW

Robbing the 2004 Polls
BY INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO

DAGLI SA KRISIS

Trivia ‘bout Diff’rent Universities, Colleges in RP
(Walang Pikunan. Joke Joke Joke Lang!)

Ni Roland Tolentino

TULA (POETRY)
Christmas Party
NI MARK ANGELES

ALTERNATIVE READER

- The New Media Offensive for the Iraq War
By Norman Solomon

- US Commander in Iraq to Face Democrats Eager for Troop Cuts
By Ann Scott Tyson

- The Carlyle White House
By William Rivers Pitt

- Richard Haass: "Iraq Is Not Winnable"
Interview by Georg Mascolo

- A Way Out of Iraq
By Russ Feingold

- Official Says US May Mull Pre-Emptive Iran Strike
By Adrian Croft
DEMOCRATIC SPACE
Amongst the Workers of Hacienda Luisita: A Reflection on the Life of a Pastor’s Child who Offered His Life
BY THE CHRISTIAN YOUTH FELLOWSHIP-UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST IN THE PHILIPPINES

SalunggUhit
Derailed

PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Raking In for Fun

 

Vol. VI, No. 40 Nov. 12 - 18, 2006

Port Workers Gear for Strikes as Mass Lay-offs Loom
By DABET CASTAÑEDA

Swiss Gov’t Action Sought in 2 Relief Volunteers’ Abduction
Female volunteers were interrogated, ordered to strip by Arroyo soldiers

BY D. L. MONDELO

Despite the absence of a law to integrate GOCC hospitals
Office Merging 5 Gov’t Hospitals in Place

BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN

ANALYSIS
Indicting Bush
BY BENJIE OLIVEROS

ANALYSIS
U.S. Vote vs Bush, Democrats’ Win?
By BOBBY TUAZON

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
One of Bicol Pastor’s Killers had Army Mission Order
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

Within three days in Northern Luzon
Peasant Leader Killed; Pastor Survives Assassination Try

By Emily Vital

Ambushed Ilocos Pastor had Death Threats
BY KIM QUITASOL

Throw out Case vs Punks – Kin, Friends to Baguio Fiscal
BY NESTOR GUILLERMO

Militants to Commemorate 2nd Luisita Massacre Anniversary
By Gitnang Luzon News Service

Nenita Mahinay and People’s Lawyering
BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW

Gov’t Spies in State U: Threat to Academic Freedom
By REYNA MAE TABBADA

Street University in Cebu Launched; Takes on agenda of 12th ASEAN Summit
By KAREN PAPELLERO

U.S., Japan May Use Asean to Railroad Bilateral Trade Pacts
By IBON Foundation

The War on Terror is a Deliberate Strategy to Criminalize Every Resistance against Capitalism
By Atty. Raf Jespers

CULTURE

Publikhaan: Making Human Rights Issues Public
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

DAGLI SA KRISIS

Buti Pa…

Ni Roland Tolentino

TULA (POETRY)

Ang Pagdalaw sa Libingan ng mga Buhay*
NI AXEL PINPIN

Sa Pagdalaw sa Libingan ng mga Buhay

(Tugon sa Tagaytay 5)
Ni Ronalyn Olea

Gutom

NI CORAZON CAÑETE

ALTERNATIVE READER
On the Sentence by Hanging of Saddam Hussein 

- This Was a Guilty Verdict on America as Well
By Robert Fisk

- Hollow Victory: The Hanging of Saddam
By Ehsan Ahrari

- Justice?
BY MICHEL COLLON

- Outlaw Empire Meets the Wave: 5 Questions for Our Future
By Tom Engelhardt

- Trial a Mockery of Justice
Statement by Ramsey Clark and other defense attorneys for President Saddam Hussein

- Serious Doubts Raised Over Fairness of Trial
By Calum MacDonald

- Saddam's Unindicted Co-Conspirator: Donald Rumsfeld
By Normon Solomon

SalunggUhit
Derailed

PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Floating Car

 

