By TONYO CRUZBulatlat.com Duterte Youth chair Ronald Cardema, his wife and former Rep. Ducielle Marie Doctor Suarez Cardema, and his sister-in-law and incumbent Rep. Drixie Mae Doctor Suarez “Cardema” should face multiple charges of material misrepresentation, lying under oath or perjury, and...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAOBulatlat.com MALOLOS, Bulacan — 17 years. This is how long Raymond Manalo and his brother Reynaldo waited for this fateful to come. But on Friday afternoon, Manalo walked out of the Malolos court – breathing heavily, his face red with apparent...
By KIMBERLY BINALINGBINGBulatlat.com MANILA – The families and supporters of missing activists Dexter Capuyan and Gene Roz Jamil “Bazoo” De Jesus are convinced that state forces are behind their enforced disappearance following the surfacing of two environmental...
By JACINTO LINGATONGBulatlat.com SANTA CRUZ, Laguna — Three indigenous people’s rights advocates investigating human rights violations were abducted in Mindoro Oriental. According to Karapatan Southern Tagalog, they are Job Abednego David, 29, Peter del Monte Jr., 29,...
By RITCHE T. SALGADOBulatlat.com CEBU CITY – Yet another organization helping the poor is being accused of terrorist links. Based in Cebu, the Community Empowerment Resource Network, Inc. (CERNET) is a registered non-government organization that supports people’s...
By ABBY BILANBulatlat.com NAGA CITY – Various groups were alarmed over the two-day bombing exercises of the 2nd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army in the province of Masbate. On Sept. 23 and 24, the Philippine Army led the 105MM Howitzers Canon Live Firing...
Karapatan called on the Malolos Regional Trial Court Branch 19 “to act with haste in undertaking the promulgation hearing on the charges of kidnapping and serious illegal detention with serious physical injuries filed by farmer-brothers Raymond and Reynaldo Manalo.”
By MIKHAELA EMY SALLEBulatlat.com MANILA – A farmers group has called on the National Food Authority (NFA) to increase its palay procurement fund for 2024, saying that buying at least 20 percent of the local palay production may help lower the prices of rice in the...
By KIMBERLY BINALINGBINGBulatlat.com BINANGONAN, Rizal, September 23 – Residents in nearby towns where Taal Volcano sits continue to suffer from the emission of volcanic smog or vog. “I didn’t notice the vog when I was on my way to the market because I always wear a...
Karapatan demands a stop to what they describe as “steadily growing cases of violation against the International Humanitarian Law (IHL).” By ASHLEYAH DE LA CRUZBulatlat.com MANILA — Eight civilians were killed by state soldiers last Thursday, Sept. 21, in two separate...
Environmental group said the Aerotropolis project has “resulted in the displacement of coastal communities, the loss of their livelihood, the deforestation of their mangrove forest, and numerous cases of harassment from police and military agents.” By EIKEE JAMELA...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMILBulatlat.com MANILA – Tomorrow, Sept. 27, the Malolos City Regional Trial Court Branch 19 will decide on the charges of kidnapping and serious illegal detention with physical injuries filed by farmer Raymond Manalo and his late twin brother,...
By ABBY BILANBulatlat.com NAGA CITY – Progressive groups decried the harassment of campus journalists and youth activists who were subjected to surveillance by soldiers belonging to the Philippine Army. The latest incident happened on Sept. 21 where a soldier took...