MANILA -- Various jeepney routes in Metro Manila and major roads in the provinces nationwide were almost hundred percent clear of public utility jeepneys on October 16 and 17, during the two-day transport strike. Piston estimated the participation in the strike was...
Soldiers harass the brother of slain Lumad leader Gilbert Paborada who replaced him as leader of his group.
A reclamation project threatens to bring loss of livelihood and homes to Navotas fisherfolk.
“Our proposal details steps for the modernization and nationalization of our mass transport system. But Duterte personally rejected our request and instead told us to hold a two-month strike first, and he would give us a permit.” - Piston
As landlessness and other root causes of poverty remain unaddressed, the greatest irony persists: that those who work hard to produce food have nothing to put on their own plates.
“Why will jeepney operators accept indebtedness when the jeepneys they already have can be rehabilitated to fit the clean air, safety and other requirements of the government?”
“We challenge and resist tactics like red baiting that undermine our critical practice as teachers, scholars, artists and writers,” they said. “We stand with our colleagues who refuse to be silenced or censored for their critical beliefs.”
It was Pres. Duterte himself who urged the drivers to go on a strike if they are indeed opposed to jeepney phaseout.
Whether they’re in the opposition or administration side, the distinguished senators of this endangered Republic, who’re otherwise hopelessly fractious, share one thing: their hatred for “fake news” — and a consequent, irrepressible urge to penalize its...
Launched in June this year, Fakeblok is part of the NUJP's campaign against the spread of misinformation online.
Various groups lambasted the mall conglomerate for exploitation of workers.
For more than 30 years, BTL farmers have been in a deadlock with the CMU administration over 517 hectares of land.
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective The Social Weather Station released the results of its un-commissioned survey, covering the period September 23 to 27, showing that the satisfaction and trust ratings of President Duterte dropped significantly. His...
“We call on him to tell us where Jonas is.”
For more than 10 years, the Burgos family has been searching for Jonas Burgos. Bulatlat has chronicled the painstaking journey of fighting for justice.
In the light of the local court decision acquitting the suspect in the abduction of Jonas Burgos, Bulatlat is reposting this 2013 article showing how the military institution deliberately refused to turn over to the courts documents that could have determined what...
"We will still find Jonas." -- Edita Burgos
Some 5,000 peasants will gather in Cebu City from Oct. 17 to 20 to bring the issues of hunger, land and justice.
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