By RAYMUND VILLANUEVA Kodao Productions BAI BIBYAON LIGKAYAN BIGKAY was early for the nine o’clock ceremony at the University of the Philippines-Diliman College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD) today. She sat at the front row of the hall, flanked by her two companions and interpreters, a Manobo Datu and a Catholic nun, patiently…
Month: February 2017
The Twisted Martin
By DEE AYROSO
Amid EDSA People Power commemoration, is another one in the offing?
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective This year’s EDSA people power celebration is turning out to be a very polarized one, despite the Duterte administration’s attempt to downgrade it. Two events have heightened the polarization: the retraction of former Davao police officer Arthur Lascañas who is now claiming that the Davao Death Squad did exist and…
HTI fire | Cover-up of the worst workplace tragedy in history?
The stories of the injured and the remaining workers, told from varied perspectives in the burning building as they searched for the precious way out, weave a tragic workplace incident that to this day is still crying out for further investigation.
A ‘brash’ move
Environment Secretary Gina Lopez’ order to close several mines and cancel mining contracts was a move long awaited by mining-affected communities.
Duterte’s hot air balloon
By RENAN ORTIZ
Ferdinand Castillo | Detained activist is a vegan, music lover
“He can’t commit murder because we do not even kill for food!”
Cooking breakfast
By DONDON AGATON
Janet’s new lawyer
By DEE AYROSO
‘All-out war’ | 9 activists gunned down in 3 weeks
“The all-out-war further exposes the fascist character of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.”
Refocus mining industry to domestic priorities
Controversy has greeted Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Gina Lopez’s successive orders – cancelling the contracts/permits of 23 mining firms in operation (out of 41), suspending five others for six months, and cancelling the contracts on 75 projects that have not yet begun. She issued the orders after a month-long audit of the…