December 2010
49 posts
Javier Bardem… →
Javier Bardem
New Year, new FTP client: Goodbye, FireF… →
New Year, new FTP client: Goodbye, FireFTP (and CyberDuck). Hello, FileZilla!
Pablo S. Gomez: A Filipino komiks legend… →
Pablo S. Gomez: A Filipino komiks legend When authors like Gomez complained years ago that television was killing the komiks industry — young children were no longer as excited as I was over new…
Hollywood’s class warfare →
“Films are starting to reflect the economy’s impact on some battered Americans.” If only to see why Christian Bale looks the way he does in “The Fighter,” I will watch this film.
Thanks to Azkals, soccer gets a boost in… →
Thanks to Azkals, soccer gets a boost in the Philippines Soccer is something that I always thought suited Filipinos, more than basketball. Soccer, as with the national sports called sipa or sepak…
Dr. Alex Montes, one of the Morong 43, m… →
Dr. Alex Montes, one of the Morong 43, made a good point in this morning’s ANC Headstart: Why did President Aquino release the health workers because of pressure from the public? He’s the president,…
AFP chief of staff General Ricardo David… →
AFP chief of staff General Ricardo David says that “distrust and old biases” hamper the military’s efforts to improve human rights. Your’re wrong, sir. The continued killings, harassment, torture and…
Illegally Arrested and Detained for 10 M… →
Illegally Arrested and Detained for 10 Months, ‘Morong 43’ Finally Freed
Aquino should discipline military for its actions... →
Any moment now, the so-called Morong 43, the health workers illegally arrested and detained by the Philippine military, will be released. As of 4 pm today, a copy of the release order has been sent…
Tiglao can kiss my ass. Really. →
Just like that, Rigoberto Tiglao, the mouthpiece and propagandist of the corrupt regime of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, sought to demolish me. In his column in the Inquirer today, Tiglao talked about…
Philippine justice system, law enforcement take a... →
Events in the Philippines the past week have exposed the dark side of the country’s law-enforcement and justice system.
The latest was the acquittal yesterday by the Supreme Court of the suspects…
Vizconde acquittals and exoneration of M… →
Vizconde acquittals and exoneration of Morong 43: Philippine justice system, law enforcement take a hit
By CARLOS H. CONDE The New York Times Pu… →
By CARLOS H. CONDE The New York Times Published: December 9, 2010 MANILA — Surrounded by votive candles and flowers, the couple looked resplendent, both wearing Indian kurtas, holding a bouquet…
Here’s another reason why The New York … →
Here’s another reason why The New York Times makes me proud.
Philippines did NOT reverse its decision… →
Philippines did NOT reverse its decision to snub, boycott, miss the Nobel Peace Prize event. The official line is, our ambassador to Oslo had to be elsewhere during the ceremony and that the snub,…
How Real Is a Documentary? AO Scott of t… →
How Real Is a Documentary? AO Scott of the NYTimes on documentaries and what do they mean these days. “Movies that look or feel like documentaries are much more numerous, and far more perplexing,…
Same-sex Unions In the Philippines, a St… →
Same-sex Unions In the Philippines, a Struggle to Reconcile Faith and Love
Films on Morong 43, human rights launche… →
Films on Morong 43, human rights launched today
Double standards: Why Manila’s Nobel Peace Prize... →
Several countries will not be attending or sending representatives to the Nobel Peace Prize awarding ceremony in Oslo later this week to honor Chinese human-rights defender Liu Xiaobo. Among those…
ABS-CBN News: “Mixed reactions on Arroy… →
ABS-CBN News: “Mixed reactions on Arroyo’s new hairstyle” And this is news because…?
Nobel snub bares foreign-policy rift; Aquino... →
Alberto Romulo will be removed as foreign-affairs secretary by end of January — official A story in today’s The New York Times details China’s reaction to the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu…
Director of ‘The Cove,’ documentary on… →
Director of ‘The Cove,’ documentary on Japan’s slaughter of dolphins, fights Japanese scientist’s lawsuit.
What a day this has been — sources talk… →
What a day this has been — sources talking only off the record or on background.
“Wikileaks is revealing how (US) govern… →
“Wikileaks is revealing how (US) government may not be much better than the deplorable regime in China.” http://nyti.ms/e6pN6S
“You know why many journalists don’t l… →
“You know why many journalists don’t like Julian Assange?” a friend told me recently. “Because he’s doing what they could only dream of doing.”
21.5 million pesos — amount the Philipp… →
21.5 million pesos — amount the Philippine military could potentially lose for each day the Morong 43 spent in detention.
6.6 billion pesos — amount the Morong 4… →
6.6 billion pesos — amount the Morong 43 could potentially get as of today if they can successfully sue — under the Human Security Act — the Philippine military for wrongful arrest and detention.
Philippine Court Rules Anti-Corruption Panel... →
By CARLOS H. CONDE The New York Times Published: December 7, 2010 MANILA — The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday declared as unconstitutional President Benigno S. Aquino III’s creation of a…
Philippine Supreme Court Rules Anti-Corr… →
Philippine Supreme Court Rules Anti-Corruption Panel Illegal (NYtimes) “What we’re seeing here is a clash of co-equals. The Supreme Court, dominated by appointees of former President Arroyo, is…
SC ruling junking Truth Commission a tes… →
SC ruling junking Truth Commission a test of Aquino’s leadership, commitment to good governance
What does the “equal protection” claus… →
What does the “equal protection” clause in the Constitution mean, which was cited by the SC in declaring the Truth Commission unconstitutional? If you read the reports published so far, you will…
The Philippine Supreme Court has just re… →
The Philippine Supreme Court has just rendered as unconstitutional the Truth Commission formed by President Aquino to investigate the corruption allegations against former president Gloria…
SC ruling a test of Aquino’s leadership,... →
The Philippine Supreme Court is on a roll, in favor of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
First, the Supreme Court justices – all but one of whom were appointed by Arroyo – struck down…
Documentary on estero life tops internat… →
Documentary on estero life tops international science filmfest
Kuliglig, Pedicab Drivers Protest Highli… →
Kuliglig, Pedicab Drivers Protest Highlights Lack in Jobs, Mass Transport http://bulatlat.com/main/2010/12/04/kuliglig-pedicab-drivers-protest-highlights-lack-in-jobs-mass-transport/
Fourth Day of Hunger Strike, 10th Month … →
Fourth Day of Hunger Strike, 10th Month in Detention: Morong 43 Call on Aquino to Order Their Release…
Google Opens Doors to E-Bookstore http:/… →
Google Opens Doors to E-Bookstore http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/07/business/media/07ebookstore.html
The politics of ‘kuliglig’ →
The kuliglig is a testament not just to the poor’s resourcefulness but to the extreme situations that they are forced to confront in order to survive. It is their way of making do even as the…
The politics of ‘kuliglig’ →
Filipinos are known for their resourcefulness. In times of hardship, trust them to create things that would make life a little easier for them.
Take the case of the jeepney, the ubiquitous…
Manila's 'kuliglig' and Julian Assange as Time's... →
Julian Assange, Time’s “Man of the Year”?
As far as I’m concerned, Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, should be TIme Man of the Year this year, if only because he has thrown…
President Aquino complains that the pres… →
President Aquino complains that the press is ruining his lovelife. Poor guy. He should commiserate with the Morong 43, who have been complaining that he is ruining their lives with their continued…
The ‘Morong 43′ should be released bec… →
The ‘Morong 43′ should be released because their arrest was illegal, improper and wrong, period — and not because the negotiations between the Aquino government and the Communists are going to resume…
Today is the 300th day of President Aqui… →
Today is the 300th day of President Aquino’s promise to distribute to farmers his family’s Hacienda Luisita. http://bulatlat.com/main/luisita (Bulatlat.com’s Luisita page)…
Elitist complaints against the kuliglig →
As this story in Bulatlat.com points out, the kuliglig (known as “tricyboat” elsewhere in the Philippines) was a product of necessity among poor Filipinos. For years, social practice has granted it…
W.hy URL shorteners are b.ad →
I’m seriously reconsidering the use of URL shorteners. According to critics, they’re bad for the Internet ecosystem, bad for your blog, bad for your site. Thankfully, WordPress has a built-in…
Which is better — Mercato Centrale or t… →
Which is better — Mercato Centrale or the Centris weekend market?
'Morong 43' go on hunger strike →
The Morong 43, the group of health workers arrested more than 300 days ago by the Philippine government, alleging that they were communist rebels, have gone on hunger strike beginning today, Dec….
November 2010
79 posts
Today’s Live Coverage: 2010 Philippine … →
Today’s Live Coverage: 2010 Philippine Human Rights Report by Karapatan http://bulatlat.com/live/?p=12
Julian Assange, Time’s “Man of the Year” →
As far as I’m concerned, it’s almost certain that Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, will be TIme Man of the Year this year, if only because he has thrown the diplomatic world into turmoil,…