Ni ROLAND TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com “World peace” ang karaniwang sagot sa interview portion sa beauty pageants, kung ano ang wini-wish ng aspirant. World peace dahil labas ito kahilingan para sa sarili lamang. World peace bilang ideal na ang mga bansa, tao, politikal at ekonomiyang sistema ay nagkakaisa. Hindi masamang pangarap, pero hindi nga ba? Nang mag-concert…
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The invisible hand of monopolies
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The law of classical economics dictates that when demand exceeds supply, prices go up and dampens demand until it reaches equilibrium with the supply. On the other hand, when demand is low and supply exceeds it, prices would go down until demand increases and achieves equilibrium with supply. This is called…
Panagbenga Festival highlights its Cordillera history and heritage
Panagbenga Festival highlights its Cordillera history and heritage (Photo by Artemio A. Dumlao)
US blocking Philippine bid to regulate rice imports – KMP
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) is outraged against what it described as the United State government’s attempts to blackmail the Philippines. The US is standing against the petition of the Philippines to the World Trade Organization for the extension of the Quantitative Restriction (QR) on rice…
Palawan river poisoned with cancer-causing chemicals- Kalikasan PNE
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Environmental groups are pointing an accusing finger at irresponsible mining operators for the worsening state of the Palawan river. According to the Friends of the Earth Japan (FoE-Japan) and the Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE), nickel mining operations in Palawan Island is to blame for the…
Aquino govt, military defend US troops’ permanent ‘visit’ under VFA
By MARYA SALAMAT
Can their semantics circumvent the Constitutional ban on permanent stationing of US troops?
Street Shooter: Alone
A museum employee whiles away the time reading, used to a non-museum going public. (Museum of the Filipino People, Ermita, Manila)
Oil firms, Aquino warned of nationwide protests vs oil price hikes
Oil firms, Aquino warned of nationwide protests vs oil price hikes (Photos by MARYA SALAMAT)
US Special Forces want wider global operations
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Last Thursday I received an emailed letter from an Australian who was in Manila last February 4 and read my column piece that day, about the new US defense plan calling for expanded American role and military presence in the Philippines. Minus the compliments,…
EDSA hijacked
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Despite its failure to deliver on its promises, some Filipinos still hail the 1986 EDSA uprising as a model of how peacefully change can be achieved. The shift in Thailand from military rule to democracy in 1992, and the fall from power of Indonesia’s Suharto in 1998,…
Lake authority hit for having ulterior motives in reporting fish contamination
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) claimed that eating tilapia lowers a child’s intelligence level. Fisherfolk organization Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) recently took umbrage over a study made by the LLDA in 2010, which claimed that children living around the 94,000 hectare Laguna Lake have…