The Altermidya Network condemns the attacks on community journalists covering the farmers’ protest at the Department of Agrarian Reform earlier today, October 19. Quezon City police attempted to nab Bulatlat reporter Aaron Ernest Cruz while the protest was ongoing, even as Cruz identified...
PORMAL na inanunsiyo ang paparating na iba’t-ibang grupo ng pambansang minorya sa Maynila para sa Lakbayan 2017. Mahigit 3,000 Bangsamoro at katutubo ang magtitipun-tipon mula sa iba’t ibang probinsya para ipahayag ang pagtutol nila sa lumalalang atake laban sa mga...
Maraming nagtatanong kay Rafael “Ka Paeng” Mariano, kalihim ng Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), kung ano ang kanyang nararamdaman sa nalalapit na pagharap niya sa Commission on Appointments (CA). Sa darating na Agosto 30, boboto ang CA kung ikukumpira nga ba o...
Isang taon mahigit na ang 'war on drugs': ang mga dating nagluluksa, ngayo'y bumabangon. Mula sa lente at audio recordings ng photojournalist na si Raymond Panaligan, at panayam kay Nardy Sabino ng Rise Up for Life and for Rights, kilalanin ang tunay na mukha ng...
The police killing of Grade 11 student Kian Loyd delos Santos has sparked outrage and encouraged other drug war victims to speak up.
Ngayong araw, ibinasura ng Commission on Appointments (CA) sa bisa ng 13 boto ang appointment ni Dept. of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Sec. Judy Taguiwalo. Si Taguiwalo ang ikatlong opisyal ng gabinete na ni-reject ng CA, kasunod ni dating Environment...
Noong Agosto 10, naglunsad ng talakayan ang AlterMidya Network hinggil sa Truth Telling Through Alternative Media sa mga estudyante ng Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) Manila. Sa pakikipagtulungan ng PUP Center for Language and Literary Studies, idinaos...
The hands of Roberto Sumania were evidently rough, covered with veins and scars that he had acquired as a mining foreman. Unfortunately, this set of hardworking hands received nothing in return for the 10 years he has served his company, Greenstone Resources...
“Ang talas pa ng memory niya dito, oh,” banggit ng kanyang anak habang pinapanood ang isang panayam kay Eliseo “Ka Elsie” Estares noong ika-40 anibersaryo ng La Tondeña strike noong 2015. At totoo, kahit sa edad na 82, malinaw pa ring nailahad ni Ka Elsie kung paano...
SORSOGON— Thousands of people from all walks of life from all over the Bicol Region flocked to Barangay Sta. Cruz in Casiguran town Sunday night. They came to honor the two fallen New People’s Army (NPA) fighters Andres Hubilla and Miguel Himor in a unique tribute....
SORSOGON-- Activists and human rights workers say the killing of two New People’s Army (NPA) members and two civilians last July 28 in Casiguran town was a “massacre” and not an “encounter” as the raiding government forces claimed. At a rally in this town...
YOUTH AND teachers’ organizations welcomed the passage of ‘Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act’ today. The legislation, which Pres. Rodrigo Duterte signed last night amid objections from his economic managers, offers full tuition subsidy to state...
STUDENTS from the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman expressed their indignation over the cancellation of the free tuition policy in state universities and colleges (SUCs). In front of UP Diliman’s College of Arts and Letters building, students gathered...