Sunflower and sablay
UP graduates pose for a photo with sunflowers as they celebrate their graduation at UP Diliman. The annual sunflower season bloom has become a tradition that marks graduation season at UP Diliman.
Sunflower and sablay
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Clearing the Green: How clean energy projects are destroying forests and watersheds that keep communities safe
Clearing the Green: How clean energy projects are destroying forests and watersheds that keep communities safe
From the island and mountains of Rizal to the watershed of Samar Island, wind energy projects are being built on the forests that protect communities from floods and landslides.
Friendship what? | Progressives protest continued US domination on PH soil
Friendship what? | Progressives protest continued US domination on PH soil
“There can be no genuine friendship between an imperialist power and its neocolony.."
Uncertainty forces Lumad to enter disputed ancestral land in Bukidnon
Uncertainty forces Lumad to enter disputed ancestral land in Bukidnon
The operating team allegedly destroyed their bangkaso (sacred altar), a grave violation to their culture as Indigenous peoples.
Upper middle income country, what?
Upper middle income country, what?
No amount of rosy figures churned out by the government and credit-rating institutions could erase the reality of the crisis faced by millions of Filipinos.
Child rights advocates oppose lowering criminal responsibility age
Child rights advocates oppose lowering criminal responsibility age
“Punishment is not the answer. Proper intervention is needed to guide children towards reason."
Alliance formed vs destructive solar energy projects
Alliance formed vs destructive solar energy projects
Aside from being displaced from their lands, farmers were subjected to intimidation from private armies, harassment, and fabricated charges.
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Rights groups condemn plan to lower criminal responsibility age
“Children do not get exposed to violence separate from their environment."
Clearing the Green: How clean energy projects are destroying forests and watersheds that keep communities safe
Clearing the Green: How clean energy projects are destroying forests and watersheds that keep communities safe
From the island and mountains of Rizal to the watershed of Samar Island, wind energy projects are being built on the forests that protect communities from floods and landslides.
Cebu women journalists fight state repression
Cebu women journalists fight state repression
“As researchers and members of alternative media groups, we do not confine ourselves to social media, secondhand, thirdhand information. We do not confine ourselves to desks."
At the barricade: A mother’s stand against mining in Dupax del Norte
At the barricade: A mother’s stand against mining in Dupax del Norte
“This success in Dupax del Norte is a success against mining all over the Philippines."
Women human rights defenders face rising tech-assisted violence
Women human rights defenders face rising tech-assisted violence
“The more we speak, the more they target us,” Sheerah Escudero, sister of drug war victim Ephraim Escudero, told Bulatlat in Filipino. “Even the dead were not spared. They tell me, ‘How about the victims of drug addicts like your brother?’”
Kalinga women’s lives interwoven by defense of ancestral land
Kalinga women’s lives interwoven by defense of ancestral land
Cordillera’s rich natural resources have attracted local and international companies eager to profit from them. But for the Indigenous Peoples of the region, everything is interconnected. The destruction of their land means the destruction of their life, culture, and identity. Their resistance to so-called development projects has spanned many decades.
Farmers push back against threats of eviction
Farmers push back against threats of eviction
After over 70 years of cultivating the land and staying in the community, the members of the Portico Banasi Household Farmers Association (PORBAHFA) and other residents are facing threats of eviction and worries about their livelihood.
Camarines Sur farmers resist outsiders’ land ownership claims
Camarines Sur farmers resist outsiders’ land ownership claims
On January 4, 2026, Ana Brizuela, 64, was forced to return home in Sitio Portico, Barangay Fabrica, Bula, Camarines Sur from Manila after receiving phone calls that she was among the residents ordered to evacuate their residence by virtue of a local court ruling.
Attacks vs media continue
Attacks vs media continue
Of the 210 cases, eight media workers were killed under the Marcos Jr. administration as of October this year.
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TWIPH | Bay of Pigs Invasion
Balikan natin kung bakit tinawag na ‘perfect failure’ ang pag-atake ng United States sa Bay of Pigs sa Cuba.
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