Photo by Alyssa Mae Clarin “What they did made me like a criminal. They took my mugshot, my fingerprint…I could not just let it be,” — Margarita Valle By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN Bulatlat.com MANILA — Margarita “Gingging” Valle, a brave veteran journalist who has consistently called out the government for all its blunders, was still…
Bundoc delivers her valedictory speech during the AIJC graduation on June 7, 2019 (Photo courtesy of author) By LORIE LYNN BENDIOLA-BUNDOC Bulatlat.com Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, Supreme Court of the Philippines, AIJC Board of Trustees chairman Mel Velarde, AIJC President Emeritus, Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid, members of the AIJC Board of Trustees present today, Dr….
“June 12 is a reminder that our nation is not truly free as China grabs our islands while the US seeks to re-establish its bases in the Philippines.” By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Progressives held back-to-back protest actions today before the US Embassy in Manila and the Chinese consulate in Makati to…
QUESTION EVERYTHING Mong Palatino Yes, I studied Marxism at the university. But all things considered, I believe I spent more time learning about postmodernism and its numerous variations inside classrooms and libraries. I got introduced to the politics of the Left through the writings of anti-Left academics. No ‘mad Marxist’ indoctrinated me to become an…
The violence that erupt from time to time in Negros is but a painful reminder of the longstanding land problem and unjust system operative in Negros. By JHIO JAN A. NAVARRO* Bulatlat.com Negros, an island of landlords, has ever since been rife of agrarian tensions. From the bloody Escalante Massacre of 1985 to the more…
Farmers hold protest calling for genuine agrarian reform (Photo by A. Macaraeg / Bulatlat) The demand of peasants and agricultural workers for land for peasants, agricultural workers, and national minorities, and not for landlords. By JOHN AARON MARK MACARAEG Bulatlat.com MANILA – Farmers and land reform advocates trooped to the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)…
“The age-old problem of classroom and facilities shortage refuses to be obscured.” By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Last week, at least 27.2 million Filipino students returned to schools all over the country. No less than Education Secretary Leonor Briones addressed students, saying that it will take a whole community to prepare them…
Sadyang mapanlinlang ang kamera. Sa bawat eksenang may umaatikabong bakbakan, posibleng may ekstrang tunay na nasaktan. At kahit na nakakatawang eksena ang kinukunan, posible ring may tahimik na umiiyak sa sulok ng set. Siguro’y gusto na niyang umuwi pero mahaba pa ang gabi. Kasisimula pa lang ng shooting kasi. Samantala, natutulog lang sa isang tabi…