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Benjie Oliveros | At What Price?
By signing the $434 million grant from the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Aquino administration is committing to the same policies of deregulation, liberalization, and privatization that were vigorously pursued by the previous Arroyo administration. By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat.com Malacañang has been trumpeting the success of the US trip of President Benigno Aquino III and…
One Nation Progressive Coalition Organizes Huge Rally to Push for ‘Jobs, Justice and Education’
By ALEX KANE AlterNet Posted by Bulatlat.com When Barack Obama defeated John McCain to become president and Democrats retained solid control of Congress in the 2008 elections, progressives rejoiced at the prospect of having their agenda implemented. Two years later, it hasn’t quite worked out that way. Progressives have found themselves locked out of the…
US Admits it Infected Guatemalans with Syphilis in 1940s
By TIM JOHNSON | McClatchy Newspapers Truthout Posted by Bulatlat.com MEXICO CITY — Exposing a dark page in its history, the U.S. government acknowledged Friday that government scientists had infected some 1,500 Guatemalans with syphilis and gonorrhea in experiments from 1946 to 1948 in “appalling violations” of medical ethics. U.S. scientists infected prostitutes with syphilis…
Luis V. Teodoro | Doing Right
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com Before leaving for the United States to attend the UN General Assembly meeting in New York, President Benigno Aquino III said during a press conference that he had the report of the Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC) released first to the Chinese government…
Video: After Ondoy: The Road to Recovery
After Ondoy: The Road to Recovery
Sa Utak ang Tama
Malala ang sakit ng mga burgis. Hindi Hindi ito galing sa kagat ng lamok O dulot ng kakulangan ng sustansya. Que horror! Bawal sa mayaman ang kulang ang makain O maruming kapaligiran. Pero maraming sakit ang nakukuha sa rangya Kadalasan ay sa utak ang tama. Halimbawa Nakakabaliw ang tumae sa porselana At magpunas ng puwit…
Baguio Students Walk Out of Classes to Denounce Education Budget Cut
By ALMA B. SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY — More than a hundred students from several universities here walked out of their classes to show their disappointment over the Aquino government’s budget cut to the education sector. In his budget message submitted to the 15th Congress, President Benigno S. Aquino III said…
Rights Group Hits Philippine Army for Ilocos Peasant’s Death
By ROD TAJON Northern Dispatch Bulatlat.com STA. LUCIA, Ilocos Sur — Human rights advocates condemned the murder of an Ilocos peasant and the continuing violations of people’s rights as a result of joint military operations in the area by the 50th and 86th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army (IB PA). The fact-finding mission (FFM)…
Support for Sacked Radio Workers in Davao City Grows
By CHERYLL D. FIEL Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY – Support grows for beleaguered media workers of Radio Mindanao Network- DXDC Davao (RMN-DXDC Davao). On Sept. 21, during the commemoration of Martial Law, members of the Davao media and members of various organizations, including listeners of RMN Davao gathered at a program in…
Mabuti Pa Ang Mga Kabayo
Ni MARK ANGELES Inilathala ng Bulatlat.com De aircon ang mga kuwadra sa Hacienda Luisita. Tinuturing na kapamilya mga kabayong pangkarera. Habang ang mga sota tinangkal sa pagdurusa. Mabuti pa ang mga kabayo. Alaga sa bitamina ang mga kabayo sa asyenda. May gamot na pampagana at ehersisyo sa umaga. Habang ang mga magsasaka warat na ang…