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PRESS RELEASE September 26, 2011 SURIGAO City -- The National Democratic Front Southern Mindanao releases an audio clip of GPH Mayor Henry Dano of Lingig, who is currently detained by the New People’s Army in relation to charges of serious violations of human...
PRESS RELEASE Sept. 26, 2011 Davao City - Workers with the Kahugpungan sa mga Trabahante sa Superstar - Alliance of Democratic Labor Organizations (KTS-ADLO) criticized today the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the National Conciliation and Mediation...
PRESS RELEASE 19 September 2011 MANILA -- Spearheaded by transport groups and participated in by the people, the nationwide transport strike on 19 September is a legitimate militant action against the series of oil price increases that has intensified poverty by...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com A progressive lawmaker in the House of Representatives continue to fight for a pro-poor 2012 national budget by submitting amendments. Earlier this week, Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Representative Antonio L. Tinio...
By KARL G. OMBION
Green activist Rusty Binas remains true to his commitment to restore ecological balance in the City of Smiles.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“Population control defeats the rights-based, health-based, pro-poor characteristics of the RH Bill. As we call for the removal of population control provisions in the RH bill, the retention of pro-poor provisions lifted from Gabriela’s Comprehensive RH bill is non-negotiable.” – GWP Rep. Luz Ilagan
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"We see very good signs that Leah will be able to recover from the horrors she went through; but we are certain that she can only be made truly whole again if justice is given her." – Gabriela
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The abduction could not be carried out without Palparan’s knowledge,” Olalia told Bulatlat.com in an interview shortly after the hearing. “They [soldiers] were all under Task Force Malolos. It’s a conspiracy. His men would not act without his knowledge.”
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY JHUN DANTES, JR.
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com When I began thinking about this topic and doing my research, I realized that I should be discussing not only about war and health but, more importantly, on the war against the people's right and access to health. The two wars...
By MARYA SALAMAT
Piston and some of its national leaders have become popular, and as such targets of vilification, because they consistently oppose the exploitation of drivers and Filipinos in general by the oil cartel and all those who “collude” with it.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
"President Aquino reminisces about his family’s sufferings under Martial Law, but he callously ignores the suffering of other families whose loved ones are jailed not under martial law, but under the Aquino government." -- Marie Hilao-Enriquez, Karapatan chairwoman
Sidebar: Ailing political prisoner dies in prison | Youth, artists 'plank' to commemorate martial law | Video: ‘Nothing has changed’ since martial law – Mrs. Burgos
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – A political prisoner who had been in and out of the hospital for almost a year due to heart enlargement died last Sept. 20. Crisanto Fat, 48, a peasant leader, passed away at the Western Visayas Hospital in Bacolod City at...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- As the Philippines commemorate the 39th year since former President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law, youth and progressive artists 'planked' to denounce the continuing human rights violations despite the supposed...
Mrs. Edita Burgos, widow of the late press freedom icon Joe Burgos and mother of missing activist Jonas, is a witness of the oppression of the Filipino people during the martial law period.
A girl plays along a narrow Quezon City street filled with colorful, chaotic graffiti as there are no parks near this urban poor neighborhood for her and other children. Photo by Jo Santos...
A mentally-disturbed young man pretends he is Incredible Hulk, putting on a show for passing motorists, passengers and pedestrians. Office-goers in the area say he does this every morning. His worried mother would always fetch him eventually, wondering how her son...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star In the past two days, I attended two similar but distinct commemorations, at UP Diliman on Tuesday and at Club Filipino yesterday. The events celebrated the 20th anniversary of the historic act by the...
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY JHUN DANTES JR.
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY JOSEPH PENNEY
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