The National Union of People’s Lawyers said the drug testing violates the right to privacy, presumption of innocence, and basic human dignity.
Month: August 2017
Para kay Kian Loyd ‘Pulong’ Delos Santos
Ikatlo sa pitong tulang alay kay Kian Loyd Delos Santos at iba pang biktima ng pamamaslang sa ilalim ng administrasyong Rodrigo Duterte.
Something is terribly wrong
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective The killing of 17-year old Kian Delos Santos has enraged netizens, human rights groups, the Catholic Church, cultural artists, and has alarmed the general public. The brazenness, the impunity, and the lies being peddled as official account of the killing shocked a lot of people. Kian allegedly resisted arrest and…
Test
Sinulat at binigkas ni IPE SOCO
‘Mamang Pulis, Pangarap kong Maging Katulad Mo’
Tula ni ALEXANDRA JAVIER Binigkas ni TERENCE KRISHNA V. LOPEZ
Martial law in Mindanao delays about a hundred Lakbayan participants
The Lumad Lakbayanis from Southern Mindanao were held by Coast Guard authorities in Butuan City Port on August 21 as they were about to board the ship to Cebu.
Cardboard coverup
By DEE AYROSO
The culling
By DEE AYROSO
‘Justice for Kian’ | Groups rally for slain victims of War on Drugs
MANILA – Different groups today, Aug. 21, joined the “Walk for Justice” in Caloocan City to demand police accountability in the killing of a minor and for all victims of President Duterte’s War on Drugs. Groups led by the Stop the Killings Network and Rise Up for Life and Rights gathered in the village 160,…
Progressive doc gets threatening text messages
“Despite harassments and threats, we encourage everyone to be strong and steadfast in their commitment to serve the people.” By BULATLAT MANILA – Progressive health groups condemned the harassment of one of their leaders who received death threats via text message yesterday. In his Facebook post on Aug. 20, ophthalmologist Dr. Darby Santiago, who is…
Assault on the future
Does anyone still believe that every government bureaucrat, or, for that matter, everyone in the private sector, or your average gossip-prone neighbor, can keep a secret — that they can keep in confidence information such as who has tested positive or has simply been tested for illegal drug use? Or that some, among them the…