The international coalition of press freedom NGOs welcomes thedecision of the Laoang Regional Trial Court Branch 21 to grant the motion to quash thebaseless murder charge filed against community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio. Thisruling marks a significant step forward after years of...
Nagsimula noong Setyembre 21 at magtatapos sa Oktubre 6 ang mga pulong ng Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) sa Iloilo City. Para sa APEC, gumastos ang pambansang pamahalaan ng milyun-milyon para sa pagtatayo ng mga imprastruktura, kabilang na ang...
With several weeks left before the official filing of candidacy, voters have yet to hear substantial talk on the platform of governance raised (or not raised) by those who have already declared their intention to run for higher office in 2016, especially for the...
A weekly broadcast from Iloilo City on various issues affecting communities in the Visayas region.
A woman lost her 4-month-old baby in the evacuation site of Lumads, indigenous peoples who were forced to flee their homes in Surigao del Sur because of militarization that resulted to a massacre last September 1, 2015. Meanwhile, presidential aspirant Mar Roxas...
We in the AlterMidya (People's Alternative Media Network) deplore and condemn the red-tagging and sexual harassment on Bulatlat.com reporter Janess Ann Ellao by the lawyer of Staff Sgt. Edgardo Osorio, one of the accused in the enforced disappearance of UP students...
The Lumads of Mindanao consist of the few remaining tribes in the country who have preserved their indigenous culture through the only means it can be done—by living on their ancestral lands. If the current trend of killing and driving them away from the mountains...
Makatwiran ba ang umiiral na antas ng personal income tax sa Pilipinas?
Paramilitary forces attack a school for indigenous peoples in Surigao del Sur, killing the principal of the Lumad school ALCADEV and two tribal leaders.
The fact that the public remains vigilant over whether the Aquino administration struck a deal or not with the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) underscores the reality that the administration, through the Department of Justice (DOJ), indeed holds special powers over which of...
Tila gagawin pa rin ng Bureau of Customs ang lahat para buwisan ang inyong #BalikbayanBox
May pag-asa ba ng malinis na halalan sa ganitong kasunduan sa pagitan ng Comelec at Smartmatic? #Eleksyon2016
We in AlterMidya, a national network of independent and progressive media outfits are alarmed over the killing of two media practitioners in Sorsogon and Davao in the last two days. We condemn the continuing culture of impunity and violence in the country and demand...