Members of the academic community from various public and private universities established an anti-disinformation and anti-fraud network to fight for fair and pro-people elections in 2022.
Network to combat disinformation, electoral fraud launched
Month: November 2021
How Duterte enabled the return of the Marcoses
From 1992 to 2002, the Marcos family was acquitted of seven separate counts of graft charges. In the past five years, however, five graft cases against the Marcoses were dismissed.
5 years after hero’s burial, groups assert that ‘Marcos is not a hero’
“A dictator who plunged the nation into debt, human rights violations, and dictatorship will never be a hero — and with this diabolical tandem Marcos-Duterte tandem in the 2022 elections, we can only expect more of their lies glorifying the atrocious regimes of their fathers and continue their legacies of tyranny and undemocratic rule.”
Disqualify Bongbong Marcos, martial law survivors say
“Allowing Marcos Jr. to run might lead to a white-washing and further proliferation of historical revisionism of the gravely inhumane abuses and extremely grand corruption committed by his father’s dictatorship.”
Ferdinand Marcos: The hero that never was
Five years ago today, the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos was given a hero’s burial, much to the dismay of the victims of martial law. Bulatlat compiled stories on the horrors of martial law. Let the dead bury their dead “Cemetery of Heroes” is the English translation of “Libingan ng mga Bayani,” where burying the remains of…
Filipino students demand compassion, safe return of face-to-face classes
Even as he anticipated the difficulties he would face due to distance learning, a student leader still took it upon himself to continue working amid the pandemic and support his family in these uncertain times.
Anti-child trafficking advocate arrested over rebellion raps
A long-time women and child rights advocate was arrested in her Bulacan home on Sunday, Nov. 14, over a rebellion case filed back in 2005.
Amid persistent red-tagging, Kabataan Partylist remains resolute to serve the youth and the people
The Kabataan Partylist, being one of the partylists under the Makabayan coalition is consistently being redtagged. The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict has even filed a petition to cancel its registration as well as the Gabriela Women’s Party before the Commission on Elections. But they did not back down.
Youth activist Angelica Galimba offers her voice for the indigenous peoples
“It is what encouraged me [to join Kabataan Partylist], that I don’t have to be within the four walls of the Church to serve. I was also taught the importance of reaching out to the poor because Christ’s mission was and will always be for the oppressed.”
Raoul Manuel and his choice to continue serving the Filipino youth
Raoul Manuel, 27, is the first nominee of Kabataan Partylist, the youth representation in Congress. The youth partylist is among the progressive groups which are being accused of being fronts of the underground revolutionary groups.
Back to school…not
By DEE AYROSO