Last April 15, Kabataan Party-list (Youth Party-list) members in Caloocan were subjected to harassment and threats by no less than the city Mayor himself. Mayor Recom Echiverri, who is running for his second term hit and threatened the party-list members for...
The nightmare experience exactly a year ago (April 28, 2006) is still vivid for detainees Axel Pinpin, Riel Custodio, Aristedes Sarmiento, Enrico Ybañez,and Michael Masayes, collectively known as the “Tagaytay 5.” BY DENNIS ESPADA Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 12 April...
Both Art. VI, Sec. 5 of the Constitution and Republic Act No. 7941 expressly reserve the party-list system for marginalized and underrepresented groups. The Supreme Court, in one of its landmark decisions, brought the matter further by explicitly barring groups...
One may see “limited joy” this Christmas in the faces of three men who walked out of prison on December 11, a day after International Human Rights Day. They may be considered “free men” now but for them, the struggle to be free continues as they join a society that...
The Philippine government is showing little signs of willingness or capacity to deliver justice to victims of human rights violations. This is the assessment made by the Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), a non-government organization promoting...
The pain of the forced disappearance of her parents is still fresh but she manages to be strong for her brother. This Christmas will be a sad and hard one for Malaya Intise and her brother Bayan, but she still has hope that she will find their parents soon. BY...
“And UP will have really lost its character, and soul, as a State University,” said Faculty Regent Roland Simbulan in his dissenting vote to the tuition increase. And lost it did. BY REYNA MAE TABBADA Bulatlat.com “And UP will have really lost its character, and...
BY CHERYL DAYTEC-YAÑGOT Posted by (Bulatlat.com) And so you created a commission to look into the senseless deaths of heroes dispatched by the force of your might? The grieving nation giggled at this one. Did you hear the melancholic laughter? Your concern mocks...
So long as the monopoly bourgeoisie that is at the helm of the military industrial complex holds the reins of power in the U.S. government, the policy directions and strategies that embody American objectives and interests in East Asia and Oceania will always be...
Accused of alleged connections with the Abu Sayyaf Group, 130 Moros have spent five years at a military camp south of Manila and Moro advocates and interfaith groups are calling for justice. By Bulatlat.com Moro detainees and advocates from the Muslim and Christian...
Around 350 Filipino-Americans met in Queens, New York over the weekend for a two-day national conference and to form a national alliance that would address the various issues affecting the Filipino-American community. The new alliance agreed to address issues...
Canada is one of the preferred countries of destination for Filipinos aiming to work and live abroad. But life for migrant workers and overseas Filipinos is not all that rosy in the “Land of the Free,” a motto coined and patented by Canada. BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN...
To commemorate the 58th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, human rights groups held a mobilization Dec. 8 to call for justice for the victims of political killings and enforced disappearances under the Arroyo regime, as well as...
Despite thousands of cases filed with the Ombudsman and a lesser number elevated to the Sandiganbayan (anti-graft court) in 27 years, only two governors, one vice-governor, 23 mayors and one vice mayor or a total of 27 high-ranking elective officials were found...
By Bulatlat.com Philippine immigration authorities denied the travel rights of an American human rights lawyer by deporting him immediately back to the United States upon arrival at the international on Dec. 6. A news dispatch sent from Washington, DC by Rachel...
It’s the storm of protests against ASEAN and Con-Ass and not Typhoon Seniang that led to the postponement of the summit, cause-oriented groups in Cebu say. By Emily Vital Bulatlat.com CEBU CITY – Organizers of counter-ASEAN conferences here believe that the real...
Congress should not waste time locked up on the contentious proposal for a Con-Ass as there are more pressing issues that should be addressed, an activist congressman says. By Bulatlat.com Rep. Crispin Beltran of Anakpawis (toiling masses) party-list called Dec. 9...
BY Bulatlat.com Posted 2:30 p.m., Dec. 14, 2006 Representatives of various women’s groups and other women personalities gathered in a press conference at Quezon City, Dec. 15, to register their participation in the mounting protests against the government’s moves...
BY Bulatlat.com Posted 2:50 p.m., Dec. 13, 2006 A barangay (village) captain was gunned down by hooded and motorcycle-riding men in Malolos City, Bulacan at around 6:30 p.m. last night. Based on reports reaching Bulatlat, Renato Estrella, 58, barangay captain of...
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