Members of Migrante Melbourne joined the tens of thousands of workers in the National Day of Action protest against the Howard Government’s Industrial Relations (IR) laws at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Nov. 30. The challenge on the day of the rally is to fill the “G” (people’s ground) and become part of history…
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Ambushed Pastor Urges Arroyo to Stop Killings, Repression
The activist pastor who survived an assassination attempt last month in Ilocos Sur urged the Arroyo administration to stop political killings and repression. This developed as human rights advocates and relatives of victims gathered last week to commemorate the first death anniversary of Jose “Pepe” Manegdeg III and Albert Terredaño. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern…
U.S. Interference
To the doubting Thomases out there who insist that we are a bona fide republic and that the U.S. is not in the habit of interfering in the country’s domestic affairs, think again. But one may well ask, isn’t this kind of interference, a good-intentioned and benevolent one? Unfortunately, such is not the track record…
Missing Leopoldo Ancheta
The family and friends of desaparecido Leopoldo Ancheta remembers him as a loving father, husband, brother, and a dedicated activist. As they marked his 59th birthday – also the 158th day of his disappearance –they voiced out their call to government abductors to surface him and vow to never stop seeking justice. BY DEE AYROSO…
Nicole Rape Trial Highlights U.S. Defense Pacts’ Threat to RP Sovereignty
The impending verdict in the trial of four U.S. servicemen for the alleged rape of “Nicole” should be an occasion to reflect on how defense agreements with the U.S. infringe on the country’s sovereignty. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat.com The impending verdict in the trial of four U.S. servicemen for the alleged rape of…
Desperate Times
People simply do not buy repeated hectoring by the President and her allies that charter change will bring the country to paradise and news that she is sick generates further expectations for her to step down. The survival options for the besieged President have simply depreciated. BY THE POLICY STUDY, PUBLICATION AND ADVOCACY PROGRAM, CENTER…
Martial Law and Back
In six years, the Arroyo administration has reversed the gains of the Filipino people, no matter how small, when it toppled the Marcos fascist dictatorship. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com It has been a little more than 20 years since the Filipino people toppled the dictatorship through a People Power uprising. With the euphoria felt by…
Patriotism is Dead?
A senator says patriotism is dying in the country because of the decline in the number of ROTC reservists. He and a House member have filed bills reviving ROTC as mandatory to college students. Student groups are once again in uproar saying that all that ROTC does is to produce “blind followers” and campus spies.…
Anti-Crime Group Calls for Army Pullout from Bicol
The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) has called for a “complete pullout” of Army troops from the Bicol Region amid what he described as “the alarming number of tortures and extrajudicial killings” in the area. This call comes in the wake of the torture and killing of a Bicol peasant accused by his Army…
Modernize and Demolish
Around 849,000 individuals face eviction due to the privatization of the Manila North Harbor, the urban poor organization Kadamay said. Yet, the port modernization project’s Terms of Reference is silent on relocation plans for the soon-to-be evicted families. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat.com
Bigger Disasters Coming, Environmental Groups Warn
Two environmental groups in the Philippines have raised the alarm on what they described as “impending disasters” in the aftermath of supertyphoon “Reming,” which hit the archipelago – particularly the southern part of its biggest island Luzon – over the weekend. Greenpeace-Southeast Asia warned of “more violent weather events around the world” as a result…