Mahigit isang buwan na nang muling simulan ang demolisyon ng mga tahungan sa Navotas sa isang bahagi ng Manila Bay. Katwiran ng lokal ng pamahalaan na naglabas ng utos ng demolisyon noong Pebrero, ‘iligal’ at ‘marumi’ ang mga tahungan. Paliwanag ng Navotas LGU, sinusunod lamang nito ang...
Human rights groups demanded a local court to immediately issue a release order for three political activists – including Reina Mae Nasino, whose newborn child died weeks after being separated from her.
It’s fairly common in journalism circles, particularly among students and graduates of mass communication-related fields, to discuss the prospects of volunteering for the alternative media.
By Mark Saludes Survivors of Martial Law call the declaration of a holiday to celebrate the birth date of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr as an “insult to thousands who suffered”. “People who have committed crimes against the country should not be honored and...
Migrante International appealed to the government to look into the cases of Filipino migrant workers who are on death row in foreign countries.
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...