Ni Jayson Enebrad | Baretang Bikolnon NAGA CITY, Camarines Sur – Nagtipon ang nasa 300 human rights activists mula sa iba’t ibang bahagi ng Bicol Region para sa ikalawang asembliya ng Defend Bicol Stop The Attacks Network noong Hulyo 18 sa Naga City. Tinalakay sa pagtitipon ang human...
“The World Bank and the IMF bear major responsibility for the widespread poverty in the Philippines through its imposition of onerous loan conditionalities and so-called development programs that resulted in higher prices, stagnant wages, union busting, cuts in social...
By KIMBERLIE QUITASOLNorthern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY— Cyrene Reyes, editor of the North Star Magazine, was diagnosed with Breast Cancer Stage 2-B in February 2021, at a time when the country’s healthcare system was overwhelmed by the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...
By SHERWIN DE VERANorthern Dispatch First published on Rappler.com on October 9, 2023 BAGUIO CITY — After five months of hard work, a miner and tunnel operator, along with his crew, successfully stacked and milled 300 sacks of gold ore, resulting in 120...
Ni JAMIE MIKAELLA VARGASPinoy Weekly Kinastigo ng Computer Professionals’ Union (CPU) ang kawalang interes ng gobyerno sa data breach na nangyari sa Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (Philhealth). Ayon sa grupo, minaliit ng Philhealth at Department of Information and...
Ni Michelle MabingnayPinoy Weekly Bandang alas-kuwatro ng hapon nitong Setyembre 29 nang mabasag ang katahimikan sa Barangay Macamot sa Binangonan, Rizal. May dumating na mga pulis mula sa Criminal Investigation and Detention Group (CIDG). May dala raw silang warrant...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMILBulatlat.com MANILA – Progressive groups expressed their dismay over the Malolos Regional Trial Court’s dismissal of kidnapping and serious illegal detention with serious physical injuries against retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr. filed by...
For Danah, the struggle is far from over. By JUSTIN UMALIBulatlat.com SANTA CRUZ, Laguna – Freedom could not come sooner for peasant organizer Danah Marie Marcellana, released on bail October 6, after two years in prison. According to the coalition Free our Sisters,...
By JACINTO LINGATONGBulatlat.com SANTA CRUZ, Laguna – Human rights workers in Southern Tagalog have been prevented from speaking to the three indigenous peoples rights advocates in Mindoro who were reported to be last seen on September 19. In a statement,...
Jonila acknowledged the dangers of speaking the truth on that day of the press conference, but she said, truth should come out and they cannot allow themselves to be used in deceiving the public. By ANNE MARXZE D. UMILBulatlat.com MANILA – It was a room jam-packed...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAOBulatlat.com MANILA — A Malolos court acquitted retired Major General Jovito Palparan in relation to the abduction, torture, and illegal detention of two Bulacan farmers 17 years ago. The Bulacan Regional Trial Court Branch 19 acquitted...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAOBulatlat.com MALOLOS, Bulacan — 17 years. This is how long Raymond Manalo and his brother Reynaldo waited for this fateful to come. But on Friday afternoon, Manalo walked out of the Malolos court – breathing heavily, his face red with apparent...
Research group IBON said that the millions-surge in informal work, particularly in part-time and unpaid family, indicates that working Filipinos are going on survival mode as the living crisis intensifies. The group also said that the Marcos Jr administration’s...