By ALYSSA MAE CLARINBulatlat.com MANILA – Part of the job. This is how Filipino women journalists perceive intimidation, harassment, and even death threats they experience as truth tellers, initial data from a recent action research revealed. The Ateneo de Manila de University’s (ADMU)...
By MIKHAELA EMY SALLEBulatlat.com MANILA – A farmers group has called on the National Food Authority (NFA) to increase its palay procurement fund for 2024, saying that buying at least 20 percent of the local palay production may help lower the prices of rice in the...
By KIMBERLY BINALINGBINGBulatlat.com BINANGONAN, Rizal, September 23 – Residents in nearby towns where Taal Volcano sits continue to suffer from the emission of volcanic smog or vog. “I didn’t notice the vog when I was on my way to the market because I always wear a...
Karapatan demands a stop to what they describe as “steadily growing cases of violation against the International Humanitarian Law (IHL).” By ASHLEYAH DE LA CRUZBulatlat.com MANILA — Eight civilians were killed by state soldiers last Thursday, Sept. 21, in two separate...
Environmental group said the Aerotropolis project has “resulted in the displacement of coastal communities, the loss of their livelihood, the deforestation of their mangrove forest, and numerous cases of harassment from police and military agents.” By EIKEE JAMELA...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMILBulatlat.com MANILA – Tomorrow, Sept. 27, the Malolos City Regional Trial Court Branch 19 will decide on the charges of kidnapping and serious illegal detention with physical injuries filed by farmer Raymond Manalo and his late twin brother,...
By ABBY BILANBulatlat.com NAGA CITY – Progressive groups decried the harassment of campus journalists and youth activists who were subjected to surveillance by soldiers belonging to the Philippine Army. The latest incident happened on Sept. 21 where a soldier took...
By RONJAY MENDIOLA and MIKHAELA EMY SALLEBulatlat.com MANILA – Students from state universities are calling for higher budgets for science laboratories, classrooms, and equipment amid expectations of excellence. “Expectations are high for us to perform excellently in...
Progressive lawyers decried the recent dismissal of charges against law enforcement officers sued by urban poor organizer and activist Reina Mae Nasino.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMILBulatlat.com MANILA – Filipino progressives held a protest action yesterday, Sept. 21, as they commemorated the 51st year since the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. imposed martial law in the country. “This is the day when Ferdinand Marcos...
“Now that the truth is out, we demand that everyone involved in the abduction, enforced disappearance and fake surrender of Castro and Tamano be held accountable, especially NTF-ELCAC whose malicious and baseless accusations, harmful rhetoric and activities against...
The victims were reportedly on their way to barangay Gil Montilla when masked and armed men in a white van stopped them and forced the two into the vehicle. The tricycle was also taken and loaded at the back of a pick-up vehicle. By ANNE MARXZE D. UMILBulatlat.com...
By EMILY VITALBulatlat.com MANILA — The Office of the Ombudsman found red-taggers Lorraine Badoy and Antonio Parlade Jr. guilty of conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service and imposed upon them the penalty of reprimand. In a decision dated March 23,...