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Congress should not waste time locked up on the contentious proposal for a Con-Ass as there are more pressing issues that should be addressed, an activist congressman says. By Bulatlat.com Rep. Crispin Beltran of Anakpawis (toiling masses) party-list called Dec. 9...
The constitutional amendments being pushed by the administration camp at the House of Representatives will make impeachment impossible, the spokesperson of a broad-based group of lawyers, paralegals, and law students says. He also said convening Congress into a...
The political crisis now cannot be solved by the shift to a parliamentary system with Macapagal-Arroyo and her allies imposing themselves upon the Filipino people. The Filipino people need less of them, not more. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Against all odds,...
For couple Librado and Martina Gallardo of Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija, the torture and the threats inflicted on them by soldiers of the 48th Infantry Battalion were so brutal they chose to commit suicide. Even the dead couple’s son, Jason, was beaten so bad for...
BY FRANK MANGULABNAN UGNAYAN-Central Luzon Posted by Bulatlat.com We, the victims of the eruptions and succeeding after-effects (the lahar avalanche) of Mt. Pinatubo beginning 1991 – particularly we, the people, in the provinces of Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales in...
Blurred shots from a digital video camera. Themes coming from the outskirts, railroads, bay walks. People are stories themselves. Alternatively, sometimes just like a TV commercial. Parcel by parcel, bit by bit, you get to know them. That is how Emmanuel dela Cruz...
While homes powered by commercial electricity contend with high power rates, the agriculture-dependent residents of the village where the joint project of the Montañosa Research and Development Center (MRDC) and the Mabaca tribe of Bayawong was recently set up only...
Jueteng operations in Baguio City allegedly hiding under the cloak of legalized bingo met a big stumbling block last week when Cordillera policemen simultaneously raided “gambling dens” including a barangay (village) hall. BY ACE ALEGRE Contributed to Bulatlat.com...
On Dec. 11 stop the killings.be, a coalition of 65 trade union organizations, NGOs and political parties, held a torch vigil in front of the Philippine embassy in Brussels at the occasion of international human rights day. They commemorated the victims of political...
Despite the outward glamour and relatively high salaries offered in call centers – things that are valued by many college-level youth nowadays – there are some painful trade-offs affecting call-center agents. BY PIO VERZOLA, JR. Northern Dispatch Posted by...
The pain of the forced disappearance of her parents is still fresh but she manages to be strong for her brother. This Christmas will be a sad and hard one for Malaya Intise and her brother Bayan, but she still has hope that she will find their parents soon. BY...
Members of the Canadian Human Rights Fact-Finding Mission to the Philippines marked the celebration of the International Human Rights Day by joining gatherings of various community organizations in forums that took the Canadian government to task for “paying lip...
The Philippines has the notorious distinction of being the second most dangerous country for journalists topped only by Iraq. It is also one of the most dangerous places for workers and political activists. Now it has been adjudged as the most dangerous place for...
“And UP will have really lost its character, and soul, as a State University,” said Faculty Regent Roland Simbulan in his dissenting vote to the tuition increase. And lost it did. BY REYNA MAE TABBADA Bulatlat.com “And UP will have really lost its character, and...
(First of two parts) This Christmas season, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo paints a rosy picture for workers especially in so-called “industrial enclaves” such as the Clark Special Economic Zone (CSEZ) in Pampanga and the Subic Bay Free Port Economic Zone...
Ni Mykel Andrada Inilathala ng Bulatlat.com Nung nagsisilbi pa ako bilang Vice-Chairperson ng University Student Council ng U.P. Diliman (2001-2002), dalawang palisiya ng administrasyon ng U.P. laban sa mga estudyante ng unibersidad ang naipatupad. Dalawang bagay...
NI ROLAND TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Unang Bersyon: Mga nasagap kong balita sa Singapore: 1. Uso pa rin ang pamamalo. May iba’t ibang laki at taba ng yantok na mabibili sa mga lumang tindahan, depende sa laki ng batang papaluin. 2. Hindi pwedeng pag-usapan ang yaman ng...
The tendency to counterpoise "prayer" and "protest" served the ends of Malacanang to diffuse, diminish and blunt the political impact of the broadly-supported action against con-ass, Cha-cha and, verily, against the Arroyo regime itself. By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo...
During their first ever Buri festival, the residents of San Juan, Ilocos Sur are trying to land a place in the Guinness Book of World Records by weaving the world’s longest buri mat (palm leaf thatch), spanning four kilometers. By Ace Alegre Contributed to...
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