By ALYSSA MAE CLARINBulatlat.com MANILA — A group of Filipino migrant rights advocates is appealing for the immediate rescue and repatriation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Lebanon amid the intensifying bombings by Israeli forces. Last September 27, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Human rights group Karapatan denounced the recent reports of activists and human rights defenders being accused of trumped-up charges.
For the People’s Summit organizers, Ferdinand Marcos Jr has “no love” for the Philippines as last year’s demands remain unheeded amid the worsening situation.
A farmers group assailed the proposal of the Philippine finance secretary that seeks to further liberalize the country’s sugar industry, saying that allowing more imports will neither lower its increasing prices nor cushion the impact of taxes on sugary beverages.
Mark Darren and Mark Danielle are overjoyed to finally see their mother, Mary Jane Veloso, five years after their last visit.
By MAVIC CONDEBulatlat.com GUINOBATAN, Albay – For communities living around Mayon Volcano’s six-kilometer danger zone, evacuation is part of their life. “We know what we are dealing with, so the sensible thing to do is [move] there,” Rowena Opeña told Bulatlat of...
By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN Bulatlat.com MANILA — Lawyers who previously represented the Philippine government in cases against human rights defenders have entered their appearance as counsels for the National Security Council (NSC) as the trial seeking to unblock 27...
By GEELA GARCIA Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY – A few steps away from a safe house, one can hear the Pangadas brothers, Mawing and Ismael, and the Diagone couple, Jeffry and Lerma, strumming the guitar and singing to familiar songs of resistance. The four were reunited...
By JONAS ALPASAN Bulatlat.com MANILA – On the 125th commemoration of Independence Day, Gabriela Women’s Party assailed the Marcos Jr administration’s disservice to the heroes who fought for the country’s freedom as he “remains to be an avid supporter of foreign-backed...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – It has been three days since Filipino boyband SB19 released their second EP (extended playlist) Pagtatag and the Pinoy pop (P-Pop) movement only seems to grow. This is the second of the group’s three EPs: the first is...
Farmers groups along with other sectors held a protest in front of the Department of Agrarian Reform then marched to Malacañang in Mendiola on Friday, June 9, to ask Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to address the decades-long issue of landlessness.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Human rights group Karapatan reiterated its demand for the Philippine government to stop violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) as the group continues to receive reports of civilians and hors de combat...
By LILY DELA CRUZ Bulatlat.com MANILA – Youth activists who were recently presented as “surrenderees” in Cagayan province were subjected to torture. This is the reaction of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) after Michael Cedrick Casaño and Patricia Nicole...