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 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,...
By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA – As President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. visits the Australian Parliament, Australian senators and Filipino rights groups staged a protest in the Australian capital outside Parliament Hill today, February 29. While President...
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...
By JACINTO LINGATONGBulatlat.com SANTA CRUZ, Laguna — Youth groups in Southern Tagalog have strongly opposed the proposed resolution of the 202nd Infantry Brigade, Philippine Army and CALABARZON Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF ELCAC)...
TRIGGER WARNING: ABUSE By SAI GOMEZBulatlat.com MANILA – Gender-based violence remains rampant globally, not just in the Philippines but across the world. According to the data from the World Health Organization (WHO), one in three women, or around 736 million, are...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMILBulatlat.com MANILA — The people will not forget the first People Power uprising. This is the assertion of progressive groups as they commemorated the 38th year since the first People Power uprising on Sunday, Feb. 25, which toppled the late...
By JACINTO LINGATONGBulatlat.com SANTA ROSA,Laguna – Reports of increased police checkpoints and intelligence agents near offices and universities have been documented a day before the 38th year commemoration of the first people power uprising that toppled the...
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...
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...
By SAI GOMEZBulatlat.com MANILA – House Assistant Minority Leader and Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Arlene Brosas slammed the opposing rallies held by the Marcos and Duterte camps on Sunday, Jan. 28. The two events, which happened simultaneously, have fueled...