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...
By REYNARD MAGTOTOBaretang Bikolnon What the military claim as rebels killed in an encounter in Masbate were actually farmers tending to their carabao by the river. Relatives of slain farmers Ronel Abril and Roger Clores belie the claim of the 2nd Infantry...
By JACINTO LINGATONGBulatlat.com SAN PABLO, Laguna —The Katipunan ng mga Samahang Magbubukid sa Timog Katagalugan (KASAMA-TK) reported the arrest and continued harassment of 29 Iraya Mangyan farmers and their families in Hacienda Almeda, Abra de Ilog, Occidental...
By SHERWIN DE VERAwww.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY—Indigenous peoples’ organizations have joined the growing call for the dismissal of terrorism financing complaints against a storekeeper in the Cordillera, denouncing them as unjust. Katribu and the Bai Indigenous Women’s...
The Duterte dynasty may have misused confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) over the years as reward money in the extrajudicial killing of drug personalities as well as their critics, House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro...
Research group IBON said that the Philippines having the third worst incidence of severe and moderate food insecurity in Southeast Asia shows the Marcos Jr administration’s failure on multiple development fronts. Amid the run up to the 2025 midterm elections, the...
By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA — An international human rights group identified Meta as a main digital vehicle for red-taggers and online harassers of young human rights defenders (HRDs) in the Philippines. Amnesty International Philippines (AIPh) launched...
Ni JORLAND SALANDOPinoy Weekly Nagpiket sa harap ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) noong Okt. 10 ang mga kaanak ng mga overseas Filipino worker (OFW) sa Lebanon upang makipagdiyalogo hinggil sa agarang pagpapalikas ng mga Pinoy na naiipit sa pambobomba ng Israel...
By SHERWIN DE VERAwww.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY—Indigenous groups and rights advocates have condemned the congressional bid of individuals known for red-tagging indigenous peoples (IP) and activists, calling on the Commission on Elections to disqualify the group from the...
Ni MARC LINO ABILAPinoy Weekly Nitong Hulyo, nanalasa at nagdulot ng matitinding pagbaha ang Bagyong Carina sa Kamaynilaan at katabing lalawigan ng Rizal. Isa ang Marikina City na muling naapektuhan ng malakas na ulan at pagbaha. Naitala ng lungsod ang isang “record...
By FRANCK DICK ROSETEBulatlat.com CAGAYAN DE ORO – “Is there a reason to celebrate?” Roland Cruz, Northern Mindanao coordinator of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), posed this question in relation to the observance of World Teachers’ Day last week, Oct. 5....
Ni MICHAEL BELTRANPinoy Weekly Ngayong buwan na sana inaasahan ng Department of Agriculture (DA) na magsisimulang bumagsak ang presyo ng bigas sa pamilihan. Ito’y matapos ng inilabas nilang Executive Order 62 nitong Hulyo para ibaba ang taripa sa bigas mula 35%...
By DOMINIC GUTOMANBulatlat.com MANILA – An international humanitarian non-government organization (NGO) said that the medical facilities that remain operational in Gaza cannot cope with the vast needs brought by increasing casualties in Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza....