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By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MALOLOS, Bulacan – Quiet sobs were heard during the hearing here in Malolos as the mothers of disappeared university students hugged each other - their tears were both in jubilation over the conviction of retired Maj. Gen....
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By revealing that it was Solicitor General Jose Calida who “did the research” on which he based his proclamation that Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s 2011 amnesty is void ab initio, President Rodrigo Duterte demonstrated once again how successfully his regime has...
Just as the rice harvesting season begins, Super Typhoon Ompong is predicted to hit food-basket Cagayan Valley today. Rather belatedly, the Duterte Cabinet economic development cluster has been scrambling to finish drafting an executive order to deal with the...
“As teachers, it is our duty to stop this appalling disrespect of history.”
How the promulgation will go on Monday, Sept. 17, matters to the Filipino people especially in light of the widespread, gross, and brutal killings under President Rodrigo Duterte, who virtually promised to absolve involved erring state security officers, particularly the police.
MANILA – The family of Mary Jane Veloso, along with supporters and migrant rights activists, described the Filipina in death row in Indonesia as “full of joy, hope, and determination” as they visited her at the Wirogunan Prison in Yogyakarta today, Sept. 14. Mary...
His veiled threats are founded on fear. Fear of losing his grip on power, thus, his actions and statements ingratiating himself on the military and the efforts of the administration to tame his tongue. That his administration could not provide solutions to high inflation and rising prices of oil, food and other basic commodities contributes to his further isolation from the broad masses of the Filipino people.
TRAIN-2 was renamed Tax Reform for Attracting Better and High-Quality Opportunities (TRABAHO) to distance itself from the controversial TRAIN-1, but it is very much a twin measure to TRAIN-1 in the Duterte administration’s scheme to craft a tax system that favours the rich at the expense of the poor.
Ompong is expected to be the strongest weather system to hit the country this year.
By HEATHER ANN AMOROSO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Days after the Philippine Statistics Authority revealed that the country has hit another nine-year high inflation rate, members of women's group Gabriela protested in front of the Department of Agriculture (DA) against...
The decision to partake in struggles beyond the personal is gargantuan and its consequences are mortal. It is in this decision that heroism of del Pilar can be found. By VINZ SIMON Bulatlat.com Meditative would be the best adjective that could be appended for...
The challenge to build genuine solutions to flood risk factors should not have been new to the administration of Rodrigo Duterte. These proposals were outlined already in the 2016 People’s Agenda for Nationalist and Progressive Change, a comprehensive 100-day agenda document hand-delivered to Duterte himself.
“It is typical of the Duterte regime to see destabilization as behind the Filipino people’s cry for political, economic and social justice.”
“I am yearning for my mother. I hope to be with her soon. Please continue supporting her.”
“We have exhausted all efforts to resolve our issues through constructive means and social dialogue.”
“The whole country is kept ignorant of our plight."
NO MATTER their official justification for being — whether “so the trains will run on time,” “to save the Republic and reform society,” or “to rid the country of crime and illegal drugs” — dictatorships are premised on the presumption that the dictator knows best...
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