While watching the orchestrated shooting at the Senate back in June, I only thought of one thing: the freedom of the press is compromised. Those in power are ever-desperate to control and feed the mass media with a coverage unworthy of people's attention in an attempt to cover- up their...
Janess Ellao of Bulatlat.com debunks the claims of the Aquino administration regarding the president's veto of the P2,000 SSS Pension Hike Bill.
ON FEBRUARY 4, cause-oriented groups will file a motion for reconsideration to question the Supreme Court decision on the controversial Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA). The day is significant in Philippine history because a shot fired by a US...
So they don't call it “US bases.” But the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) upheld recently by the Supreme Court does allow the US military to build and operate structures, train and deploy forces, preposition and launch war material from practically...
AlterMidya is proud to co-produce the Mindanaw music video. Written by Tunog Bobongan and music written and arranged by veteran Pinoy musician Onie Badiang of Yano and Asin, Mindanaw is a song that talks about the richness of Mindanao and the importance of preserving...
A short documentary featuring two 12-year old Lumad kids who survived a massacre in their school in Lianga, Surigao del Sur by paramilitary troops involved in military operations. Shot and edited by Ilang-Ilang Quijano
IN THE FACE of serious impacts of climate change, leaders of over 130 nations have come together in Paris, France for the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) Climate Talks. But according to civil society organizations, much of what is happening inside the COP,...
Tudla Productions, an AlterMidya-member film collective, presents the 4th Truth Cinema. The 4th Truth Cinema delivers the latest human rights films and videos to urban poor communities around Metro Manila. This year, two documentaries--Tudla Productions'...
While Pres. Benigno Aquino III is "rubbing elbows with other hypocritical world leaders" at the 21st Conference of Parties (COP 21) Climate Talks in Paris, France – an "environment-friendly" government project has come under fire for supposedly being used as an excuse...
AlterMidya, a national network of alternative media outfits and individuals, supports veteran journalist and press freedom advocate Inday Espina-Varona as she seeks redress for malicious and dangerous red-baiting engaged in by a top military official, the Philippine...
IT is Pres. Benigno Aquino III’s last year in office but justice remains elusive for the victims of Ampatuan massacre. No perpetrator has been convicted, the victims still cry for justice. Aquino’s vow six years ago to immediately resolve the gruesome massacre...
Protests over the recently concluded high-level meetings of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) were not confined within Metro Manila: they were spread out throughout the entire country as early as May, when APEC economic ministers met in Boracay. If Pres....
Teddy Casiño, former chair of the House Committee on Small Entrepreneurship, talks about how APEC and globalization policies have caused the death of small and medium enterprises in the Philippines.