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 ANNE MARXZE D. UMILBulatlat.com MANILA – “Things are no better under the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. government.” This was the assertion of the Philippine delegation of the Philippine Universal Periodic Review Watch (UPR Watch) made during a side event of the ongoing 55th...
By ALYSSA MAE CLARINBulatlat.com MANILA – An Olongapo-based journalist went missing while covering a violent demolition in sitio Balubad, barangay Anunas, Angeles City in Pampanga, March 12. According to initial reports from fellow journalists on the ground, K5 News...
By DOMINIC GUTOMAN AND ZYSA MEI ELLORANBulatlat.com MANILA – For environmental defenders, the government’s push for charter change (cha-cha) could worsen the already dire impacts of destructive mining corporations on vulnerable communities. The Kalipunan ng Katutubong...
Ni ANDREA JOBELLE ADANPinoy Weekly Para sa maraming paaralan at kabahayan, kaabang-abang ang anunsiyo ng Department of Education (DepEd) na dahan-dahan nang ibabalik ang school year sa orihinal na Hunyo hanggang Marso. Nakasaad sa DepEd Order No. 3, Series of 2024 na...
Research group IBON said that recent labor force data showing a drop in employed persons, combined with the phenomenal decrease in labor force participants and the swelling number of those not in the labor force, indicates a growing number of discouraged Filipino...
GENEVA, Switzerland—The Philippine UPR Watch again called for the abolition of the National Task Force To End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and the junking of the controversial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 in its ongoing participation at the 55th Regular...
Research group IBON said the uptick in February headline inflation, pushed by the rapid increase in rice prices, shows that the Marcos administration’s so-called measures to tame inflation are not working. The group said that the government needs to quit its hype and...
Ni MARC LINO ABILAPinoy Weekly Sinalubong ng karahasan ng pulisya ang payapang pagkilos ng mga manggagawa sa labas ng Batasang Pambansa sa Quezon City para suportahan ang panukalang batas para sa P100 umento sa arawang sahod nitong Peb. 28. Kinondena ng mga sentrong...
By JUSTIN UMALIBulatlat.com SANTA CRUZ, Laguna – Five volunteers of progressive party-list Bayan Muna Southern Tagalog along with two companions are being held in a checkpoint by elements of the police and military in barangay Panikihan, Gumaca town, Quezon province,...
Ni NEIL AMBIONPinoy Weekly Naghihingalo nang natagpuan ng mga paramedic ang dalawang buwang sanggol na si Mahmoud Fattouh. Bitbit siya ng inang humihingi ng tulong. “Itinakbo namin siya sa ospital at napag-alamang nagdurusa ito sa matinding malnutrisyon. Dinala siya...
Ni AXELL SWEN LUMIGUENPinoy Weekly Matapos ang halos pitong buwang paglilitis, dismayado sa naging desisyon ng Navotas Regional Trial Court Branch 286 ang pamilya ni Jherrode “Jemboy” Baltazar, isang 17 anyos na binatang binaril ng mga pulis dahil sa mistaken identity...
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...