By MARK WEISBROT Truthout International Posted by Bulatlat.com Folha de Sao Paulo, Brazil – In Brazil, as in the United States, most people do not vote for a president on the basis of foreign policy issues. Yet sometimes the result matters for the rest of the world – as when President George W. Bush was…
Day: October 16, 2010
Deconstructing Israeli Media Distortions
By IRA CHERNUS Truthout International Posted by Bulatlat.com It’s a rather ordinary, run-of-the-mill piece of Israeli government propaganda – an op-ed in The New York Times, October 14, by Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren. Precisely because it is so typical, it’s a fine specimen to deconstruct, to see how Israeli propaganda works.…
Chile’s Ghosts Are Not Being Rescued
by John Pilger Truth-Out.org Posted by Bulatlat.com The rescue of 33 miners in Chile is an extraordinary drama filled with pathos and heroism. It is also a media windfall for the Chilean government, whose every beneficence is recorded by a forest of cameras. One cannot fail to be impressed. However, like all great media events,…
Soneto sa Anino
Ni RICHARD GAPPI Bulatlat.com Alkansaya ka kung saan isinusuksok Mga larawan ng ligaya at lungkot Habang may awit nang tila nabubulok Halimuyak sa akin kung diwa’y lugmok. Dahil anino kang kambal at kasalo Kung kaya ako ngayo’y nagiging tao Itim sa puti’y tingkad sa pagkatao Puti sa itim madaling natatanto. Kung ang bayan walang ipon…
Salungguhit: Who is The Biggest Gainer?
Who is The Biggest Gainer?
Two OFWs in Saudi Arabia Denied Shelter by Philippine Embassy
By Bulatlat.com MANILA – Two overseas Filipino workers were not accepted in Bahay Kalinga, a shelter for runaway OFWs managed by the Philippine embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. They were told that they need to get an endorsement from embassy case officers first. Vicente Muana and Zosima Montrey, both working as beauticians, ran away from…
Aquino’s First 100 Days Disappointing Say Rights, Peasant Groups in Northern Luzon
By ADELA DEYAEN WAYAS and KIMBERLIE OLMAYA NGABIT-QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY -Human rights groups and a peasant organization in the Cordillera and Ilocos regions said they are disappointed with the performance of President Benigno Aquino III in his first 100 days. The groups said he failed to address the issues of…
Relatives Demand Justice For Murder of Peasant
By KIMBERLIE OLMAYA NGABIT-QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY— The family of an Ilocos Sur peasant believed to have been murdered by elements of the 5th Division of the Philippine Army last September demanded justice for their kin as they denounced claims of the 5th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army that the…
Removing Ombudsman Is Sign of Seriousness to Prosecute Arroyo, Groups Tell Aquino
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Progressive groups have taken two tacks in their effort to remove Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez — the filing of an impeachment complaint and urging President Benigno Aquino II to remove Gutierrez — because, they said, Gutierrez is the biggest obstacle to the prosecution of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Sidebar: The Impeachment Complaint Against Ombudsman Gutierrez
The Impeachment Complaint Against Ombudsman Gutierrez
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – “Merceditas N. Gutierrez’s constitutional duty as Ombudsman is to act promptly on complaints for acts filed in any form or manner against public officials or employees of the government, or any of its subdivision, agency or instrumentality, including government-owned or controlled corporations, and, in appropriate cases, to…
Army Troopers Posing as Outlaws Killed, Buried Ilocos Peasant, Residents Demand Justice
By KIMBERLIE OLMAYA NGABIT-QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY– Another Ilocos Sur peasant was believed to have been abducted and killed by a special commando operations unit of the 5th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army, who residents said had been posing as long-haired, armed outlaws. The body of Nicolas Ramos, 45 ,…