By ARTEMIO DUMLAOwww.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY— Two people were killed, and another was injured after unidentified gunmen ambushed the convoy of Pidigan mayoralty candidate and former Langiden Mayor Artemio “Billy Boy” Donato Jr. on Friday afternoon, February 28, at Sitio Palicad, Poblacion,...
“If the labor market is as vibrant as government claims, then why are Filipino families doing worse?”, asked research group IBON. The seemingly improved employment situation is not translating into the improving welfare of Filipino households, said the group. Instead...
By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA – “The struggle of the children in Palestine and the Philippines is connected,” these words came from a 15-year-old advocate Allia Dela Cruz, as she joined the Palestinian children’s solidarity activity last October 5, Saturday....
October 7 marks the Al-Aqsa Flood, an operation led by Hamas and Palestinian nationalist groups to resist the illegal occupation of Israel in Gaza. By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA — Progressive activists under the banner of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan)...
Ni AXELL SWEN LUMIGUEN, TRISHA ANNE NABORPinoy Weekly Ilang araw bago ang paggunita sa Buwan ng mga Magbubukid ngayong Oktubre, pinatay ang mga magsasakang sina Roger Clores at Ronnel Abril ng 2nd Infantry Battalion ng Philippine Army (IBPA) sa Uson, Masbate noong...
By ALYSSA MAE CLARINBulatlat.com MANILA — A group of Filipino migrant rights advocates is appealing for the immediate rescue and repatriation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Lebanon amid the intensifying bombings by Israeli forces. Last September 27, Israeli...
A former lawmaker condemned the slow and bureaucratic response of the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. government to pleas by distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) caught in Israel’s escalating military actions in Lebanon. As the Zionist army of Israel has started its...
Ni JULIANE BERNADINE DAMASPinoy Weekly Matapos ang mahabang pakikipaglaban sa hindi makatarungang tanggalan at paglabag sa collective bargaining agreement (CBA), ipinahayag ng Nexperia Philippines Inc. Workers Union (NPIWU) ang tagumpay sa pagigiit nito ng katiyakan...
Ni KRISTEN NICOLE RANARIOPinoy Weekly Tuloy ang laban para sa mga transport group na Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (Piston) at Samahang Manibela Mananakay at Nagkaisang Terminal ng Transportasyon (Manibela) matapos ang dalawang araw na...
Ni TRISHA ANNE NABORPinoy Weekly Isang pares na naman ng mga insidente ng panliligalig sa mga magbubukid ang nangyari ngayong linggo. Nagpaputok ang mga armadong masasamang-loob at nagbantang papatayin ang mga magsasaka ng Hacienda Borromeo sa Pinamungajan, Cebu noong...
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – A peace consultant for the National Democratic Front (NDF), Ariel Arbitrario, who joined the movement in Davao, was killed on September 11 in Cagayan Valley. While the military announced that Arbitrario was killed in an encounter with troops,...
By FRANCK DICK ROSETEBulatlat.com CAGAYAN DE ORO – Since its launch in June 2017, several groups have continuously protested against the government’s public transport modernization program (PTMP). In Cagayan de Oro, a few jeepney operators were forced to sell their...
By JACINTO LINGATONGBulatlat.com MANILA – It has been more than three years. Yet, justice remains elusive for the victims and survivors of the series of police operations that left nine Southern Tagalog-based activists and unionists dead and others arrested over...