By JOAN GARCIA Bulatlat.com LAOAG, Ilocos Norte – In Ilocos Norte, there was no commemoration of the declaration of martial law. Instead, what the provincial government led by Governor Imee Marcos did was to hold a 4-day Marcos Fiesta last September 8-11 to celebrate the 95th birth anniversary of deposed former president Ferdinand Marcos. The…
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Computer school to sanction students for ‘cyber libel’, text message
By JOAN GARCIA Bulatlat.com VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur –In what appears to be a portent of things to come with the enactment of the Cybercrime law, students from the Data Center College of the Philippines-Vigan have been threatened with a libel case and disciplinary action from their school due to a group text message and…
“Whatever Is Left Is Just Pieces of Bodies and cloth”: New report details the horror of living under drones
By JOHN KNEFEL Truthout | Report A new Stanford-NYU report, “Living Under Drones,” details the devastation to civilians – and possible war crimes – resulting from US drone strikes in Pakistan. On the morning of March 17, 2011, Ahmed Jan joined over 40 other people at a bus station in Datta Khel, North Waziristan in…
Environmental group blames “Philex, not God” over tailings pond leak
“Firm Frowns Over 1B Gov’t Fines” By ACE ALEGRE Bulatlat.com Tuba, Benguet (September 28, 2012) – Instead of blaming “God”, the environmental advocacy group Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) pointed at Philex Mining Corporation’s own failure to erect proper structures to ensure safe mining operations in its Padcal operations here. Disputing claims…
Antonio Zumel, the revolutionary
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise / Business World MANILA — Last August 10 was the 80th birthday of Antonio Zumel, newspaperman extraordinaire, pioneering trade unionist in the newspaper industry and President of the National Press Club in its heyday, as well as one-of-a-kind revolutionary leader, the first Chairperson of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines…
No accountability for torturers
By MARJORIE COHN MarjorieCohn.com | Truthout News Analysis The Obama administration has closed the books on prosecutions of those who violated our laws by authorizing and conducting the torture and abuse of prisoners in U.S. custody.Last year, Attorney General Eric Holder decided that his office would investigate only two incidents, in which CIA interrogations ended…
How can we be “withdrawing” from Afghanistan if the US has 550 bases there?
The base-building frenzy in Afghanistan one of the greatest construction booms in modern history–and it was in the middle of nowhere.
Inside the CIA dossier on Iraq
Why Desmond Tutu is Right About Bush & Blair by VIJAY PRASHAD Counterpunch Last week, Bishop Desmond Tutu was to sit beside former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair at the cringingly named Discovery Invest Leadership Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. Tutu, one of the main moral voices in the anti-Apartheid struggle, decided to withdraw. He…
Cordillera sunrise
BAUKO, Mt. Province — Photo enthusiasts reach the peak of Mt. Bandilaan just in time for the bursting of colors in the skyline. Photo by CHRIS LINAG (Bulatlat.com)
Kaya Natin ‘to Kids: Promoting children’s rights on air
By JANICE LEE MONTE-HERNANDEZ Bulatlat.com MANILA — “We are so happy. I never expected that I could be a radio anchor and I could speak over the radio. All of us come from poor communities and this is a big opportunity for us.” Salome Nanoz, 15, is a high school student from an urban poor…
Sedisyosong Sarswela
Rebyu ng “Walang Sugat” Produksyon ng Tanghalang Pilipino Tampok sina Cris Villonco, Antonio Ferrer at Noemi Manikan-Gomez Direksyon ni Carlos Siguion-Reyna Agosto 26, 10 am, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino Sentrong Pangkultura ng Pilipinas Ni MARIJOE MONUMENTO Bulatlat.com Naging kapansin-pansin sa nakaraang ilang mga taon ang pangahas na pagtulay ng ilang batikang pangalan mula sa dulaan patungo…