By FRANCK DICK ROSETEBulatlat.com CAGAYAN DE ORO — Lawyers of detained journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and lay worker Marielle Domequil maintained that their clients are innocent, disagreeing with the court decision that was only based on testimonies from “rebel returnees” without supporting...
By ABHIE GANADOBulatlat.com MANILA – Two human rights defenders from Southern Tagalog said that their trumped-up charges are evidence of how the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) is used to silence critical voices. “[O]ur state forces are weaponizing the [ATA] just to silence...
A group of Filipino fisherfolk questioned the new budget for Manila Bay’s rehabilitation, stressing that the government’s environment department has not been effective in implementing such a program.
Can a road project be the residents’ highway to homelessness and joblessness?
Farmers of Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac province urged the government to reopen land distribution in a motion for reconsideration filed on Aug. 8.
Jeepney drivers urged the Philippine government to suspend taxes on petroleum products like diesel to help cushion the impact of the recent oil price hikes.
By JACINTO LINGATONGBulatlat.com SANTA CRUZ, Laguna — Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) survivors, anti-mining advocates and church workers were among those who marched along the streets of Borongan town, Eastern Samar to protest the ongoing mining operations in the nearby...
By JUSTIN UMALIBulatlat.com SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna – Rosenda Lemita could not hold back her tears as she signed her petition for review of the resolution dismissing her earlier murder complaint against police officers involved in the killing of her daughter, Ana Mariz...
By JUSTIN UMALIBulatlat.com SAN PABLO CITY, Laguna – Residents in barangay Putol, Tuy, Batangas province fear for their lives as elements of the Philippine Army’s 59th Infantry Battalion entered their community, August 4. According to local organization Sugarfolks’...
By JACINTO LINGATONGBulatlat.com SANTA CRUZ, Laguna – A Laguna-based unionist was subjected to surveillance and harassment last August 5, following a series of threats and intimidation of labor leaders in the Southern Tagalog region. According to reports, Mario...
By SAI GOMEZBulatlat.com MANILA – Save the Children Philippines urged the government to implement a comprehensive emergency program for children who are among those most affected by typhoons. In July alone, there were three consecutive typhoons, as well as the...
Flood waters inundated many villages in Calumpit, Bulacan due to the effects of typhoon Egay and Habagat that battered northern portions of Luzon.
By VENMAR CECILLEBulatlat.com MANILA – “The pandemic is still not over.” Cristy Dongeuines, president of Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center Employees Union-Alliance of Health Workers (JRMMCEU-AHW), stressed this point as they joined last Monday’s protest action in...