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Veterans of martial law commemorate ‘Battle of Mendiola’
Veterans of martial law commemorate ‘Battle of Mendiola’
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Veterans and young activists marched to Chino Roces Bridge (formerly Mendiola bridge) on Jan. 30, Thursday, to commemorate the 50th year of the Battle of Mendiola. It was on Jan. 26, 1970 when 10,000 students protested...
Hong Kong protesters can ‘be like water’
Hong Kong protesters can ‘be like water’
The lack of response from Hong Kong government even after two million had come out to join rallies, the violence employed by the police against even 11-year old school children – these fuel the calls for democracy among protesters. By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com...
Amid confirmed novel coronavirus case, PH gov’t asked to provide assistance to poor communities
Amid confirmed novel coronavirus case, PH gov’t asked to provide assistance to poor communities
"President Duterte must have a sense of emergency on this matter and refrain from his business as usual, nonchalant attitude.” By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – A day after the Department of Health confirmed the Philippines’ first ever case of novel...
Relentless, shameless red-tagging
Relentless, shameless red-tagging
Badoy echoes a national policy that espouses state-instigated violence against civilians. Portraying activists and journalists as “enemies of the state” justifies human rights abuses perpetrated by state agents. Badoy’s line is as dangerous as Duterte’s marching order to “kill, kill, kill.”
The many lives of Pido G.
The many lives of Pido G.
An interview with the social activist Peter San Juan Gonzales by Dr. Rainer Werning (January 2020) 1. Can you please briefly introduce yourself and give us a background of your family. I am known as “Tata Pido” (Father Pido) but my full name is Peter San Juan...
Why the PH gov’t should leave Lumad sanctuaries alone
Why the PH gov’t should leave Lumad sanctuaries alone
“Jesus Christ, himself, taught us to provide protection to his flock, away from wolves and robbers who seek to come and destroy.“ By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – As the democratic space continues to shrink in the Philippines, sanctuaries for the...
Foreword to Jose Maria Sison’s Reflections (2019)
Foreword to Jose Maria Sison’s Reflections (2019)
By E. SAN JUAN, JR. Emeritus Professor University of Connecticut Writing for the Madrid journal La Solidaridad in 1889, a decade before the United States occupied the Philippines as its new possession, Jose Rizal surmised in his essay “Filipinas dentro de cien...
Court finds Mary Jane Veloso’s recruiters guilty of illegal recruitment
Court finds Mary Jane Veloso’s recruiters guilty of illegal recruitment
"We look forward to the full achievement of justice when the other case of Mary Jane is resolved and she is herself ultimately and finally sent home free in time."
TIMELINE | Alamara’s atrocities in Mindanao
TIMELINE | Alamara’s atrocities in Mindanao
The situation has not changed up to now. Armed and supported by the military, these paramilitary groups continue to sow fear among the Lumad.
From fishing villages to Lumad sanctuaries, a war against nature continues to be waged
From fishing villages to Lumad sanctuaries, a war against nature continues to be waged
As with the Haran standoff and the tensions in Taliptip, state security forces were linked to at least 57 percent of the victims we recorded. It must be thus questioned why the military and other state security forces are zeroing in on these areas, with crosshairs trained at defenders. Are these really peace and order operations, or deadly investment guarantees?
The case of the missing slice of calamity fund
The case of the missing slice of calamity fund
To compare, the lost portion of the proposed 2020 calamity fund is just P500 million short of the so-called black budget (P4.5 billion), or the combined intelligence and confidential funds, of the Office of the President (OP). The OP was allocated with a P8.2-billion budget.
Thousands join Global Day of Action vs US war on Iran
Thousands join Global Day of Action vs US war on Iran
Progressives based in Manila, Italy, Seattle, Chicago, San Fransisco, Portland, Sydney, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Guatemala, Canada, and Hong Kong took to the streets to denounce the wide-scale death, destruction, and bloodshed created by the US-instigated wars.
Activism and life-work balance
Activism and life-work balance
Activism can provide useful insight and practical guidance on how to better grasp the link between the personal and the broader set of social relationships. It can sharpen our understanding of the dynamics of changing the self in relation to social transformation.
IP leader defends UCCP Haran, calls it ‘a second home’
IP leader defends UCCP Haran, calls it ‘a second home’
The Regional Peace and Order Council of Region 12 released an order for the closure of UCCP Haran.
Police bars Davao media from lumad presscon
Police bars Davao media from lumad presscon
Davao City police blocked the media trying to enter the gates of United Church of Christ in the Philippines in Haran, Davao City. This was after some 50 men wielding bolos, members of the paramilitary group Alamara, began tearing down the fence of the UCCP's Haran Center on Saturday morning.
‘No subtantial salary increase for teachers, gov’t workers’
‘No subtantial salary increase for teachers, gov’t workers’
"Even after the full implementation of the Salary Standardization Law V in 2023, the front-liners in education will still be no better off than the police and soldiers in uniform whose salaries were swiftly increased by 50% to 100% by the Duterte administration.”
ABS-CBN workers join candle lighting to call for franchise renewal
ABS-CBN workers join candle lighting to call for franchise renewal
MANILA -- Rank and file employees of television giant ABS-CBN joined the second Black Friday protest calling for their franchise renewal. The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) organized the said nationwide silent protest and candle lighting on...
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