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...
By SHERWIN DE VERANorthern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — A major United Nations report has identified 40 countries, including the Philippines, where human rights defenders and organizations face “intimidation and reprisals due to cooperation or attempted cooperation” with...
Research group IBON said that the 6.1% year-on-year September 2023 inflation primarily driven by faster food and transport inflation shows the Marcos Jr administration is failing to effectively address soaring prices and help poor and vulnerable Filipinos cope....
Vice President Sara Duterte is ordering the police to now treat critics of her office’s confidential funds as enemies of the state, ACT Teachers’ Party Rep. France Castro said. In her failed defense of her hundreds of millions of pesos in confidential funds, Dutere...
Kodao’s Villanueva elected to media group’s regional board Community broadcasters in the Asia Pacific region called on the Philippine government to drop its prosecution against Filipino colleague Frenchie Mae Cumpio, calling charges against her “trumped-up.” In its...
Ni JESSICA LUNAPinoy Weekly Isang taon mula nang paslangin ang batikang brodkaster na si Percival Mabasa, mas kilala bilang Percy Lapid, hindi pa rin napapanagot ang mga susing tao sa kanyang pagkamatay. “Hindi sapat na accessories to the crime lang ang nakakulong so...
By KIMBERLY BINALINGBINGBulatlat.com MANILA – The families and supporters of missing activists Dexter Capuyan and Gene Roz Jamil “Bazoo” De Jesus are convinced that state forces are behind their enforced disappearance following the surfacing of two environmental...
By JACINTO LINGATONGBulatlat.com SANTA CRUZ, Laguna — Three indigenous people’s rights advocates investigating human rights violations were abducted in Mindoro Oriental. According to Karapatan Southern Tagalog, they are Job Abednego David, 29, Peter del Monte Jr., 29,...
By RITCHE T. SALGADOBulatlat.com CEBU CITY – Yet another organization helping the poor is being accused of terrorist links. Based in Cebu, the Community Empowerment Resource Network, Inc. (CERNET) is a registered non-government organization that supports people’s...
By ABBY BILANBulatlat.com NAGA CITY – Various groups were alarmed over the two-day bombing exercises of the 2nd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army in the province of Masbate. On Sept. 23 and 24, the Philippine Army led the 105MM Howitzers Canon Live Firing...
Ni ANDREA JOBELLE ADANPinoy Weekly Habang nagtitiyaga pa rin sa hiraman ng libro ang mga mag-aaral sa mga pampublikong paaralan, abala naman ang gobyerno na baguhin ang mga libro ng kasaysayan. Ganito inilarawan ni Noli Manalaysay, guro sa mahigit dalawang dekada, ang...
By KIMBERLIE QUITASOLNorthern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — The Baguio City Council has unanimously adopted a resolution calling on the Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) to rescind the terrorist designation of four Cordillera activists and residents of the city during its regular...
Ni MARC LINO ABILAPinoy Weekly Humingi ng proteksiyon sina Jonila Castro at Jhed Tamano sa Korte Suprema mahigit isang linggo matapos silang ilitaw ng militar sa isang press conference sa munisipyo ng Plaridel, Bulacan. Dinukot ng mga lalaking sakay ng puting van ang...