(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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Sison talks about impeachment of Corona, other issues
By DL MONDELO
Revolutionary Joma Sison answers questions about his rumored homecoming and the Aquino govt’s distractions while promised reforms crawl or turn comatose.
The strenuous joys of grandparenting
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Yesterday the younger of our two grandsons turned three. Weeks before he had been talking about his approaching birthday, excitement gleaming in his big expressive eyes. But more than that, he had been preparing himself to become, in March, the younger kuya to another…
Biting the bullet
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld The US-based, 30-year-old organization Human Rights Watch — the Asia Division of which, incidentally, former New York Times and International Herald Tribune freelance correspondent Carlos Conde is now the Philippine researcher — describes itself as “one of the world’s leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting…
Boom in bloom
Boom in bloom (Photo by Aldwin Quitasol)
Arakan farmers decry rights abuses
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today KIDAPAWAN CITY — About 600 farmers belonging to the Arakan Progressive Peasant Organization (APPO) and church people trooped to the municipal gym, January 20, to meet head on the commanding officer and spokesman of the 57th Infantry Battalion (IB) and the 10th Special Forces (SF) of the Philippine Army. The…
Bamboo Bridge
Bamboo Bridge(Photo by Arthur L. Allad-iw)
Photo of the week: Stone walling
BAGUIO CITY — How stone walling like the 2000-year old Ifugao Rice Terraces is carefully and intricately made with bare hands and pure indigenous technology, bare-handed young and old Igorots scale a 6 meter high hillside to cascade mountain stones to prevent erosion just with stones sans steel bars and concrete posts. Photo By Artemio…
Progressive labor belies DOLE’s claim of ‘industrial peace’
By MARYA SALAMAT
Despite the difficulties posed to unions and workers’ organizations by the intensifying repression and contractualization, the total number of labor disputes recorded and “handled” by the labor department itself has continued to increase in 2011.
Mendiola massacre: Issues not resolved after 25 years
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Twenty-five years constitute a long time and reaching it is usually deemed a milestone in the life of a person or a nation. Tomorrow marks the 25th year of the Mendiola massacre, but you wonder what it’s a milestone of. For the peasant movement…
On US Imperialism and a way forward for the Philippines
By BILL FLETCHER, JR.
Is the so-called “special relations” with the US beneficial to the Philippines? Is the Left a spent force? What are the prospects for real change? In an interview, Professor Jose Maria Sison tackles these questions and more.