MANILA – Filipino-American activists protested Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s visit to the United States for the first trilateral U.S.-Japan-Philippines leaders’ summit on April 11. The national day of action was led by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan)-US. Protests were also held in the states of...
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 need for armed struggle is greater than ever before.’ The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) rejected Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff Romeo Brawner’s call for New People’s Army (NPA) fighters to surrender, saying the need for armed...
By SHERWIN DE VERANorthern Dispatch VIGAN CITY — Intense fighting between communist guerillas and government troops forced villagers to evacuate and the suspension of classes in Pilar, Abra on April 2. Mayor Tyron Christopher Beroña ordered the suspension of primary...
Ni MICHAEL BELTRANPinoy Weekly Ngayong buwan nakatakdang ilunsad ang ika-39 na Balikatan Joint Military Exercises ng mga sundalong Amerikano at Pilipino. Lunsaran ng mga bagong teknolohiya at posturang pandigma ng taunang war games ng dalawang bansa. At ngayon, dahil...
Ni MICHELLE MABINGNAYPinoy Weekly Maagang namulat sa pag-uunyon si Alona Soriano. Bago pa man maging ganap na manggagawa, alam na niya ang kahalagahan ng unyon sa isang pagawaan—nagtataguyod ng nakabubuhay na sahod, regularisasyon, maayos na benepisyo at iba pang...
By SHERWIN DE VERANorthern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — The abduction case of two environmental activists in Pangasinan has been added to the growing number of “short-term disappearances,” an emerging global trend that the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights...
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...
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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 SHERWIN DE VERANorthern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — The number of organizations expressing outrage and condemnation over the reported abduction of two environmental activists in Pangasinan continues to grow. In a March 24 statement, Karapatan Central Luzon reported that...
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...