In a perfect world, Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan never would have met. The atrocity that befell them, a most horrendous fate, never would have happened. And they never would have stood now as a testament to the rot that is eating away at the core of this country.
Hiding the Truth, The Arroyo government is claiming credit for purportedly shielding the economy from the world economic crisis. But its claims are so far from the truth. The people are already feeling the crunch and even the statistics of the government point to a downward spin in the economy. (By Flon Faurillo)
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By LILIANA SEGURA AlterNet International Posted by Bulatlat If the recent outbreak of right-wing gun violence wasn’t alarming enough, this week brought news that people whose names appear on the U.S. government’s terrorist watch list have somehow managed to purchase firearms at a frighteningly steady rate. Just how steady? According to a new report by…
Since the sex-video scandal erupted, actress Katrina Halili has faced the crisis head-on, filed cases against Hayden Kho and, she tells Bulatlat, will pursue justice even if it destroys her career. Her courage, the women’s group Gabriela says, has inspired other victims of similar abuse.
By Kathy Kelly Truthout International Posted by Bulatlat ‘In early June 2009, I was in the Shah Mansoor displaced persons camp in Pakistan, listening to one resident detail the carnage that had spurred his and his family’s flight there a mere 15 days earlier. Their city, Mingora, had come under massive aerial bombardment. He recalled…
By LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY — A woman in her 50’s could not help but cry at the thought that six of her nephews and nieces are facing imminent danger in Mankayan. Janet Mayanggao, a resident of Colalo, Mankayan, Benguet, was among the locals who retold stories about incidents…
By ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat SAGADA, Mountain Province – Army troopers based here, 275 kms. north of Manila, forcibly took two Sagada tourist guides and used them as human shields and guides in their military operations at the forested areas near Abra. Sources identified the tourist guides as Christopher Angway and…
By Aldwin Quitasol Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY — The New People’s Army (NPA) in the province of Abra hit the 50th Infantry Battalion of the 503rd Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for preventing the people and the family of slain NPA guerrilla fighter Michael “Ka Tarius” Reyes from…
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat MANILA — The Arroyo government can no longer hide the truth: the crisis-ridden economy is on a downward spin. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her economic managers have been boasting that their economic policies have shielded the country from the effects of the global economic crisis. Even as the administration projected…