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Bulatlat finalist in 2016 Save the Children Media Awards

Bulatlat finalist in 2016 Save the Children Media Awards

Ellao said her entry is “my humble contribution in portraying how children are greatly affected by supposed development projects that, in reality, deprive them of their basic right to shelter and their parents of their livelihood.” “It is in this light that we should see how the children's plight -- including their health and well-being -- should be reported,” she said.

Mrs. Burgos to the youth: ‘Kayo ang pag asa’

Mrs. Burgos to the youth: ‘Kayo ang pag asa’

In her speech during the #BlackFriday protest at the Rizal Park, Nov. 25, Mrs. Edita Burgos, then business manager of We Forum, an anti-Marcos dictatorship publication and wife of the late press freedom icon Jose Burgos Jr., speaks about the struggle for press freedom and civil liberties. She calls on the youth and the public to act now and never allow anyone to take away the rights fought for by the nation's heroes

Villain in hero’s guise

Villain in hero’s guise

The Libingan ng mga Bayani is not, as its name suggests, literally a heroes’ cemetery. Soldiers, policemen, and former Philippine presidents can be buried there, apparently on the tenuous presumption that by having worn a police or military uniform, or being...

Reaping the whirlwind

Reaping the whirlwind

“...in the end you cannot cheat history. History will not err in its judgement because no matter how you fabricate achievements, glorify events or conceal truths, a true people’s history will eventually unmask the fake heroes and the judgement on them will be harsh...

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