Release of Political Prisoners: A Promise Long Overdue
By Bulatlat.com
Sana hindi mapako. This is the response of human rights groups and relatives of political prisoners to the government promise to release 32 political prisoners within a month starting April 5. The phrase is from the Filipino colloquial term “pangakong napapako” which means a broken promise.
No commentsRenewal and Repentance
by Dennis Espada
As a child, Lent was not my favorite time of the year. It is a week without cartoons on T.V.; a week less playing for children. Church processions, masses and the pabasa–all these are associated with what I call then as a gloomy and boring season. One could not compare this day to the joyous gift-giving activity during Christmas, or to the delightful dating on Valentine’s.
No commentsGMA, Bush To Face War Crimes Tribunal
By Dabet Castañeda
Bulatlat.com
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA) joins U.S. President George Bush, Jr. and British Prime Minister Tony Blair in facing an indictment planned to be brought before an international people’s tribunal for the war against Iraq launched on March 20 last year. Filipino lawyers will join international prosecutors in the trial slated this year.
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On the Streets of Iraq: A Review of Musikang Bayan’s Songs for Peace
by Dennis Espada
Bulatlat.com
Music is incomparable as a medium for chronicling history. In every piece of uniquely-assembled notes and lyrics, a composer can accurately depict the nature of both war and peace. This is what the alternative cultural group Musikang Bayan (People’s Music) has done in its new album called Songs for Peace.
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Sa Pagbagsak ng Pro-US na si Aznar, Pagkatalo ni Arroyo, Inaasahan –Gabriela
“Nagsisimula nang magbayad ang mga tuta ng Estados Unidos.”
Ito ang obserbasyon ni GABRIELA Womens Partylist President at 1st Nominee na si Liza Largoza Maza, kasabay ng pagpapahayag nito na sa kabila ng mga nilulutong sarbey ay tiyak na rin ang pagkatalo ni Gng. Arroyo sa darating na halalan sa Mayo.
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