By NAT HENTOFF villagevoice.com International Posted by Bulatlat.com Before President Obama, it was grimly accurate to write, as I often did in the Voice, that George W. Bush came into the presidency with no discernible background in constitutional civil liberties or any acquaintance with the Constitution itself. Accordingly, he turned the “war on terror” over to Dick Cheney [...]

By KARLOS MANLUPIG Regional Spokesperson League of Filipino Students-Southern Mindanao Posted by Bulatlat.com One would visualize a butcher as a person covered with blood after meticulously chopping and carving an animal in a slaughterhouse. For a man to be labeled a butcher, that person must have done something really brutal. “Berdugo” in the native language, “butcher” is [...]

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Ni ROLAND TOLENTINO Kulturang Popular Kultura Bulatlat.com Media ang pangunahing lagusan ng kolektibong persepsyon ng individual tungo sa kolektibong relihiyosidad. Popular itong relihiyosidad dahil katuwang ang media sa paghulma at pagsubstansya ng kalidad ng partisipasyon at debosyon nito. Kapag may potensyal sa kita, ito ang nagiging kulturang popular ng relihiyosidad. Kapag ito ay [...]

Presidential adviser on external affairs Edgardo Pamintuan claimed yesterday that the guilt of the powerful Ampatuan clan in the massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao last Nov. 23 “is as clear as daylight.”

As far as Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is concerned, the issues and problems involving the 1986 EDSA people power have already been resolved and done with.

Aside from Army chief Lt. Gen. Delfin Bangit, there are other key contenders who are equally qualified to replace Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Gen. Victor Ibrado if President Arroyo does not extend his term.

Police officials of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) confirmed yesterday that Inspector Rex T. Diongon, a possible vital witness in the Nov. 23 Maguindanao massacre, was reported missing after the police officer allegedly escaped from his custodians at Camp Crame in Quezon City.

The New People’s Army is extorting money from Smartmatic to allow the telecommunications firm to operate in areas under rebel control, the military said yesterday.

Press Secretary Cerge Remonde was laid to rest in his hometown of Argao, Cebu yesterday after being given full military honors.

Knowing how it is to be at the receiving end of a disaster and saying it is now time to give back, Philippine Airlines (PAL) will fly a team of Filipino medical specialists on the trans-Pacific leg of their journey to Haiti today, where they will aid survivors of the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake.