Red-tagging remains among the most prevalent threats to press freedom that also include violence against journalists and the media in the Philippines, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) reported. In his keynote speech at the opening of the historic 1st Philippine Media Safety Summit, CHR...
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...
Ni NUEL BACARRAKodao Productions Marahil ay nakaramdam na ang halos lahat sa atin kung paano magutom sa iba’t ibang pagkakataon. Maaaring nangyari ito minsan sa loob ng isa, tatlo o anim na oras. Para sa isang estudyante, mahirap mag-memorya o unawain ang leksyon...
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...
NEW YORK — Women activists gathered in front of the United Nations Headquarters in New York City on March 21, 2024 to express their support for Palestine. The protest action was in time for the Commission on the Status of Women. “From the sea to the river, Palestine...
By MARICAR PIEDADIBON Foundation The announcement of Ramon Ang’s San Miguel Corporation (SMC) winning the Php170.6-billion deal to rehabilitate the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) did not sit well with a lot of people. Privatization it seems is a traumatic...
By JUSTN UMALIBulatlat.com SANTA CRUZ, Laguna – Hundreds of workers from Dutch semiconductor company Nexperia Philippines protested an impending “temporary layoff” of 54 workers outside their plant in Cabuyao City, Laguna, March 22. At least 300 Nexperia workers...
Ni ANDREA JOBELLE ADANPinoy Weekly Kapag ipinapanawagan ang paglaya ng Palestine “from the river to the sea,” kasama dito hindi lang ang Gaza, kung hindi mga komunidad hanggang sa okupadong West Bank na katabi ng ilog ng Jordan. May 40 kilometro sa hilagang kanluran...
Environmental groups held a rally in front of the The Netherlands Embassy in Makati last Friday, March 22, to demand accountability for two Dutch company’s involvement in the San Miguel Corporation’s P735-billion New Manila International Airport (NMIA) project on...