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 DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA – Save the Children Philippines (SCP) said that over 26 million enrolled students in the Philippines are affected by climate change. This situation reflects the Philippines’ top ranking not just in the World Risk Index 2022 but...
The latest report from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) revealed that Western Visayas is the most affected region with P687.7 million ($12.3M) in agricultural damage, followed by Mimaropa, Cagayan Valley, Ilocos, Calabarzon, and...
By LIA MERCADOBulatlat.com MANILA – The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) expressed concerns over the demolition of fishing structures in Navotas City along Manila Bay. Ina statement, Pamalakaya said, “Affected fisherfolk and other...
by DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA – Two Pangasinan-based environmental defenders and organizers were violently mauled and dragged into an SUV at about 8 p.m. on March 24 in Barangay Polo, San Carlos, Pangasinan, according to human rights group Karapatan-Central...
Months of investigation by Bulatlat revealed that the booming commercial tuna industry in General Santos City, dubbed the Philippines’ “tuna capital,” favors industrial scale commercial fishing fleets at the expense of the livelihood of thousands of ordinary...
NEW YORK — Women activists gathered in front of the United Nations Headquarters in New York City on March 21, 2024 to express their support for Palestine. The protest action was in time for the Commission on the Status of Women. “From the sea to the river, Palestine...
By JUSTN UMALIBulatlat.com SANTA CRUZ, Laguna – Hundreds of workers from Dutch semiconductor company Nexperia Philippines protested an impending “temporary layoff” of 54 workers outside their plant in Cabuyao City, Laguna, March 22. At least 300 Nexperia workers...
In the first six months of the Marcos Jr administration, the Children’s Legal Rights and Development Center documented 12 children killed. In 2023, 20 children died in Caloocan and Manila alone. By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA – Despite the pronouncements of...
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...
By ALYSSA MAE CLARINBulatlat.com MANILA – An Olongapo-based journalist went missing while covering a violent demolition in sitio Balubad, barangay Anunas, Angeles City in Pampanga, March 12. According to initial reports from fellow journalists on the ground, K5 News...
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...
By JUSTIN UMALIBulatlat.com SANTA CRUZ, Laguna – Five volunteers of progressive party-list Bayan Muna Southern Tagalog along with two companions are being held in a checkpoint by elements of the police and military in barangay Panikihan, Gumaca town, Quezon province,...