Panagbenga Festival highlights its Cordillera history and heritage (Photo by Artemio A. Dumlao)
Day: February 25, 2012
US blocking Philippine bid to regulate rice imports – KMP
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) is outraged against what it described as the United State government’s attempts to blackmail the Philippines. The US is standing against the petition of the Philippines to the World Trade Organization for the extension of the Quantitative Restriction (QR) on rice…
Palawan river poisoned with cancer-causing chemicals- Kalikasan PNE
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Environmental groups are pointing an accusing finger at irresponsible mining operators for the worsening state of the Palawan river. According to the Friends of the Earth Japan (FoE-Japan) and the Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE), nickel mining operations in Palawan Island is to blame for the…
Aquino govt, military defend US troops’ permanent ‘visit’ under VFA
By MARYA SALAMAT
Can their semantics circumvent the Constitutional ban on permanent stationing of US troops?
Street Shooter: Alone
A museum employee whiles away the time reading, used to a non-museum going public. (Museum of the Filipino People, Ermita, Manila)