Tributes are pouring in for the late National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Negotiating Panel senior adviser Luis G. Jalandoni, praising his more than six decades of service to the poor. Jalandoni died of illness in Utrecht, The Netherlands where he had been living with his family...
Former Bayan Muna Congressman Ferdinand Gaite lambasted the Department of Energy (DOE) for acting as a “mere spokesperson of big oil companies,” as another round of oil price increases was implemented last Tuesday. Gaite criticized the DOE’s “passive stance” in...
By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA – A Molbog indigenous peoples leader is accused of “grave coercion” by a former executive of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP). Eusebio Pelayo, 69, a community leader and a Molbog resident in Mariahangin,...
By RAIZZA P. BELLOBulatlat.com ALIAGA, NUEVA ECIJA – Bernardo Trinidad picked up a pale brown palay (rice). He held it by his wrinkly palm and stared at it for a moment. “In farming, your harvest isn’t certain unless it’s already in a sack,” Trinidad said in Filipino...
Ni CHARLES EDMON PEREZPinoy Weekly Nanawagan ang Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) ng katarungan para sa beteranong unyonistang si Jude Thaddeus Fernandez na pinaslang ng mga ahente ng pulisya noong Set. 29, 2023 sa Binangonan, Rizal. Nagtungo ang KMU nitong Nob. 21 sa Office...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMILBulatlat.com MANILA – United Nations mandate holders expressed deep concern on the terrorism and terrorist financing charges against 27 development workers of Cebu-based non-government organization Community Empowerment Resource Network Inc....
By SAMANTHA GAMBOTwww.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY—Each year, farmers like Aldrin Vigan experience the grim realities of damaged and withered crops and market uncertainties after each storm. Even when vegetables make it to market, poor quality often results in wastage or...
[UPDATED] Progressive groups urged Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to swiftly grant clemency to Mary Jane Veloso after the president announced the human trafficking victim is coming home after nearly a decade and a half in an Indonesian death row. In a statement Wednesday,...
By SHERWIN DE VERAwww.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY—The Cabacanan Small Reservoir Irrigation Project (CSRIP) in Pagudpud town, Ilocos Norte, offers a myriad of potential benefits for farmers once completed in 2028: increased cropping intensity, higher crop yield, more farm...
MANILA — Environmental groups led by Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines (YACAP) and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) protested in front of the US Embassy in Manila on Saturday, Nov. 16 on the global day of action for climate justice and peace. The groups...
Kalikasan People’s Network demands full reparations for the Philippines, citing historical emissions and government failures in the wake of deadly storms. By ANNE MARXZE D. UMILBulatlat.com MANILA – “The United States and other Global North nations should pay their...
By KIMBERLIE QUITASOLwww.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY— The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples Cordillera Administrative Region (NCIP-CAR) has ordered Yamang Mineral Corporation (YMC) to cease its mineral exploration activities in Abra, citing its failure to secure...
(First of two parts) By RJ Ledesma/Paghimutad Local officials claim the palm oil operation is a “blessing”. But the indigenous peoples and farmers cry foul over the company’s deceptive tactics that they claim robs them of land and life. In this two-part story,...