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QUESTION EVERYTHING Mong Palatino Bulatlat.com CARHRIHL, JASIG and The Hague Declaration – these are important peace documents signed by the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front. If the peace talks will resume next month, the next agenda should tackle CASER. What is the meaning and significance of these terms? If these agreements are crucial…
By SARAH RAYMUNDO Blood Rush Paragas is a testament to the praxis of cultural revolution standing its ground, matching profit accumulation with the accumulation of protest. This new release from Edge Uyanguren and Tubaw easily stands as one of the movement’s lushest cultural production to date. Its sonic tropes offer a wide variety of pop,…
MANILA — Teachers under the Alliance and Concerned Teachers (ACT) held a family day on Sunday, June 26 in Quezon Memorial Circle, on the group’s 34th anniversary. They flew kites bearing calls to free political prisoners and Act for just and lasting peace as a sign of their support for the peace talks. “Today, as…
“Let the schools continue to operate.”
By RICK BAHAGUE ROOT ACCESS A lot of people are asking about the 700 Megahertz (megahertz) spectrum and why there’s a lot of fuss being made about it in tri-media. This is in relation to the groundbreaking P69.1-billion deal made between corporate giants San Miguel Corporation (SMC), PLDT and Globe in May that saw the…
Although he has yet to be inaugurated as the 16th President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte has already met with the leaders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). His presumptive peace negotiators also met with the leaders of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) last…
Early this week in Manila, the defense chiefs of the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia wound up discussions they began last month in Vientiane, Laos. They agreed to conduct “trilateral maritime and air patrols” in their “maritime areas of common concern,” particularly in the Sulu Sea where the three countries share borders. They will establish a…
“We are rendering services to the people in areas that have been practically neglected by government. Why are they [the government and the military] targeting us?”
MANILA – Various groups in the University of the Philippines (UP) called for justice on June 24 as they commemorated the tenth year of disappearance of former students and youth activists Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño. UP students, kin and human rights group Karapatan held a cultural protest at the Palma Hall lobby in UP…
“This is another effort to distract us from searching for James and seeking justice.”