By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective To justify the restoration of the death penalty, President Duterte was quoted as saying that his intention for pushing for it is not for crime prevention but for retribution. The death penalty has not yet been restored but the dead bodies of suspected drug addicts and pushers have already been…
Month: August 2016
Divorce bill filed for the 5th time
“It is high time that the state gives women, and men, in abusive and irreparable marriages the option to file for divorce.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat MANILA — For the fifth time, the Gabriela Women’s Party (GWP) filed House Bill 2380, which seeks to legalize divorce in the Philippines. The first divorce bill…
‘Indigenous peoples law violated our collective rights’
Disagreeing with President Duterte, indigenous groups said the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act and the NCIP should be scrapped.
UP Los Baños students protest costly computerization, boycott first day of classes
The glitches in accessing SAIS triggered the camp-out of protesting students who failed to register.
Dorris Cuario and the unstoppable activists of Southern Tagalog
“If we offer our lives to a cause, it must be up to the very end.”
Ang Natatanging Pangalan
(Kay Wendell Gumban, martir ng bayan) Ni ROMMEL RODRIGUEZ Madaling maging katangi-tangi ang isang pangalan Maaaring dahil sa bitbit na apelyidong pamana o kaya’y ang pagputong ng korona na may basbas ng estado, ng simbahan, o ng institusyong pinagmulang na nakatatak sa diplomang papel na isinasabit sa pader; nakakuwadro upang hindi lusawin ng panahon. Minsan,…
Duterte’s Administration and K12
Because the program was rushed and most public schools are not prepared for its implementation, the aim of the added years to provide “better” learning becomes unfeasible.
Over 300 NGOs call for ‘human-rights based approach to drug control’
“Instead of ensuring the protection and rights of people who use drugs, including the right to health and provision of voluntary, evidence-based drug treatment and harm reduction services, President Duterte has called for them to be killed.”
Pa of slain Kidapawan farmer sues military witness
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – The father of a farmer killed during the April 1 dispersal in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato filed criminal charges against a military witness. Ebao Sulang, whose 22-year-old son Darwin was one of the two killed, charged Charlie Pasco with perjury before the Department of Justice (DoJ), Aug. 2.…
Kay Wendell/ Waquin*
Ni JOI BARRIOS-LEBLANC Bayan Women’s Desk Ipinanganak ka’t lumisan na magkaiba ang pangalan. Wendell. Ka Waquin. Kung paano tinatalikuran ang uring pinagmulan para yakapin ang paninindigan. Maging pulang mandirigma. Wendell. Wanda. Wak-wak Queen ng Bundok Diwata. O ang kuwento, kung paano ang isang tao ay sabay na naging totoo sa sarili at tapat sa layon…
KMU to Duterte: Match anti-contractualization tough talk with tough action
“The administration must have clear and concrete policies that would ban all contractual
employment schemes and force capitalists to respect workers’ rights to regular jobs.”