Davao City-A kargador (porter) in Davao City’s Bankerohan market carries a heavy sack of vegetables on his back. A man can carry two to three times his own body weight or almost 450 Kilograms. Photo By Ace R. Morandante davaotoday.com (Bulatlat.com)
Saturday, May 26, 2012Senior citizens enjoy a sunrise at the sunset of their lives. The well-manicured park of Mongyangdae, Kim Il Sung’s birthplace, is just the right spot for them. (Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea)
Friday, May 25, 2012
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
The prospect for a peace agreement between the Government of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines becomes dimmer as President Aquino accuses the NDFP of issuing ‘impossible demands’ and the NDFP accusing Aquino of laying the groundwork for scuttling the talks.
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Apolinario Mabini, Jose Abad Santos, Claro M. Recto, Jose W. Diokno, and Lorenzo M. Tanada. What do these historical figures have in common? They were all lawyers and patriots, yes. Above and beyond that, at crucial junctures in Philippine history, these men proved to [...]
Friday, May 25, 2012By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Renato Corona was in intensive care as of this writing after supposedly suffering last Tuesday a hypoglycemic attack which, coincidentally I’m sure, came right after his three-hour “opening statement” at the Senate impeachment court. His confinement for observation on his doctors’ orders was also preemptive, hypoglycemia being, [...]
Friday, May 25, 2012By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld Until last Tuesday, it seemed to a growing number of people that the Corona impeachment trial had become a huge waste of time and resources. That is to say, for the Senate which otherwise should have paid attention to myriad matters of national importance; for the prosecutors and defense [...]
Friday, May 25, 2012By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Chief Justice Renato Corona finally took the witness stand after he was urged, pressured, and challenged for weeks. He is practically the only defense witness whose testimony has been declared as material to the impeachment proceedings. Senate Pres. Juan Ponce Enrile ruled that the testimonies of the other witnesses presented by [...]
Friday, May 25, 2012By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Iggy Rodriguez is a political activist and an artist. For him, his work as an artist is enriched and given meaning by his activism, and his work as an activist is also improved by the discipline he has cultivated as an artist. Currently the coordinator for the Makabayan coalition [...]
Friday, May 25, 2012
By MARYA SALAMAT
“Organizing into a union is one of the rights of employees including those in the media and entertainment.” – Michael Rogas, union president of RMN
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“He could not look at me straight in the eye… He obviously evaded me.” – Mrs. Edita Burgos
Filipinos join protests against NATO in Chicago, US (Photo by Brett Jelinek / Bulatlat.com)
Filipinos join protests against NATO in Chicago, US (Photo by Brett Jelinek / Bulatlat.com)
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