By TOMAS TALLEDO I. Our barbarian foreparents hunt heads when balayong flowers bloom in hearth hung the skulls of strangers: hollowed eyes mouths daydreaming Marrying males are not to dance ’til they’ve bitten chunk of liver fiend no, it’s no contest for loud cheers but valor when honor is everything Nobody owns the sweet river…
About 50 musicians both here and abroad collaborated under the umbrella of Musika Publiko to produce “Magiting” By REIN TARINAY Bulatlat.com MANILA — A community of Filipino musicians, composers, music producers, and music enthusiasts paid tribute to frontliners who are risking their lives as the country confronts the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic. Titled “Magiting,” about 50…
Habang pinagninilayan ko ang mga pangyayaring ito, marahil ay bahagyang natalo ang mga Lopez ngunit mas malaki ang pinsala nito sa mga sambayanang Pilipino kasama kaming ilang libong empleyado. Ito ay dahil sa pinagdamutan na sila ng estado na makakuha ng libangan at impormasyon sa panahon na may kinakaharap na krisis ang ating bansa, lalo…
The decrease in the RITM budget is also coupled with the decline in the allotment of other related health concerns, such as the Epidemiology and Surveillance Department, with a 40-percent drop from P247 million in 2019 to P101 million this year. Since 2015, no additional isolation rooms have been built. Related story: What is RITM?…
(Photo grabbed from RITM website) This is a sidebar report to our special report: RITM, the missing piece in the Philippines’ mass testing capacity vs. COVID-19 By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com Established in 1981, RITM was an outcome of a series of negotiations between the Philippine and Japanese governments. The 50-bed capacity hospital was…
While the Department of Health said that the error is just one percent, there should be due diligence on the part of the DOH down to those who release the data because this will “trigger policy changes that will affect millions of people.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Having correct and accurate…
(Screenshot photo of the online video conference “QUDS: Stand in the Solidarity and Interaction of Religions” organized by the Cultural Section, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Manila., May 21, 2020) Israel has been a threat, not only to its people, but to its entire region. With the support of the US government,…
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/biteintheapple/fragments/ Let us be the feet of God, go to those who are in need. Let us be the hands of God, share and give whatever little that you have to those who are most in need. Let us be the mouthpiece of God, denounce that which brings pain and sorrow to our brothers and…