Category: Commentary

Ang dating sago (pearl) tea drink ay nag-iba na. Yogurt na, at ang press release ay healthy option ito: no fat dahil di gawa sa cream ng gatas ng baka, no refined sugar, tulad ng ice cream, puro ‘natural’ na fruit juices lang, kaya may asim bukod sa natural na curdling quality ng nabubulok na gatas na base ng yogurt. Mahal ito, tulad ng pearl tea drink, kaya alam na ang kliyente nito.

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…

By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com Congressional hearings are held “in aid of legislation,” and the leading members of the Senate committee on public information and mass media, and the committee on public services, made it clear last Tuesday that they did not call the heads of the news sections…

By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat.com President Benigno Aquino III has barely reached his 80 days in office and so may issues have already shaped his administration. The Hacienda Luisita land dispute and the Philippine Airlines labor issue have shown how the administration would position itself on issues affecting the working masses; he kept a “hands…

The judges’ threat to stage a “revolt” and resign is not just a reaction to poor priorities set in the national budget. It is indicative of dissatisfaction that has started to build up against a wavering and compromising presidential leadership and at slim prospects of seeing reform being undertaken under Aquino III. By the Policy…

Ni ROLAND TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Unang pagkakataon akong nakapanood ng cheerdancing competition sa UAAP season 2010. Malaki ang build-up ng excitement dito dahil parang dyamante ang tiket. Ang daming naghahanap ng tiket sa Facebook, ang daming nanghihingi ng tiket sa text. Maaga akong dumating sa Cubao. Tunay na mahirap na ang paradahan at nagkukumpol na ang…

By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com The fall-out from the killing of eight tourists from Hong Kong and Canada last August 23 could include a spike in discrimination and even violence against Overseas Filipino Workers in Hong Kong and other parts of China. There are also fears that whatever efforts…