Friends and colleagues of the victims of New Bataan massacre, or the New Bataan 5, gathered on Sunday, March 6 in UP Diliman to celebrate their life and call for justice.
Friends and colleagues pay tribute to New Bataan 5
Category: News Analysis
TRAIN-2: The Sequel Makes Things Worse
TRAIN-2 worsens the regressiveness of the tax system on top of what TRAIN-1 has done by reducing corporate income tax collections to increase corporate profits … The fiscal incentives scheme should most of all be grounded in a strategic vision of national industrialization.
Filipino Moro activist arrested, interrogated, tortured ala Guantanamo
At one point during his interrogation, he was made to strip naked and face his armed interrogators in a room chilled by air conditioning and an industrial fan.
Will contractualization end under Duterte administration?
“We welcome Duterte’s vow to stop contractualization. We have yet to see him keep his promise.”
A Look Back at Arroyo’s Many Sins and Why She Should Pay
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Up to Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s last weeks in office, impunity presented itself . She should be made accountable for all these atrocities inflicted on the Filipino people.
Macapagal-Arroyo Wants Subjectivism in Media
The President wants media organizations to be subjective in their reports, insisting that the “good news” must be given due prominence. BY DANILO ARAÑA ARAO Bulatlat.com President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo this week chided media practitioners for not giving due prominence to good news, especially at this time when there are allegedly so many “good news” that…
Sword of War in the Korean Peninsula
Peace in the Korean Peninsula is just a fog if seen from the periscope of the U.S. Making it transparent would be asking the U.S. forces for an exit from the peninsula. By Bobby Tuazon Bulatlat.com Peace in the Korean Peninsula is just a fog if seen from the periscope of the U.S. Making it…
UNSC Resolution 1718 Provides U.S. Imperialism the License to Provoke and Attack DPRK at Anytime
UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution No. 1718 does not stipulate any explicit permission to the U.S. and its cohorts to launch an immediate military attack on the DPRK but lays down the basis and opens the way for further sanctions and even aggressive military action. By Prof. Jose Maria Sison Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee International…
U.S. Presence Makes Us Nuke Targets, Scientists Tell Arroyo
Biggest WMD stockpile is in the U.S., AGHAM says “The U.S. is the only country to have used the atomic bomb which killed 220,000 people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It has the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. With no less than 10,600 nuclear warheads intact, it is the presence of U.S. nuclear weapons…
National ID system a major setback for civil liberties – Bayan
The impending implementation of the National ID System after a Supreme Court ruling upholding its constitutionality will be a major setback for civil liberties according Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) secretary general Renato M. Reyes, Jr, one of the petitioners in the Supreme Court case. “In a time when civil liberties are already bludgeoned by so…
More than 80% dissatisfied with GMA’s performance – IBON
Bulatlat.com Based on the latest survey of an independent research think-tank, it appears that four out of every five Filipinos are dissatisfied with Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s performance as President while three out of every five Filipinos think that the economy has gotten worse. Majority of Filipinos think that the economy has gotten worse and an…