By DANIELA MAURICIOBulatlat.com “This happens every year—once harvest season comes, prices crash. Farmers can no longer recover their investment. Now, they can’t even sell their produce; they’re forced to give tomatoes away or throw them out. There must be immediate compensation for the farmers...
Cornerstones of a democratic society is the assurance of a free and fair election system. Thus, it is imperative that governments must ensure the security and integrity of elections, to assure its citizens that leaders are elected by the will of the people and not...
By JONAS ALPASAN Bulatlat.com MANILA – A farmers group has warned of the possible impacts of El Niño on food production in the country, saying that the government might fall short of its preparations on how to mitigate its impact. “The 2023 to 2024 El Niño could be...
By SAI GOMEZ AND VENMAR CECILLE Bulatlat.com MANILA – In the ever-growing landscape of digital consumerism exacerbated by the pandemic-related travel restrictions, there is increasing dependence on transport network vehicle services (TNVS), high cost notwithstanding....
By JUSTIN UMALI Bulatlat.com CABUYAO, Laguna – For months now, unionist Mario Fernandez has to check his surroundings twice whenever he leaves his work at Technol Eight Philippines. “You can never be sure if somebody is following you,” he said in an interview...
“The decision of the trial court is but another knot in the long line of similar fabricated cases filed against activists and eventually dismissed because they are that – fabrications.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Rights groups lauded the recent order...
By JONAS ALPASAN Bulatlat.com MANILA – Former Sen. Leila de Lima has been acquitted anew over a drug-related case that was filed against her under former President Rodrigo Duterte. “I had no doubt from the very beginning that I will be acquitted in all the cases the...
“Notably, none of the elements of the alleged importation of drugs into Indonesia took place in the Philippines. In fact, the Philippines as the sending country is where Veloso was illegally recruited in order to be trafficked or exploited in two other receiving...
Human rights group Karapatan said that Dex and Bazoo are the seventh and eighth persons involuntarily disappeared under Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s administration. By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Families of missing activists Dexter Capuyan and Gene Roz Jamil...
By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN Bulatlat.com MANILA — Media organizations called on the Kapisanan ng mga Broadkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) to look into the recent red-tagging of National Union of Journalists of the Philippines’ (NUJP) chairperson, Jonathan de Santos, and its...
The September 21 Movement reported that Tingal was tied up, beaten, and shot dead.
On the 30th World Press Freedom Day commemoration, media organizations and press freedom watchdogs here reminded fellow journalists that press freedom remains fragile as many journalists continue to face threats.
Cagayan de Oro-based journalist Leonardo Vicente “Cong” Corrales filed a complaint with the National Privacy Commission (NPC) in an effort to compel giant tech company Meta to disclose the information of the people who red-tagged him on the social media platform, Facebook.