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Even without a war and an oil shock, and even in times when oil prices are relatively low or declining, the Filipino people are still being oppressed and exploited by local pump price profiteering, and global monopoly and speculative pricing due to oil deregulation.
Mahigit P100 na ang bawat litro ng diesel. Sa mga susunod na araw, asahan ang presyong nasa tatlo na ring mga numero para sa premium na gasolina.
Jeepney drivers and Filipino consumers do not have to be at the mercy of oil companies. The oil industry does not have to be deregulated. Oil prices can be controlled. The government does not have to be useless.
Without sovereignty, there is no terrain on which struggles for democracy, workers' rights, or women's liberation can occur.
Unlike many Asian countries, the Philippines has long dropped, in the name of deregulation, key policy tools, such as state-controlled strategic oil reserves, regulated pricing schemes, and price stabilization mechanisms, which could protect Filipino consumers during global shocks.
Tuwing Marso ang Buwan ng Kababaihan. Kahit kaunting respeto, ayaw ibigay ng halal at hangal. Sa ganitong konteksto, bahagi na sila ng kasaysayan!
International institutions never held the United States accountable for its repeated acts of aggression against Iran or, for that matter, any of the other countries that suffered from US attacks.
By accommodating multiple US military facilities and weapons platforms, the Philippines exposes itself to becoming a potential target in conflicts involving the US.
The fight for TRUTH, Justice and Accountability cannot be trivialized with designer bags and fake news.
Filipinos still debate as to who or what truly brought down Ferdinand Marcos Sr., and what exactly we are honoring when we celebrate EDSA.
Bawal na palang manawagan ng pagpapatalsik sa okasyong inaalala ang pagpapatalsik ng diktador.
Talaga bang bawal maaksidente’t maospital? Posibleng mas lumala pa ang sakit ng pasyente oras na malaman niya ang kailangang bayaran.
We look forward to the day when we would have to transform the text into “Freed Frenchie.”
Twenty-five years is a milestone for Bulatlat, but also proof that journalism rooted in people’s struggles can outlast administrations, overcome censorship, and keep telling the truth.
Hindi pa tapos ang laban kahit nagdesisyon na ang korte. Dapat lang na magsampa ng apela. Ituloy ang pangagampanya para sa kalayaan. Huwag hayaang mabulok sa bilangguan ang mga walang kasalanan.
Itinatakda ng mga nasa kapangyarihan ang nilalaman kahit na posibleng ipaglaban ng mga patnugot ang nararapat sa paghuhubog ng opinyong pampubliko.
History has shown us that when sovereignty is compromised in the name of “stability” or “democracy,” it is always the people who pay the price.
The island chain is not a novel concept but a recalibration of a Cold War strategy aimed at containing Soviet expansionism in the past, and undermining China's rise as a superpower today and in the near future.
Kahit kailan, hindi matutugunan ng panukalang batas nina Dy at Marcos ang problema sa dinastiyang kontrol sa pambansa’t lokal na pamamahala. Magpapatuloy ang dominasyon ng iilang pamilya sa ehekutibo’t lehislatura. Magpapatuloy ang pagpapahirap sa mamamayan.
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