Red-tagging remains among the most prevalent threats to press freedom that also include violence against journalists and the media in the Philippines, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) reported. In his keynote speech at the opening of the historic 1st Philippine Media Safety Summit, CHR...
By MARK ERNEST FAMATIGAN IBON Foundation In late March, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) revealed the government’s list of 194 priority infrastructure projects, also known as Infrastructure Flagship Projects (IFPs), under the Marcos...
An international group on human rights in the Philippines accused the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. administration of having a worse record on forcible disappearances than the previous Rodrigo Duterte government. The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines...
By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN Bulatlat.com MANILA — The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines assailed the recent attempts of scammers who tried to solicit money from politicians using the name of its chairperson, Jonathan de Santos. In the screenshots shared via...
Ngayong Hunyo inaasahang magsisimulang maramdaman ang epekto ng El Niño o matinding tagtuyot sa bansa.
By VENMAR CECILLE Bulatlat.com MANILA – Three months since the Mindoro oil spill, residents and environmental advocates are appealing for more urgent solutions and assistance as its impacts on their lives and livelihoods persist. “Three months have passed but our town...
The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said it supports the Salt Industry Development Bill (House Bill 8278) that the House of Representatives passed on its third and final reading last Monday. The KMP said it once the measure becomes law, it may solve the...
Oriental Mindoro-based radio broadcaster Cresenciano ‘Cris’ Bunduquin was killed after receiving two gunshots from riding-in-tandem on C5 Road in Brgy. Santa Isabel, Calapan earlier this morning. According to reports, Bunduquin was opening up his store when the...
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...