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...
The pandemic only compounded the already dismal status of occupational health and safety in the country.
That fateful night of March 3, the life of Guillen was shaken as two men wearing ski masks attacked him, stabbing him several times with a screwdriver.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – A street sweeper in Marikina, Mechelle Radolla could not believe it when she tested positive for COVID-19. This despite all her precautions such as wearing face mask and face shield, and observing physical distancing. “My...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – In the evening of Holy Wednesday, Pauline Budy limped as she made her rounds in the emergency room of San Lazaro Hospital, the country’s primary facility for infectious diseases. She is in pain. Over a week ago she...
BY REIN TARINAY Bulatlat.com MANILA — Experts from the University of the Philippines’ COVID-19 Pandemic Response Team warned that the current new daily cases being reported may double in two months. “The numbers don’t lie: we are in a worse state than when we were...
“Domestic remedies have been ineffective at providing redress and at halting continued abuses. The power imbalance between victims of state violence, and perpetrators who have the backing of government apparatuses, is grave. Structures to redress this imbalance are...
By JUSTIN UMALI SANTA ROSA, Laguna – Rommy Torres is a farmer in Sitio Compra, Barangay San Mateo, Norzagaray, Bulacan. He was a quiet man who cultivated bananas and other root crops. Last year, agents from Royal Moluccan Realty Holdings, inc. fenced off 75.5...
Farmers in Buntog have been struggling for decades to assert their rights to the land, which they and their ancestors have lived in since 1911.
Health advocate and community doctor Josh San Pedro said that mass testing remains important amid the increasing number of cases, and the new coronavirus variant, which is proving to be more transmissible. After all, vaccines have no 100 efficacy rate and that chances...
Progressive groups commemorated the 157th birth anniversary of revolutionary Gat Andres Bonifacio in University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, on Monday, Nov. 30
By Menchani Tilendo/Bulatlat.com MANILA — The onslaught of typhoon Ulysses (international name: Vamco) on November 12 came at a time when the victims of typhoon Rolly (international name: Goni) that preceded it are still struggling to recover from the massive loss of...
The agriculture department said 18,000 farmers have been affected, and at least 17,000-hectares of crops were destroyed.