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By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) is using the legal system to harass leaders of an indigenous people's organization in Surigao del Sur. According to a report from the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP)...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com A few days ago, a photo of China’s first aircraft carrier was published on the front page of a major daily. There appears to be no other reason for China’s aircraft carrier to merit the front page but the much-reported tension...
Ni ROLAND B. TOLENTINO Bulatlat.com Noong bata pa ako at Magnolia Ice Cream ang pinakapopular na brand, buwanbuwan ay naglalabas ang brand ng “flavor of the month,” isang bagong ice cream combination. Sa gay lingo, ang ibig sabihin ng “flavor of the month” ay...
By JOHN KNEFEL Truthout | Report A new Stanford-NYU report, "Living Under Drones," details the devastation to civilians - and possible war crimes - resulting from US drone strikes in Pakistan. On the morning of March 17, 2011, Ahmed Jan joined over 40 other people...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Last week, activists of the 1970s up to the present commemorated the 40th year of the declaration of Martial Law not only to recall those dark years but also to remind the people of the dangers of a dictatorship or its repressive instruments being revived. One of the legacies of Martial law was treating the press as a dangerous enemy that needs to be suppressed.
Martial law’s legacy of stifling the press persists
Above-ground alternative press: Open defiance to the Marcos dictatorship
Underground press during martial law: Piercing the veil of darkness imposed by the dictatorship
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – When Ferdinand Marcos stifled press freedom, there were those who stood up for the truth. The alternative press, defined by Luis Teodoro, deputy executive director of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR),...
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – “The sound of the typewriter then was considered subversive.” Carolina “Bobbie” Malay said as she recalled the early years after Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law. When Marcos shut down newspapers, radio stations and...
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Forty years after the imposition of martial law, the Philippine media is still confronted with problems bearing imprints of the dictatorship. The enactment of the Republic Act 10175 or the Anti-Cybercrime Law is just one of...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
During the 21st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Philippine government claimed that it has been complying with the recommendations put forward by the council during the Universal Periodic Review, but human rights and church groups think otherwise.
By MARYA SALAMAT
While both panels are moving toward signing a framework agreement, the MILF said, there are still a lot of contentious issues, after which, there are still the compact and exit agreements to discuss.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Urban poor groups from various communities that have been demolished or under threat of demolition gathered near the Supreme Court to protest the way they are being treated by the government and the violations of their rights.
“Firm Frowns Over 1B Gov’t Fines” By ACE ALEGRE Bulatlat.com Tuba, Benguet (September 28, 2012) – Instead of blaming “God”, the environmental advocacy group Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) pointed at Philex Mining Corporation’s own...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Protests are mounting against the cybercrime law because of its provisions including libel in its list of crimes, giving undue authority to the government to exercise censorship, close down websites, and collect data through the internet without passing through due process in court, and increasing the penalties for cybercrime one degree higher than what is provided for in the Revised Penal Code for crimes of similar nature.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
As the Aquino government continues to fail to arrest retired general Jovito Palparan, another victim of state-enforced abduction and torture has positively identified some of the soldiers who tortured Karen and Sherlyn.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"What use do I have for school if we lose our home? My parents work as vendors in Makati, I attend school in the nearby high school. If we lose our house, we will be forced to live on the streets. I'm here because I want to help defend our community. We're poor, but we have dignity. They can't just drive us out like we're wild animals," said Jeffrey, 17.
Two unlikely photojournalists and activists have observed and documented how, over decades since martial law, ‘the issues remain the same, only the details have changed and worsened.’ By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Lito Ocampo, 59, had not thought he...
‘Nothing has changed... The same problems plague our country and it's only getting worse.’ By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – As Bonifacio Ilagan prepared to attend the University of the Philippines (UP) as freshman in 1969, his neighbors warned him....
A cropped movie poster is inadvertently given a helping (pair of) feet by an urbanite waiting for a ride home. (Hong Kong)
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — “Why are the police guarding the interests of big mining companies? Instead of keeping peace and order— their mandate to serve and protect the people— they attacked and tried to break up our barricade as they...
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