By DEE AYROSO
Month: September 2019
Tanghalang Pilipino stages Katsuri, a tribute to slain Negros activist
“One of the major themes [of ‘Katsuri’] that we’re trying to punch up is the importance of empathy and fighting for each other versus the individualistic nature of people when faced with trying realities.”
Right on time
The book offers direct and comprehensive answers on various questions and debates on development. Organized movements of farmers are often viewed as a group of people whose stakes are an obstruction to development, especially when asserting their right to the land they till and opposing foreign capital-driven “development projects” sponsored by government.
#KuwentongBM: Campaigning for Bayan Muna in 2001
As BM-Youth campaigners, we saw the election as an effective platform to broadcast our programs, organize young voters, and expand our presence in schools and communities. We formed new alliances, learned some of the intricacies of electoral tactics, and improved our way of communicating our messages to different types of voters.
The Academy
By DEE AYROSO
Court junks charges against Mindoro peasant advocate
Corazon said she was subjected to almost 24 hours of interrogation and illegal detention before being transferred to the Santa Cruz Municipal Police Station.
Urban consumers patronize local products direct from farmers market
The farmers’ products were sold out with only a few hours after the market opened.
‘PMA cadet’s death teaches us to oppose military training’ – youth groups
“If hazing is happening in the Philippine Military Academy, how much more if ROTC is revived?”
‘Let Mary Jane speak’ | Support outpours for Veloso as last hearing nears
“As a human trafficking victim, these proceedings should help her to assert her rights, including the right to testify against her recruiters.”
Groups blame Duterte’s martial law for the deaths of 52 environmentalists
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA Bulatlat.com MANILA — An international anti-corruption group has revealed that the Rodrigo Duterte administration’s heavy-handed rule in Mindanao and many other parts of the country has caused the deaths of 52 environmentalists in the hands of the military in the past three years. In a report entitled “Defending the Philippines,” the…
#ClimateStrike | Lumad youth demand halt to environment plunder
“Wanting to educate ourselves is our way of fighting those who threaten the environment we vowed to protect.”