NI AXEL PINPIN Inilathala ng Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 30, August 31-September 6, 2008 Kumupas at kumupis ang kalendaryo Kumalampag at ipininid ang kandado Kumupad at bumilis ang oras Nagasgas at numipis ang rehas Dumatal at umalis ang lamig Sumagad at umibis ang init Nangutya at tiniis ang inip Nanuya at nanikis ang inis Walong [...]
Sunday, August 31, 2008Hindi naman ako nawawalan ng tulog kapag nagdedesisyon ako tungkol sa katawan. Napag-isipan kong magpatubo ng goatee. Hindi naman ako tinutubuan ng kumpletong bigote kaya hanggang goatee na lang. Maraming referensya ang banggit ng mga tao hinggil sa goatee ko. Ang pinakahuli ay si Ho Chi Minh, at hinihingi na raw niyang ibalik ko ito. [...]
Sunday, August 31, 2008Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (LCMCo) is facing a government probe for allegedly polluting rivers in Mankayan, Benguet, Cervantes, Ilocos Sur and communities along Abra River, one of the five biggest rivers in the country. BY ACE ALEGRE Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 30, August 31-September 6, 2008 MANKAYAN, Benguet—Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company [...]
Sunday, August 31, 2008The June 4 decision of the Japan Supreme Court will reverse the old law which only grants nationality to Japanese-Filipino children whose parents were married legally. The new law will include children whose parents are not legally married. BY GERMELINA A. LACORTE Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 30, August 31-September 6, 2008 [...]
Sunday, August 31, 2008BY ATTY. BEVERLY SELIM-MUSNI Initiatives for Peace In Mindanao DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat.com Volume VIII, Number 30, August 31 – September 6, 2008 Mrs. Arroyo’s policy-shift in her administration’s peace negotiations to ‘disarmament, demobilization, and rehabilitation’ will spell more disaster than bring about peace especially in Mindanao. Already, Malacañang has hinted at reneging on [...]
Sunday, August 31, 2008The Meralco case is not about public interest; it is all about conflicting business interests. And it is being decided not on the basis of the strength of arguments but by the power of money and influence. This is the depth by which our system of governance, and of rendering justice have been corrupted. BY [...]
Sunday, August 31, 2008The peace process can bring about a simulated peace – but not the final solution to the Bangsamoro people’s historic and just grievances. BY THE POLICY STUDY, PUBLICATION, AND ADVOCACY Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) ANALYSIS Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 30, August 31-September 6, 2008 I. Bringing the MILF to the [...]
Sunday, August 31, 2008As the global economic crisis reaches new lows this first half and with worse to follow in the coming months or even years, the Philippine labor force is being battered by one gut-level whammy after another. While the effects of the surge in prices of petroleum products, rice and electricity are indeed being borne by [...]
Sunday, August 31, 2008Being jailed is not new to KMP leader Randall Echanis, 60. His detention in January this year following his arrest in Bago City, Negros Occidental is his third already. It is the prison conditions he is now in that are new to him. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 30, [...]
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Justice Under Fire
Filipinos join protests against NATO in Chicago, US (Photo by Brett Jelinek / Bulatlat.com)
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