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...
Ni MICHELLE MABINGNAYPinoy Weekly Buhay na pinta ang bumubungad sa kanila dati—nagsasalubong na puting ulap at asul na dagat, mga dahong tinatangay ng sariwang hangin, sumasayaw na mga tangkay ng nagtataasang puno at kababayang may bitbit na mga pagkain. Ganito...
Ni AXELL SWEL LUMIGUENPinoy Weekly Walang ibang nais ang pamilya ni Jherode “Jemboy” Baltazar kundi katarungan para sa sinapit ng 17 anyos na binata. Namatay ang menor de edad sa kamay ng anim na pulis na walang habas siyang pinagbabaril habang nangingisda sa ilog ng...
Ni JAMIE MIKAELLA VARGASPinoy Weekly Ikinatuwa ng Migrante Philippines ang suspensiyon ng bagong guidelines ng Interagency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) na lalo pinahihirapan ang mga overseas Filipino worker (OFW) at ordinaryong mamamayan na makalabas ng bansa....
Rice prices may be lowered by several pesos more than President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s price ceiling of P41 to P45 per kilo of regular to well-milled varieties, farmers and consumer rights advocates said. Following Marcos’ issuance of Executive Order 39 issued last...
Ni MARK LINO ABILAPinoy Weekly Inanunsiyo ng National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac) nitong Setyembre 1 na kasapi na nito ang Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, organisasyon ng mga Katolikong obispo na siyang tumatayong...
For Karapatan, this recent development is “obviously part of the NTF-ELCAC’s so-called ‘whole of nation approach’ of harnessing all available resources to surveil, profile, red-tag, marginalize, persecute and inflict other human rights violations against the poor and...
By SHERWIN DE VERAwww.nordis.net PASIG CITY — A lawyer and human rights groups have expressed concern over the military’s request for accomplishments and financial documents of groups in Baguio City, saying this violates civil and political rights. In an August 15...
The youngest member of Congress condemned a House of Representatives tradition granting so-called parliamentary courtesy to certain agencies of the executive branch and approving their proposed budget without deliberation. Speaking at the hearing of the Office of the...
Ni MICHELLE MABINGNAYPinoy Weekly Sa paggunita sa International Day of the Disappeared, muling nagprotesta ang mga pamilya’t kaibigan ng mga biktima ng sapilitang pagkawala o desaparecidos sa harap ng Court of Appeals (CA) sa Maynila noong Agosto 30. Nanawagan sila ng...
Ni MICHELLE MABINGNAYPinoy Weekly Para makaagapay sa pagsirit ng mga presyo, napilitang pumasok sa trabahong may mababang pasahod ang mga manggagawang Pilipino batay sa datos ng Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Sa June 2023 Labor Force Survey na inilabas ng...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMILBulatlat.com MANILA – Progressive groups once again expressed their solidarity with the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP) as the court heard their defense against the terrorism financing charges filed by the National Intelligence...
By ASHLEYAH DELA CRUZ and KIMBERLY BINALINGBINGBulatlat.com MALOLOS, Bulacan – “Hindi na magsasaka, magsasako na lang.” This is how Marcelino Cruz Lucas, 65, described his situation as a rice farmer of over fifty years in Malolos, Bulacan, a province north of...