The US, through NATO, appears to be a silent operator in the Libyan rebels’ offensive to depose Libyan strongman Muamar Gaddafi: deploying small units of special forces, providing intelligence, logistical and bombing support. However, when the smoke of battle clears, the US won’t be as silent anymore as it would surely claim its share of…
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Luis V. Teodoro | Palliatives
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld AN appeal based on liberation theology is among the least likely to convince the mostly conservative bishops of the Catholic Church to end their campaign against the Reproductive Health bills now pending in Congress. (The Senate version is SB 2865, “An act providing for a national policy…
Satur C. Ocampo | Perceptions
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Today it has been a full year since I began writing this weekly column on Aug. 21, 2010. In this piece — the 52nd in as many weeks – let me look back and share with you, dear readers, certain reactions to what I…
News in Pictures: San Francisco March Protests S-Comm Deportations
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY DAVID BACON
News in Pictures: Wooden go carts
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY ACE ALEGRE
Photo of the Week: Indigenous smile
Children from indigenous community of Bgy. Yabi Dupax del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya greets with their smile the participants of International Solidarity Mission of Defend Patrimony last July 9-11, 2011. Photo by Clemente Bautista (Bulatlat.com)
Ang Babae sa Septic Tank and its observations on indie filmmaking
By CYRIL ANNE DAYAO Bulatlat.com In recent years, a lot of Filipino films have been representing our country in various international festivals, and these indie films seem to fall into a certain type. Together with the recognitions abroad, indie filmmakers are being criticized for indulging in, as local critics put it, “poverty porn.” Directed by…
Salungguhit: A brother’s keeper
Iggy Arroyo has done it again: he has come to the rescue of his older brother Miguel Arroyo, husband of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, by owning up to the crime of his brother. The script has been the same, after there seems to be no escape for older brother Miguel, except plain denials, Iggy owns…
Satur C. Ocampo | Blaans fight for their rights
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Let me share with you this heart-tugging story, still unfolding, of six Blaan tribal communities in Malapatan, Sarangani province: Dlumay, Datalnay, Dungan Bahay, Alna, Q-gam, and Siman. These communities are part of the hinterland barangay of Upper Suyuan. Yet they are not included in…
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Poisoning the air
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld Of late the Aquino government’s peace panel negotiating with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) has aggressively stepped up its propaganda offensive against the NDFP and the latter’s main component organizations, the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People’s Army (CPP/NPA). This is a departure…
Photo of the Week: Still stuck with the basics
In this age of computers and electronics, this woman still cooks the old way: with the use of firewood and blowing at the embers to make the flames stronger. This photo was taken not in a remote area in one of the Philippine provinces, but in the heart of Metro Manila, in Sitio Payong, Old…