By Edward Alipio | Baretang Bikolnon Daet, Camarines Norte — “Serbisyo sa tao, ‘wag gawing negosyo.” This was the chant of various consumers, labor workers, and youth representatives in front of the Camarines Norte Electric Cooperative, Inc. (CANORECO) building in Magallanes Ilaod, Daet on...
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...
At the on-going House of Representatives (HOR) hearings on economic Charter change (Cha-cha), Marikina 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo said the point of Cha-cha is to open up the economy so she was “shocked” at IBON’s claim that the Philippines is now already among...
Ni CHRISTOM JOHN SANTIAGOPinoy Weekly Inilunsad ng mga grupo ng kababaihan ang isang network na naglalayong ipagtanggol at protektahan ang karapatan ng kababaihan at mamamayan laban sa ibayong dayuhang pananamantala na pahihintulutan ng pagbabago sa Saligang Batas....
In a House deliberation on wage hike proposals, research group IBON executive director Sonny Africa stressed that there is no reason not to give any of the wage hikes currently proposed by different legislation. The House of Representatives (HOR) Committee on Labor...
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)...
By KIMBERLIE QUITASOLwww.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY — The City Government of Baguio, together with the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), recognized human rights defenders and advocates during the flag ceremony at the Baguio City Hall today, Feb. 26, a day after the...
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...
Ni JESSICA LUNAPinoy Weekly “Para sa lahat ng Tomasino, handa akong isugal ang aking pagkaestudyante rito sa UST (University of Santo Tomas) para lamang ilantad kung gaano kalala ang student repression dito sa unibersidad.” Ito ang naging pahayag ni Raven Kristine...
Ni ANDREA JOBELLE ADANPinoy Weekly Inaprubahan na ng Quezon Provincial Prosecutor ang pagsampa ng kasong arson laban sa direktor na si Jade Castro at sa tatlo niyang kaibigan matapos akusahan ng pulisya ang apat ng panununog ng isang modern jeepney sa Catanauan,...