By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — During the first year commemoration of the violent demolition of homes in Corazon de Jesus, San Juan last January 23, Mark Louie Aquino, 26, spokesperson and second nominee of Kabataan Parylist, received the loudest cheers from the residents who graced the event. When he mentioned that he…
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Mary, the 13-year-old mother to her siblings
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com They say children must be able to learn how to be responsible at an early age. Mary (not her real name) is only 13 year old, yet she already has a big responsibility. Her mother died in an illness last year and now she is taking care of her…
What’s missing (wrong) with the media coverage on the San Juan demolition
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com We are in the age of information technology. But really, what kind of information is available to most Filipinos? With the corporate media , it’s hard to know if you are getting the whole truth or just a side of the story. During the violent demolition of homes in…
Mga bato
Ni MARK ANGELES Bulatlat.com May mga batong nakasalansan sa likod ng barikada sa bukana ng Barangay Corazon de Jesus. Nasa panig sila ng mga nangangamba na matibag ang kanilang sinisilungan pagdating ng dapithapon. Maging ang mga bato ay naghihintay— nananabik na sila ay magamit pang muli dahil saan nga ba sila nagmula kundi sa katawan…
Video: San Juan residents defend their homes, foil another demolition attempt
Video: San Juan residents defend their homes, foil another demolition attempt
News in Pictures: Demolition Estrada
A snake effigy of the Estradas — Ex-President Joseph Estrada, Congressman JV Ejercito and Mayor Guia Gomez — was burned by residents of Brgy. Corazon De Jesus in San Juan City, as a sign of their anger at the Estrada family for ordering the demolition. (Photos by GREGORIO B. DANTES JR. and JANESS ANN J. ELLAO / Bulatlat.com)
25 Years after EDSA 1: Jobs, Homes and Justice Remains Elusive Under Aquino (PR)
News Release 24 February 2011 Militant umbrella organization, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-National Capital Region (Bayan-NCR) today said that issues of joblessness, homelessness and social injustices in the country will remain unresolved unless President Benigno Simeon Aquino III will overhaul the framework policies of his administration, particularly on its staunch relation with the US government and further…
Media Group Condemns Harassment of Journalists During Violent Demolition in San Juan
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA — The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) condemned the harassment of members of progressive media outfit Tudla Productions Group Inc. by the local police during the January 25 demolition of an urban poor community in barangay (village) Corazon de Jesus, San Juan City. Godson…
Pugad: Alay sa Bgy. Corazon de Jesus
ni MARK ANGELES Nagkasya sa kulungan ng manok ang naghihikahos na bayan mo, Jose Corazon de Jesus. Pugad na sa luha at dalita ay itinindig, walang habas na giniba. Sinong binibihag ang hindi hahawak ng kutsilyo at tabak?
Jose Corazon de Jesus
By RICHARD R. GAPPI Bulatlat.com At the town’s main hub will stand high-rise buildings, luxury resorts and a new hall that will mark heads and pockets with “THIS IS SAN JUAN: A GREAT TOWN,” at the expense of helpless babies and kids suffocated by the demolitionists’ tear gas. How many feeding bottles were dropped? How…
Caught in the Crossfire and Too Angry to Cry
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK | The Pinaglabanan residents did not need my tears. They needed help. And if reporting about their struggles and exposing what they had to go through could help, why would I deny it to them?