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 ABBY BILANBulatlat.com NAGA CITY – Progressive groups decried the harassment of campus journalists and youth activists who were subjected to surveillance by soldiers belonging to the Philippine Army. The latest incident happened on Sept. 21 where a soldier took...
By RONJAY MENDIOLA and MIKHAELA EMY SALLEBulatlat.com MANILA – Students from state universities are calling for higher budgets for science laboratories, classrooms, and equipment amid expectations of excellence. “Expectations are high for us to perform excellently in...
Ni MICHELLE MABINGNAYPinoy Weekly Mahigit dalawang dekada nang gumagawa ng mga effigy si Max Santiago. Nagsimula ito nang sumali siya sa UGATLahi Artists’ Collective noong estudyante pa siya sa University of Santo Tomas (UST). Unang beses na tumulong siya sa paggawa...
Ni DEO MONTESCLAROSPinoy Weekly Bumuo ng alyansa ang mga guro at kawani ng mga paaralan sa lahat ng antas para sa kagyat na pagpapatupad ng makabuluhang dagdag-suweldo na nakabatay sa family living wage nasa P1,164 kada araw o P25,327 kada buwan sa pagtataya ng Ibon...
Ni MARC LINO ABILAPinoy Weekly Nanawagan ang Caritas Philippines, ang humanitarian arm ng Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), na itigil na ng gobyerno ang crackdown sa mga environmental activist at irespeto ang kanilang mga karapatan. Inilabas ng...
A Protestant denomination urged the United Nations (UN) to ask the Philippine government to repeal its anti-terrorism law it says is being used to randomly arrest members of the clergy and other human rights defenders.
Progressive lawyers decried the recent dismissal of charges against law enforcement officers sued by urban poor organizer and activist Reina Mae Nasino.
A widow of a victim of the government’s so-called war on drugs called for a stronger United Nations (UN) effort in investigating the killings in the Philippines. Amy Jane Lee, whose husband Michael was among the thousands killed, said the bloody campaign started by...
A group of human rights defenders said they have reported the case of the two abducted environmental activists to the United Nations (UN) at the ongoing 54th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, Switzerland. The Philippine UPR [Universal...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMILBulatlat.com MANILA – Filipino progressives held a protest action yesterday, Sept. 21, as they commemorated the 51st year since the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. imposed martial law in the country. “This is the day when Ferdinand Marcos...
“Now that the truth is out, we demand that everyone involved in the abduction, enforced disappearance and fake surrender of Castro and Tamano be held accountable, especially NTF-ELCAC whose malicious and baseless accusations, harmful rhetoric and activities against...
The victims were reportedly on their way to barangay Gil Montilla when masked and armed men in a white van stopped them and forced the two into the vehicle. The tricycle was also taken and loaded at the back of a pick-up vehicle. By ANNE MARXZE D. UMILBulatlat.com...