By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA – At the start of the year, fisherfolk under the banner of Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya (Pamalakaya) call on the government to review clean energy projects that trample the human rights and welfare of coastal communities. In a statement,...
[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,...
By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA – Families of the disappeared activists gathered at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani on All Souls Day to honor their missing loved ones and to call once again for their surfacing. JL Burgos, brother of disappeared activist Jonas...
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) urged the United Nations (UN) to conduct “thorough, balanced investigations” in the Philippines to be able to hold accountable those truly responsible for violations of children’s rights in the country. In a...
By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA — “The fight does not stop at the decision of the courts, we will continue to search for justice and all victims of enforced disappearance,” said Francisco “Eco” Dangla, an abduction survivor and environment defender, in an...
By JACINTO LINGATONGBulatlat.com SAN PABLO, Laguna — Karapatan Southern Tagalog (ST) condemned the recent wave of arbitrary arrests and detentions of peace consultants, labor leaders, and peasant organizers, describing the charges as baseless and politically...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMILBulatlat.com MANILA – “Focus on the investigation on the war on drugs carried out by former President Rodrigo Duterte, former police chief Ronald ‘Bato’ Dela Rosa, and the police.” This is the statement of the victims of families of Duterte’s...
By FRANCK DICK ROSETEBulatlat.com CAGAYAN DE ORO — Two students aged 21 and 19 from Central Mindanao University in Maramag, Bukidnon died in two separate accidents on Oct. 23 as then tropical storm (later named Severe Tropical Storm Kristine) hit the province...