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 KATH M. CORTEZ Davao Today DAVAO CITY, Philippines- A volunteer teacher for Lumad schools received the 2023 Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk in Dublin, Ireland for her work despite harassments and red-tagging. Jeany ‘Rose’ Hayahay, a...
By NUEL M. BACARRA Kodao Productions A network of residents, fisher folk, youth, civil society, people’s organization, faith-based and multi-sectoral groups trooped to the House of Representative on Monday, May 29, to decry the inaction of the government on holding...
By KATH M. CORTEZ Davao Today DAVAO CITY, Philippines – A year ago, brothers Mawing and Ismael Pangadas from Talaingod were arrested after joining an anti-State of The Nation Address in Davao City, and were charged along with three teachers of trafficking...
Migrant workers in Hong Kong (HK) are demanding a response to a list of complaints they submitted in a dialogue with Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) and Philippine Consulate officials last April. More than a month after their FilCom(Filipino Community) Leaders...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – A Washington prosecutor has refused to file charges against Filipino-American activists who joined a protest early this month during Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s visit to the United States. In an online press conference on May...
By SHERWIN DE VERA Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — Several University of the Philippines campuses have joined the call to surface two UP Baguio alumni who have been missing since April 28. In separate statements, the Baguio, Cebu, and Visayas campuses urged the...
Since SB19 dropped their comeback single “Gento,” many fan theories have surfaced to dissect and interpret the song. So here’s some from Bulatlat. By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Much has been said about the recent comeback hit of the PPOP group SB19....
By JUSTIN UMALI Bulatlat.com SANTA CRUZ, Laguna – The union of workers at Wyeth Philippines is preparing for a strike following the dismissal of 140 workers. On May 18, Wyeth-Nestle management laid off 140 workers, comprising 125 union members including 10 union...
By JONAS ALPASAN Bulatlat.com MANILA – “Whose interests will be protected and promoted by the [proposed law on national land use]?” The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, a progressive farmers group here, raised this issue in opposing the looming passage of House Bill...
Activist groups are protesting a priority bill in Congress proposing a new national land use plan they say would further reduce agricultural lands and endanger food self sufficiency in the Philippines. The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), Kalipunan ng Damayang...
By LUCELLE F. BONZO Davao Today DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The City Council of the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) has declared a state of calamity for the entire island due to an ongoing power crisis and increasing public dissatisfaction. Since February 28, the...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Families and support group for political prisoners, Kapatid, is urging the Supreme Court to speed up the promulgation of the writ of kalayaan to decongest jails and pave the way for the release of elderly and sick political...