By JONAH KAYGUANBulatlat.com MANILA — As the Islamic holy month of Ramadan rounds its first week, Palestinian refugees in the Philippines continue to face an uncertain future. Those who fled the war in Gaza find themselves scattered across Metro Manila, handed from one group to the next, and...
By JACINTO LINGATONGBulatlat.com SAN PABLO, Laguna —The Katipunan ng mga Samahang Magbubukid sa Timog Katagalugan (KASAMA-TK) reported the arrest and continued harassment of 29 Iraya Mangyan farmers and their families in Hacienda Almeda, Abra de Ilog, Occidental...
By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA — An international human rights group identified Meta as a main digital vehicle for red-taggers and online harassers of young human rights defenders (HRDs) in the Philippines. Amnesty International Philippines (AIPh) launched...
By FRANCK DICK ROSETEBulatlat.com CAGAYAN DE ORO – “Is there a reason to celebrate?” Roland Cruz, Northern Mindanao coordinator of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), posed this question in relation to the observance of World Teachers’ Day last week, Oct. 5....
By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA – An international humanitarian non-government organization (NGO) said that the medical facilities that remain operational in Gaza cannot cope with the vast needs brought by increasing casualties in Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza....
By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA – “The struggle of the children in Palestine and the Philippines is connected,” these words came from a 15-year-old advocate Allia Dela Cruz, as she joined the Palestinian children’s solidarity activity last October 5, Saturday....
October 7 marks the Al-Aqsa Flood, an operation led by Hamas and Palestinian nationalist groups to resist the illegal occupation of Israel in Gaza. By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA — Progressive activists under the banner of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan)...
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...
By FRANCK DICK ROSETEBulatlat.com CAGAYAN DE ORO – Since its launch in June 2017, several groups have continuously protested against the government’s public transport modernization program (PTMP). In Cagayan de Oro, a few jeepney operators were forced to sell their...
By JACINTO LINGATONGBulatlat.com MANILA – It has been more than three years. Yet, justice remains elusive for the victims and survivors of the series of police operations that left nine Southern Tagalog-based activists and unionists dead and others arrested over...
By JACINTO LINGATONGBulatlat.com MANILA – At the 10th National Convention of Bayan Muna Partylist, its former lawmaker Neri Colmenares announced the party’s determination to make a comeback in the House of Representatives, emphasizing its fight to reclaim its place...
By DANIELA MAURICIOBulatlat.com MANILA – A coalition of progressive partylist groups raised concerns over a series of cyberattacks targeting some members of their senatorial slate eight months before the 2025 midterm elections, suspecting a coordinated effort to...
By JONAS ALPASANBulatlat.com MANILA – A group of Filipino journalists welcomed the arrest of former Palawan Governor Joel Reyes, the alleged mastermind of the 2011 killing of broadcaster and environmental defender Gerry Ortega. Reyes was taken into custody recently,...