By JAZHEEL C. SARINO Indigenous peoples (IPs) in Mindanao continue to suffer inequality, discrimination, and violence despite making up a significant portion of the region's population. This was pointed out by lawyer Raymond Marvic Baguilat, senior lecturer and lead legal officer of the...
During a health and economic crisis that incapacitated schools worldwide, I learned more than I ever have in any four-walled classroom (physical or virtual)—working as a journalism intern at Altermidya Network.
On Sept. 1, human rights and indigenous people’s groups marked the 7th year of the bloody Lianga massacre with a renewed call for justice for the slain tribal leaders.
By Romma Mendoza ANOTHER day, another alert. Sleep is hard to come by in Southern Tagalog, a region where indiscriminate violence can happen in an instant. Here, human rights workers have neither the room for silence nor time to rest before another human rights...
By Celine German Lagundi and Maica Razon Purificacion Viernes, 74, still has a hard time walking due to a foot injury she suffered almost 40 years ago. Nonetheless, Nanay Puring, as she is more commonly known, managed to attend the oathtaking program led by...
Commuters from the coastal town of Obando, Bulacan, will tell you that Manila “feels closer” than other cities in its own province. Locals informally consider Obando the” hidden 18th locality of Manila”. In fact, it historically shared its geography with portions of...
Members of the alliance Tanggol Kasaysayan officially launched a countdown of the 50 days leading up to the 50th anniversary of the September 1972 Martial Law declaration. The alliance, fully known as Alyansa ng Mga Tagapagtanggol ng Kasaysayan, consists of...
Bulatlat Managing Editor Ronalyn V. Olea testified in court that the blocking of its website Bulatlat.com is still in force, nearly two months since the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issued its June 8 memorandum.
There's at least one Leni the Marcos camp would have loved: Leni Riefenstahl, the German director known for her innovative filmmaking techniques. Such was best exemplified by the Nazi propaganda film Triumph des Willens (Triumph of the Will). Cut to nearly a century...
Protesta ang isinalubong ng mahigit 8,000 na mga demonstrador sa unang State of the Nation Address ni Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ngayong Hulyo 25, 2022 sa Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City. Inilunsad ng iba't ibang progresibong organisasyon sa pamumuno ng Bagong Alyansang...
Bulatlat has filed a motion for reconsideration before the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 306 today, July 22, urging the latter to reverse its earlier decision denying the prayer for temporary restraining order against the National Telecommunications (NTC) memo.
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. top bills the reboot of his family’s Malacañang series, after fed-up Filipinos canceled his father’s original run in 1986. Even in their earlier years, historians say that Marcos Jr. played more than a bit role in Martial Law. Many of...
Various groups converged in Plaza Miranda in Quiapo, Manila earlier today to mount a protest that coincided with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s inauguration. The groups highlighted their demand for the new administration to immediately act on rising prices, the...