NI JOI BARRIOS-LEBLANC Syento Beinte Singko Gasino na ang syento beinte singko? Apat na kilo ng bigas, ilang saing sa hapag ng mahirap. Anim na pirasong galunggong, Simutin mula ulo hanggang buntot, at nang makatawid gutom. Kahit noodles ay laman na rin ng sikmura at sa limang pisong pakete mula sa pabrika. busog ka sa…
Day: May 2, 2009
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NI GELACIO GUILLERMO Inilathala ng (Bulatlat.com) 1. Trabaho Bata pa si Pin Marunong nang magtrabaho— Magtanim ng kamote, Manghuli ng isda, Magluto, Maghugas ng pinggan, Mag-alaga ng mga kapatid. Ang batang si Pin Sa usapan ng matatanda’y Mahilig makinig. Panahon ng Hapon, Ang diyes anyos na Pin Kumilos na kuryer Ng mga gerilya. Kumusta na…
Ghost Reforestation Projects in Benguet Town
In what is virtually a can of worms opened, millions of pesos in ghost reforestation projects stink along the San Roque Multipurpose Dam-associated projects in Itogon, Benguet. BY ACE ALEGRE Contributor Bulatlat Itogon, Benguet (200 kilometers north of Manila) – In what is virtually a can of worms opened, millions of pesos in ghost reforestation…
Council Of EU Fails to Present Any Concrete Evidence of Any Specific Act of Terrorism Against Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Council Of EU Fails to Present Any Concrete Evidence of Any Specific Act of Terrorism Against Prof. Jose Maria Sison BY THE INTERNATIONAL DEFEND COMMITTEE DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by (Bulatlat.com) The oral procedure in the case of Prof. Jose Maria Sison against the Council of the European Union for unjustly maintaining him in the so-called…
Drowning Out Justice
When Jonas Burgos’s relatives and friends trooped to Camp Aguinaldo last April 28 to mark the second anniversary of his disappearance, their prayers and speeches were drowned out with loud and lewd music. (BY FLON FAURILLO/Bulatlat.com)
Workers Mark Labor Day with Calls for Jobs, Wage Hikes
Members of workers’ groups and other cause-oriented organizations came in their thousands, from all over Metro Manila and adjacent provinces, to mark Labor Day by denouncing the US for causing the country’s current economic troubles and demanding for job security and temporary relief. They also reiterated their demand for a legislated wage hike, which was first put forward in 1999.
‘Philippine Gov’t Lied About Torture Cases Before UN Body’ – Victims
In a statement sent to Bulatlat, the Philippine UPR Watch said Ermita consumed the time of the whole session and left the Committee members with little time to ask more searching and probing questions even after being reminded, a couple of times, to shorten its report. “It was pretty obvious to the Philippine and international NGOs that the Philippine delegation was just “dribbling” the time away to avoid being put to task for its general and high-falluting replies spruced up with cute acronyms that – in the words of another Committee member – have “nothing on the practical side” and have no value on the ground,” the group said.
Artists, Activists Take Anti-VFA Fight to Bars
Artists and activists staged a three-leg bar tour of gigs as a build-up towards the 10th anniversary of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO CULTURE Bulatlat Paslangin ang bawat salita ng humamak sa kasarian: Puta, kiri, kerida, haliparot, talipandas, putang ina mo. Tiyakin ang poot, petsa at oras, lahat ng sandali at…
Video: They Sing Workers’ Pleas
Kotse: They Sing Workers’ Pleas
Kin of Slain Journalists Continue to Search for Justice
Kevin Jorge Esperat vividly remembers how his mother Marlene was killed inside their home in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat more than four years ago; Gloria Cuesta struggles to raise her six children without her husband. Both of them, like the other families of slain journalists, continue their search for justice. BY RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat…
Of Toxic Wastes, Warlords, and Pirates
The toxic wastes polluting Somalia’s seas did not just end up there by accident after being washed up the shore by the tsunami of 2005. BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Correspondent Bulatlat The toxic wastes polluting Somalia’s seas did not just end up there by accident after being washed up the shore by the tsunami of…