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 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...
By FRANCK DICK ROSETEBulatlat.com CAGAYAN DE ORO – Concerned groups expressed strong opposition to an energy company’s plan to construct a 600-megawatt liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plant in Barangay Tacub, Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte. The Philippine Movement for...
By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA – Martial law veterans, multi-sectoral formations, and the youth refuse to forget the People Power uprising as they marched towards the EDSA People Monument, Tuesday, February 25, to commemorate the 39th anniversary of the...
By ANNE MARXZE UMILBulatlat.com "NTF-ELCAC’s reason for being has always been to target open, legal organizations it accuses of being ‘communist fronts.’” MANILA – Lies, lies and more lies. This is the reaction of human rights group Karapatan on the Philippine...
By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com Trigger warning: gender-based violence, graphic details. MANILA — Bahaghari, an alliance of LGBTQ+ individuals and organizations, calls for the Caloocan authorities to conduct an investigation on the brutal killing of a trans woman. Last...
By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA — Human rights groups expressed alarm on reports of aerial strafing in indigenous peoples communities in Pola, Oriental Mindoro. Bigkis at Lakas ng mga Katutubo sa Timog Katagalugan (BALATIK) reported that elements of the...
By FRANCK DICK ROSETEBulatlat.com NAGA CITY – The outburst of Camarines Sur 2nd District Rep. LRay Villafuerte over a campus publication’s local preference survey has resulted in malicious comments, harassment and intimidation. Solidarity and support calling for...
By JIAN ZHARESE JOEIS F. SANZBulatlat.com MANILA — Three months before the 2025 midterm election, the demands of different sectors for government accountability and the end to impunity were heard at the Liwasang Bonifacio during the protest on January 31 against...
By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA — Paghida-et sa Kauswagan Development Group (PDG), a Negros-based development organization working for land rights, urged the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to conduct an investigation on the arrest of three of development...
By FRANCK DICK ROSETEBulatlat.com CAGAYAN DE ORO — On National Children’s Month, various groups urged the current Marcos Jr. administration to prioritize the young indigenous peoples’ (IP) right to education by reopening the Lumad schools that were forcibly shut down...
By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA – A Molbog indigenous peoples leader is accused of “grave coercion” by a former executive of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP). Eusebio Pelayo, 69, a community leader and a Molbog resident in Mariahangin,...
By RAIZZA P. BELLOBulatlat.com ALIAGA, NUEVA ECIJA – Bernardo Trinidad picked up a pale brown palay (rice). He held it by his wrinkly palm and stared at it for a moment. “In farming, your harvest isn’t certain unless it’s already in a sack,” Trinidad said in Filipino...