Friday, June 14th, 2013
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com 10px; margin-bottom: 5px;”> MANILA – As in previous years, reports reveal that there is, again, an exodus of students from private schools to public schools this school year 2013-2014. Exodus, according to the dictionary means mass departure of people. But this year could be worse. The Department of Education
Friday, April 5th, 2013
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA –For the past decade, I have not attempted to write a personal note about her until today, the 11th anniversary of her death. I had always been overwhelmed by sadness and...
Thursday, March 21st, 2013
By PATRICIA LOURDES VIRAY Bulatlat.com MANILA — “Mom, have you heard of the UP Manila student who committed suicide because she couldn’t pay her tuition?” “Yes, I was almost in tears when I saw it in the...
Friday, February 1st, 2013
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com It may be shocking and unimaginable in a family-oriented society such as ours but it is true. For two consecutive days two mothers were in the news because of hurting their...
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA Bulatlat.com There are a few benefits to being fat and dark. One of them is being cast as a police officer in films and live performances. The first time it happened was in...
Monday, September 24th, 2012
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com A new study by Dana Carney of Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and Mahzarin Banaji of Harvard University, as reported in The Economist, sheds light on how people can be brainwashed or greenwashed,...
Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com MANILA — The year was 1976. The veil of fear created by the shock therapy of Ferdinand E. Marcos called Martial Law was wearing thin in urban areas. Earlier in the countryside, the...
Monday, September 3rd, 2012
Read also: Antonio Zumel @ 80, He never wrote 30 Saluting a great revolutionary, writer and editor Antonio Zumel By Ina Alleco Silverio Bulatlat.com MANILA — All writers including journalists are said to have influences. Some writers...
Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com Just last week, JL Burgos posted this on his Facebook account: “Yesterday, Edith Burgos, was followed by ‘unidentified’ men. Despite of my mom’s effort to lose the ‘unidentified’ men (and believe me...
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com As children, we are allowed to watch tv programs where the good guys always triumph and the villains get their comeuppance — the naughty little boy who stole cookies and then...
Wednesday, July 11th, 2012
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com Covering human-rights issues enabled me to meet wonderful people. These include Jose “Bong” Barsoles and Romeo “Tatay Romy” Luneta, both victims of torture during martial law. News of their passing away —...