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Fishers kick off year fighting back vs dev’t aggression

By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA – At the start of the year, fisherfolk under the banner of Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya (Pamalakaya) call on the government to review clean energy projects that trample the human rights and welfare of coastal communities. In a statement,...

Peasant organizer abducted in Negros

Peasant organizer abducted in Negros

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...

Ombudsman reprimands red-taggers Parlade, Badoy

Ombudsman reprimands red-taggers Parlade, Badoy

By EMILY VITALBulatlat.com MANILA — The Office of the Ombudsman found red-taggers Lorraine Badoy and Antonio Parlade Jr. guilty of conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service and imposed upon them the penalty of reprimand. In a decision dated March 23,...

2 environmental activists defy military, expose abduction

2 environmental activists defy military, expose abduction

By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVABulatlat.com MANILA — The two missing Manila Bay environmental activists today revealed they have been abducted by the military and did not voluntarily surrender as claimed by authorities. CLICK TO WATCH VIDEO: Pahayag nina Jonila Castro at...

Student leader remains strong despite continuing repression

Student leader remains strong despite continuing repression

Student leader John Peter Angelo Garcia has become the latest target of the military’s baseless accusations. By JACINTO LINGATONGBulatlat.com SANTA CRUZ, Laguna – “I am a human rights defender, not a terrorist.” This is the statement of John Peter Angelo Garcia, a...

Korte sa Kuwait, binigyang hustisya ang pagpatay sa OFW 

Korte sa Kuwait, binigyang hustisya ang pagpatay sa OFW 

Ni JAMIE MIKAELLA VARGASPinoy Weekly Ikinatuwa ng Kilusan ng Manggagawang Kababaihan (KMK) ang hatol ng korte sa Kuwait sa kaso ng pagpatay sa overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) na si Jullebee Ranara noong Enero. Hinatulan ng 15 taong pagkakakulong si Ayed Al-Azmi, 17...

Condemnation pours for lawyer’s murder in Abra

Condemnation pours for lawyer’s murder in Abra

By SHERWIN DE VERANorthern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — Provincial officials, lawyers, and progressive groups have condemned the killing of a lawyer in Bangued, the provincial capital, on the afternoon of September 14. In Abra, Governor Dominic Valera and Representative...

Fight of US-based Jollibee workers continues

Fight of US-based Jollibee workers continues

By ABHIE GANADOBulatlat.com MANILA – Nine illegally terminated Jollibee workers and other community members protested at the Jollibee Journal Square, following the filing of the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) of a formal complaint against the fastfood...

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