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February 10, 2012
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Bulatlat: A Decade of Incisive, Progressive Journalism IN MEMORIAM

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(Mariveles, Bataan) The history of Bataan betrays its tranquility as the province is witness to the most greusome crimes of past and present – the Death March in 1942 which killed thousands of guerillas fighting the Japanese Occupation forces during World War II and, in 2006, saw the torture of Karen Empeno and Sherlyn Cadapan, [...]

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With the way speculators and giant oil companies have been playing with oil prices, one could not help but be incensed. Why would oil prices rise when there has been no supply shock nor an increase in costs of producing oil? The sharp increases in pump prices have been dealing speculators and oil companies, and [...]

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A dog is made to choose which hotdog brand and make he likes. (Commonwealth Market, Quezon City)

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Street Shooter: Backhoe


In Payatas, Quezon City, a backhoe buries Metro Manila’s trash under a rising mountain of unsegregated garbage, like how another was used to bury 58 massacre victims on top of a lonely mountain in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, last November. In light of the recent murder of one of the most important witnesses of the massacre, the backhoe is fast becoming a morbid symbol of impunity in a country that uses it to bury massacre victims, as well as dreams.

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The "Street Shooter" is Raymund B. Villanueva, an activist, journalist, poet and a street-photography enthusiast. More Street Shooter Photos
June 25, 2010, 3:42 PM    
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