Vol. VI, No. 39 Nov. 5 - 11, 2006

Enter Our Aussie Military Mates
BY CAESAR BEN BASAN BAROÑA

Constitution Not Cure-all for Mindanao Strife, Says MILF Leader
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

Medical Tourism to Lay Off Workers in 5 Public Hospitals
By PHILIP PARAAN

ANALYSIS

Widespread Hunger Belies Arroyo’s Growth Claims 
BY BENJIE OLIVEROS

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Mindanao Nuns Condemn Cops’ Raid of Convents, ‘Attack’ on Church People
BY BULATLAT

Lighting the Way Home for Desaparecidos
BY BULATLAT

ANALYSIS

Human Rights and the Quest for Justice
Arroyo Faces Trial for War Crimes in The Hague

By the CENTER FOR PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT IN GOVERNANCE (CenPEG)

Related article:

Indicting the Arroyo Regime

ANALYSIS

Despite Election of Philippines to 2 UN Bodies:
No Exoneration of Bleak Human Rights Record

By Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)

STREETWISE*

Subic Rape Case, a Year After
BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO

MIGRANTS WATCH

For joining union
3 Filipino Welders Sacked in Australia

By CAESAR BEN BASAN BAROÑA

Sagada Produces Multi-Purpose Bio Green Fertilizer
BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW

DAGLI SA KRISIS

20 Good Reasons to be ‘Pinoy’ (Thought Balloons, Unang Bahagi)
Ni Roland Tolentino

DEMOCRATIC SPACE
For Harping on Improved Credit Rating: GMA Must Resign due to Mental Incapacity – Beltran
BY ANAKPAWIS PARTY-LIST

TULA (POETRY)

Ang Gabi ay Gabi
NI AXEL PINPIN

Sa Bulwagang Rizal, Binato ng Itlog at Putik si AFP Chief of Staff Hermogenes Esperon
NI PHILIP ANORICO

SalunggUhit
Who’s to Blame?

PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Windmills of Bangui 

 

BREAKING NEWS
-
Militant Leader Survives Attempt on Life
- Human Rights Group Chair in Eastern Samar, Assassinated
- Army issues shoot-to-kill order on NE peasant leader 


Vol. VI, No. 38 Oct. 29 - Nov. 4, 2006

Full Circle: The Philippines and the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

Related Article:
An Urgent Appeal to the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) of the Lelio Basso International Foundation for the Rights and Liberation of People (Foundation)

Political Killings Break Hearts of Filipino Expatriates
BY D.L MONDELO

Trailing Hadji Akmad Bayam
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO

Labor Lawyers Bring Fight to CHR
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA

Hacienda Reyes’ Farmers Oppressed, their Rights Violated
BY DENNIS ESPADA

On the proposed tuition hike:
UP could be State University No More
BY REYNA MAE TABBADA

Related Article:
‘How can students like us cope?’ – UP Grad

RP Stands to Lose P9 B a Year in Tariff Revenues under JPEPA
BY IBON FOUNDATION

Graveyards of the Living
BY TRINA FEDERIS

Cordillera Peoples Alliance Stronger Despite Repression
BY ABIGAIL T. BENGWAYAN

Baguio Drivers’ Blood Contaminated with Lead, Study Shows
BY LYN V. RAMO

DAGLI SA KRISIS

Kailan Uuwi ang Bangkay ni Attorney Pahilga?
Ni Roland Tolentino

DEMOCRATIC SPACE
Light a Candle for the Disappeared
BY DESAPARECIDOS

No Justice Yet for Slain Luisita Union Leader
BY RENE GALANG

TULA (POETRY)

At Nawawala Pa Rin ang Aking Kaibigan at Kasamahan
NI PHILIP ANORICO

Lungkasan*
NI FRANCISCO MONTESEÑA

Diyarista
NI NOEL SALES BARCELONA

SalunggUhit
No Cause for Joy 

PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Peeling a Pailful for a Pittance