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By XANDRA BISENIO
Through the stock distribution option such as the one in Hacienda Luisita, the essence of land reform has been distorted to benefit landowners, denying the farmers of actual land redistribution.
Summary of relevant information and analysis of what happened on the days leading up to and the day itself of the Hacienda Lusita massacre on November 16, 2004 Prepared by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) from a Fact-Finding Mission it led in Nov. 2004. 1....
On November 11, 2009, the Comelec Second Division promulgated its decision denying the petition for registration of the ANG LADLAD LGBT Party for the Party List System of Representation in the House of Representatives. The decision denied the petition on moral...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Human-rights advocate welcome the signing into law of Republic Act 9745, which penalizes acts of torture in the Philippines. The challenge now, they say, is for the Arroyo administration to effectively implement it, given its sordid human-rights record.
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Writer, blogger and legislative staff Maureen Hermitanio did not expect that she would be put under surveillance by state agents. In four separate incidents between Oct. 24 and Nov. 3, two men visited Hermitanio's residence...
Noynoy Aquino may not have stolen money from the nation’s coffers but he has been stealing land from the farmers of Hacienda Luisita. The issue of the farmers of Hacienda Luisita is not merely a test of his mettle as a presidential candidate but, more importantly, it is a test of his sense of justice.
By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS Counterpunch Posted by Bulatlat The US government is now so totally under the thumbs of organized interest groups that “our” government can no longer respond to the concerns of the American people who elect the president and the members of the...
By FRANKLIN C. SPINNEY Marmaris, Turkey CounterPunch International Posted by Bulatlat.com In the opening lines of the oldest treatise on the conduct of war, Sun Tzu said that the question of war is vital to the state, and therefore, it is imperative to study it....
By EUGENE ROBINSON Truthout International Posted by Bulatlat.com WASHINGTON – The most dreadful burden of the presidency - the power to send men and women to die for their country - seems to weigh heavily on Barack Obama these days. He went to Dover Air Force Base...
By ALFRED W. MCCOY TomDispatch.com International Posted by Bulatlat.com In his approach to National Security Agency surveillance, as well as CIA renditions, drone assassinations, and military detention, President Obama has to a surprising extent embraced the...
9 November 2009 We, the International Committee DEFEND, wish to express our heartfelt gratitude and high appreciation to five members of the Dutch First Chamber (Senate), who belong to various major parties, for raising last 3 November 2009 questions aimed at...
Statement on the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, 9 November 2009 By PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee International League of Peoples' Struggle Posted by (Bulatlat.com) Since the fall of the Berlin wall on 9...
By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
The Asia Foundation, a “charity group” founded and funded by the CIA that represents American political and economic interests in Asia, is now part of a group that would help facilitate the peace process between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Through the generations, many of the Filipinos in Hawaii attained their dreams of greener pastures, and other Filipinos continue to go there in search of more decent opportunities. Their dreams, however, have been crumbling in the face of the financial crisis, which hit the US in 2008. They have not been spared from the effects of the crisis.
BAGUIO CITY – The oldest and most widespread grassroots organization advocating indigenous peoples’ rights in northern Luzon, the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA), is holding is 10th congress since it was established in June 1984. The CPA traces its origins to the...
BAGUIO CITY? Resistance to the San Roque mega dam here had peaked about two decades ago. Today, after a massive flash flood submerged most of Pangasinan, there is a renewed drive to protest. Lugging streamers, placards and relief goods, the Bayanihan Alay sa...
The Kilusang Mayo Uno said the “assumption of jurisdiction” order issued by the labor secretary has been abused and has been used in many instances to break up strikes, often violently, as what happened in Hacienda Luisita in 2004.
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