By RENAN ORTIZ
The American dog
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Who’s holding the wheel?
By RENAN ORTIZ
Dead promises
By RENAN ORTIZ
Drug session
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Spot the difference
By RENAN ORTIZ
Women’s groups chide Duterte: ‘Rape is no laughing matter’
“Poor women victims are not laughing.”
What do the Brexit, Trump victory and the Marcos burial have in common?
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective The people could gain insights from these three major yet seemingly unrelated events. Actually there are common threads that link these three events in world politics. First, these are all products of democratic institutions and processes. The Brexit was decided by a referendum. Trump’s victory, of course, was the result…
Bato-bato sa langit: Paunawa kay Pangulong Obama
Ni JOI BARRIOS-LEBLANC Bato-bato sa langit, tamaan ay huwag magagalit. Nabastusan po ba kayo sa aming Pangulo? Pasensiya na po at nakapagmura. Posibleng: 1. Hindi naturuan ng good manners and right conduct ng mga Thomasites na padala ng Amerika. Hindi nasakop ng colonial miseducation, ika nga ni Constantino. 2. Masama ang gising. Baka binangunot dahil…
FULL TEXT: People’s Agenda 2016
The participants of the National People’s Summit (and all the preceding sectoral and re- gional pre-summits) presented these pressing issues to the Duterte administration with high expectations that it will engage the people in consultations and discussions, through various means, towards achieving these much-needed reforms.
Public school teachers pose 8-point education agenda to Duterte
They urged Duterte to reject the “elitist, colonial and repressive” education that widens the gap between the rich and the poor. By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – In anticipation of the incoming administration, public school teachers under the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) came up with an eight-point agenda, which they hope will…
The Duterte presidency — interesting & challenging times
In a manner of speaking, incoming president Rodrigo Duterte, like the famous durian fruit of Mindanao, is an acquired taste. Many Filipinos, like most Davaoeños, take to him despite his foul mouth, crumpled shirt, and old-fashioned machismo. They swear by the man and rise to his defense on every occasion having known him as their…