By ALYSSA MAE CLARINBulatlat.com MANILA – Part of the job. This is how Filipino women journalists perceive intimidation, harassment, and even death threats they experience as truth tellers, initial data from a recent action research revealed. The Ateneo de Manila de University’s (ADMU)...
“We strongly call on our lawmakers to pass the Human Rights Defenders Protection Act — and upholding human rights should be at the top of the legislative agenda of those running for a seat in Congress in the upcoming elections.”
It has been three years since former First Lady Imelda Marcos was convicted of seven counts of graft and corruption.
For unionist Alan Balaba, president of the Social Welfare Employees Association of the Philippines (SWEAP), the regular benefits expected to be received by the end of the year would only be used to pay off debts.
Through the years, the progressive party-lists under the Makabayan bloc have remained critical of government policies and other issues concerning the marginalized population.
Human rights groups are seeking the disqualification of former senator and son and namesake of the former dictator, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in his bid to run for president in the 2022 national elections, citing the “inescapable fact” of his conviction over tax evasion charges 26 years ago.
In his five years of selling pandesal in a Caloocan market, Junry Anrin experienced the highs and lows of having a business.
There are hardly any women fisherfolk who join municipal and commercial vessels at Zambales, and it’s a common misconception for people to think that women are not directly involved in the fisheries industries.
The Rice Tariffication Law “is equivalent to a death sentence for the local rice industry and rice farmers.”
The families of the 29 Filipino seafarers stranded off the coast of Xiamen, China for almost five months now are asking the government to bring them home, saying that their pleas for help have fallen on deaf ears.
In what is yet another first for a country dubbed as “one of the deadliest countries for journalists” in the world, veteran journalist Maria Ressa is one of the recipients of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.
The title of a National Artist is undeniably coveted. In many instances, nominees and awardees are held in such high regard as they are believed to have reached the highest level of success in their field.
According to the labor federation Drug/Food and Allied Workers Federation (DFA-KMU), Wyeth Philippines managemen6 launched a “team-building exercise” for workers in their Warehouse division when they were instead served redundancy notices. By JUSTIN UMALI Bulatlat.com...