By TONYO CRUZBulatlat.com Duterte Youth chair Ronald Cardema, his wife and former Rep. Ducielle Marie Doctor Suarez Cardema, and his sister-in-law and incumbent Rep. Drixie Mae Doctor Suarez “Cardema” should face multiple charges of material misrepresentation, lying under oath or perjury, and...
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...
Human rights group emphasized the importance UN Special Rapporteur’s visit, adding that this is the chance to show the international community that all is not well in the Philippines, and how current government policies, laws and programs have led to killings and...
“Instead of devoting our land and resources to the genuine development of the domestic agriculture, economy, and industries, ChaCha will allow more foreign-owned extractive industries, logging, ecotourism, real estate projects, expansion of agro-corporation...
By ALELI MADRIGALBulatlat.com PANDI, Bulacan — Inside a housing unit at a government facility here, three mothers gather around a basin full of unmade pieces of clothespins waiting to be assembled. Assembling clothespins for a nearby factory is a way for urban poor...
According to a report, at least 15 developed countries and the European Union have announced their pledges during the summit, which totaled almost $700 million.
“Until now, the water in our community remains commercialized and we have to either fetch water or have it delivered.”
For workers in Southern Tagalog, repression is as normal as resistance.
But if there is anything that the struggle for their right to housing taught them, Sionicio said that there are other fights they have to win, particularly their right to a decent living.
By AILA JOSOL and YZELLE ROSE PADABulatlat.com MANILA — Women’s group Lila Pilipina denounced the Philippine-Japan military pact as the Japanese failed to acknowledge their war crimes against Filipinos and comfort women. “They are again talking about war measures with...