Month: January 2020

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 against the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos in front of Congress (which…

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 HONG KONG – To an outsider, the Hong Kong protesters had achieved…

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 coronavirus, an urban poor group called on the government to provide due…

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 Gonzales. I was born on April 14, 1944…

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 marginalized and the persecuted have been under siege. Bolo-wielding members of paramilitary…