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Calls to impeach Sara Duterte intensify as May polls near

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 poverty, corruption and the...

Philippine UPR Watch refutes PH envoy’s claims in UNHRC

Philippine UPR Watch refutes PH envoy’s claims in UNHRC

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMILBulatlat.com MANILA – “Things are no better under the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. government.” This was the assertion of the Philippine delegation of the Philippine Universal Periodic Review Watch (UPR Watch) made during a side event of the ongoing 55th...

Charter change could worsen destructive mining impact

Charter change could worsen destructive mining impact

By DOMINIC GUTOMAN AND ZYSA MEI ELLORANBulatlat.com MANILA – For environmental defenders, the government’s push for charter change (cha-cha) could worsen the already dire impacts of destructive mining corporations on vulnerable communities. The Kalipunan ng Katutubong...

Consumer groups lament unprecedented rice inflation

Consumer groups lament unprecedented rice inflation

The Rice Liberalization Law has been in place for five years. Still, market prices have yet to drop to P25 per kilo, affecting farmers and consumers. By LIA MERCADOBulatlat.com MANILA – Food advocates have expressed concern over the 22.6-percent rice inflation in the...

Rights groups call for a safer environment for children

Rights groups call for a safer environment for children

By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA – Half a million Filipino children were trafficked for the production of new child sexual exploitation material in 2022, according to rights groups. Over the past 15 years, online child sexual abuse material surged by 15,000...

PUP students protest privatization

PUP students protest privatization

By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA – Students of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) conducted consecutive protests on Monday, February 12, to stand against some provisions of the National Polytechnic University (NPU) Bill, which seek to privatize...

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