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Dee Ayroso | Jul 20, 2020
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Balik-Tanaw | Be the Wheat!
Balik-Tanaw | Be the Wheat!
The ownership of land is in the hands of the powerful people – the landed elites, the mighty corporations that exacted money out of the hard labor, sweat, and blood of the oppressed. They are the bureaucrats, the people in the governments who governed as if the fate of the people is in their hands to give or to put to an end.
‘Terror law is a bad law’ — petitioners
‘Terror law is a bad law’ — petitioners
“The law serves as the trigger for a hand that has long been poised to shoot. Verily, the prosecution and escalated persecution of activists, dissenters, and even ordinary citizens who dare harbor opinions contrary to the government line are not questions of ‘if,’...
Bulatlatan: Huntahan kasama si Rey Salinas ng Bahaghari
Bulatlatan: Huntahan kasama si Rey Salinas ng Bahaghari
Huntahan kasama si Rey Salinas | In this week's episode of Bulatlatan, let's get to know Bahaghari national spokesperson Rey Salinas' life story and...
Decline — and fall?
Decline — and fall?
As in many other countries reeling from the impact of the COVID-19 contagion, a wave of pessimism, fear, and hopelessness is sweeping vast sectors of the population of the United States of America. With over three million afflicted and the death toll rising to some...
What makes a rebel different from a terrorist
What makes a rebel different from a terrorist
The new Anti-Terrorism Act, which takes effect tomorrow, July 19, is being challenged before the Supreme Court by eight petitions so far filed by different groups. It should open an interesting debate, involving not just the activists and the political commentators...
Jeepney sa Paglaya
Jeepney sa Paglaya
Ni ROMMEL 'PIPOY' F. LINOTOC Jeepney ng Bayan, ikaw ay kasaysayan Jeepney ng Bayan, buhay ko Kay daming pangarap, naging katuparan Ikaw ang saksi’t sinasakyan Bakit ngayon, ika’y pababayaan Gobyerno’y walang pakialam Pamilyang umaasa, ngayon ay gutom na Nanlilimos...
News in pictures: Thousands rage against ABS-CBN shutdown
News in pictures: Thousands rage against ABS-CBN shutdown
Retrenched employees came with their handmade placards.
Minding your digital security amid terror law
Minding your digital security amid terror law
Community journalists, artists, writers, activists and dissenters are not spared from the law’s dangerous provisions such as surveillance.
Priorities? Palace gives go-signal to Tampakan mining amid COVID-19 surge
Priorities? Palace gives go-signal to Tampakan mining amid COVID-19 surge
“Without missing a beat, we are now seeing what this Terror Law is for: to further exploit the natural resources of our country while silencing those who oppose it." BY AARON MACARAEG Bulatlat.com MANILA-- Amid surging number of COVID-19 cases, President Rodrigo...
Journalism and activism then and now
Journalism and activism then and now
A journalist should be fair but he or she cannot be neutral. In the context of its role as the Fourth Estate, journalism is inherently critical and adversarial. A neutral observer cannot ask critical or hard questions, so in a sense the framing becomes "soft" if a...
#SONAgkaisa | Groups get ready for People’s United SONA
#SONAgkaisa | Groups get ready for People’s United SONA
“Stop this vindictive, murderous, power-hungry, morally-bankrupt and abusive regime from further inflicting sufferings on Filipinos!”
Tears, rage over massive loss of jobs at the Kapamilya network
Tears, rage over massive loss of jobs at the Kapamilya network
"Ma, hanggang August 31 na lang po ako sa ABS-CBN."
Journalism: The myth of neutrality and the need for impartiality
Journalism: The myth of neutrality and the need for impartiality
Even if this sounds nebulous, journalistic outputs are inherently biased for the truth. Journalists are therefore expected to use as sources of information the experts (i.e., truth-tellers) instead of “fake news” peddlers.
3K Quezon residents to be displaced by SMC projects
3K Quezon residents to be displaced by SMC projects
“Thousands of fisherfolk, farmers, and rural poor who depend on fishing and coconut farming will lose their livelihoods.”
Bulatlatan Q & A | Huntahan with Rey Salinas
Bulatlatan Q & A | Huntahan with Rey Salinas
"Hindi natin kayang maghintay at hindi natin kailangang maghintay. Kailangan natin na lumahok sa malawakang laban para patalsikin ang isang pabaya, pahirap at pasistang diktador na si Duterte at hindi kami takot mula sa Bahaghari na sabihin na kailangan na nating palitan ang sistema na mapang-api, ang sistema na nagpapahirap lamang sa sambayanang Pilipino."
Greta Thunberg and the DDS Playbook
Greta Thunberg and the DDS Playbook
The dangers have always been real. This aggressive troll offensive is trying to obscure the fact that the Philippines has been ranked the deadliest country in the world for land and environmental defenders just last year in an incisive report by international investigative group Global Witness.
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