By ARTEMIO DUMLAOwww.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY— Two people were killed, and another was injured after unidentified gunmen ambushed the convoy of Pidigan mayoralty candidate and former Langiden Mayor Artemio “Billy Boy” Donato Jr. on Friday afternoon, February 28, at Sitio Palicad, Poblacion,...
Libel has always been a tool of government officials and influential individuals to stifle freedom of expression and silence critical media organizations.
President Rodrigo Duterte’s speech before the 75th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) last Tuesday night, September 22, drew jeers from rights groups, calling his remarks on human rights “malicious” and “perverse.” They said that the President’s repeated threats...
Taliptip fisherfolk in Bulakan, Bulacan are being erased off the map by the construction of a large airport – while the pandemic is still raging
Ang plano naman talaga ng gobyerno, burahin sa mapa ang mga komunidad ng mga maralita sa Tondo, Maynila.
By MENCHANI TILENDO (Bulatlat.com) MANILA–Unlike the past years, September 21 #NeverAgain protests this year were anticipated with relatively less elderly participants due to the health risk brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. Still, several of them showed up in the...
In the commemoration of the September 21 Martial Law, progressive groups forego holding their rally at Freedom Park where police awaited them to force them again to sit on plastic chairs.
By KIMBERLIE QUITASOL www.nordis.net LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — Funds for Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) response, and economic recovery programs will be given priority for La Trinidad’s 2021 budget. Vice Mayor Roderick Awingan said they still have to deliberate of...
The displaced Manobo Lumad from Talaingod and Kapalong and the UCCP Haran are once again charged with trafficking persons and child abuse, charges they say is orchestrated by the lies of the government’s anti-insurgency task force.
Sa 2021 Pambansang Badyet ng rehimeng Duterte, tila prayoridad ang imprastraktura at pasismo, hindi ang kalusugan at iba pang serbisyo na kailangang kailangan sa panahonng pang-ekonomiyang krisis at pandemyang coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Nagaganap na sa...
By Sonny Africa Masyadong maliit para sa laki ng krisis na kinakaharap ng bansa ang pampulubing Bayanihan 2 Bill na pinapaboran ng economic managers at ipinipilit sa Kongreso. Dahil dito, baka abutin ng maraming taon at lalong lumalayo ang bansa sa kalusugan at...
By SHERWIN DE VERA www.nordis.net SECOND PART The 1990 Build-Operate-Transfer Law (RA 6957) opened opportunities for corporations to invest in projects that used to be reserved for government. It also allowed foreign capital infusion to government priority projects....
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Critics are far from impressed by President Rodrigo Duterte’s marching order to his newly-appointed PhilHealth chief to eradicate corruption in the long-beleaguered public health insurance system. But more than this,...