Carlo Manalansan started as Bulatlat’s photojournalist by accident. While his towering height (compared to average Filipinos) is an advantage, his eye for details makes his photographs always worthy of a second look. Now by choice, Carlo continues to offer his talent, even his quirks and tantrums, with the rest of the team.
Carlo Manalansan started as Bulatlat’s photojournalist by accident. While his towering height (compared to average Filipinos) is an advantage, his eye for details makes his photographs always worthy of a second look. Now by choice, Carlo continues to offer his talent, even his quirks and tantrums, with the rest of the team.
Media workers, press freedom advocates, and human rights defenders troop to the Department of Justice to condemn the 6th year of imprisonment of Tacloban 5, including community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and human rights workers Mariel Domequil and Alexander Philip Abinguna.
“One hundred thousand tons of explosives – equivalent to nine nuclear bombs – were dropped on Gaza. Every environmental sector was shattered.”
On International Human Rights Day, Karapatan leads thousands of protesters condemning the continuing violations of human rights and international humanitarian law under the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. administration. Multisectoral progressive groups express strong criticism over the government’s continued failure to hold high-ranking officials accountable amid widespread corruption in flood control and other infrastructure projects.
Progressive groups and anti-corruption advocates gather for the Baha sa Luneta 2.0 anti-corruption protest on November 30, 2025. Protesters marched from various meeting points around Luneta Park despite several attempts by the police to stop the anti-corruption protest.
The tribunal will preserve evidence as reference for future legal actions as well as contribute to broader movement beyond traditional advocacy work to immediately stop the genocide and the ultimate liberation of the Palestinian people.
Members of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) gathered in person in Barcelona, Catalunya on November 20, 2025 ahead of its 25th year of anti-imperialist struggle and 8th International Assembly.
Edge Uyanguren, CAP secretary general, lambasted bureaucrat capitalism as the core behind rampant corruption in the country, saying it enables government officials to siphon the hard-earned money of the Filipino people for personal interests.
A peasant raises a sickle-shaped propaganda material bearing the call 'down with feudalism'.
Today’s protest action marks the culmination of a series of peasant-led campaigns and advocacy activities carried out across Metro Manila.
Progressive groups stormed Luneta in a mass action to denounce what they called massive corruption in flood control and other government infrastructure projects. They condemned the diversion of billions of pesos to anomalous contracts and kickbacks, stressing that such public funds could have been channeled instead to essential social services. They argued that the money pocketed on corruption could have strengthened the country’s ailing public hospitals, financed the construction of much-needed classrooms, and provided long-overdue salary increases for workers.
"It's time to make militant resistance the defining characteristic of the youth again."
Thousands gathered at Luneta earlier today, Sept. 21, to denounce corruption and demand accountability over flood control projects mired in controversy.
For the Dayak, it is not just about the food but it is about preserving their connection to the land that defines their identity and survival as Indigenous Peoples.
An activist pulling one of the effigies toward the main program area along Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City during the People’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) in July 2024. This year, progressive sectoral groups and human rights defenders are once again expected to take to the streets to expose the true state of the nation under the Bongbong Marcos Jr. administration. Delegates from the Southern Tagalog and Central Luzon will highlight the struggles of communities amid rampant development aggression, intensified militarization, and the continued criminalization of activists and progressive organizations.
The event brought together Ka Louie’s family, relatives, long-time colleagues, and comrades and celebrated his unwavering commitment to the Filipino people's struggle for genuine peace, justice, and national sovereignty.
Media workers, press freedom advocates, and progressive groups rally outside the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA), denouncing the anti-terror law's chilling effect on media outfits such as Bulatlat and Pinoy Weekly. This photo was taken in 2023 after the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) ordered the blocking of 27 websites over unfounded allegations of "promoting terrorism".
A fisherman from Bai, Laguna returns home after hours of casting his nets. The communities in Bai Laguna face mounting concerns over the proposed floating solar farms and infrastructure projects funded by the Asian Development Bank that threaten to disrupt the...
Youth groups held Black Friday protest action outside Miriam College along Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City on Friday, March 14 in, supporting ICC’s arrest of Duterte and demanding justice for all victims of human rights violations. Sectoral and progressive groups joined the protest carrying their specific calls amidst Duterte arrest.
More than a decade ago, Srang Lanh alongside members of the Bunong indigenous communities in Kbal Romeas raised multiple concerns on the implementation of the Lower Sesan 2 Hydropower Project – a 400-megawatt dam project funded by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) through its financial intermediary. The Lower Sesan 2 dam is situated below the confluence of the Sesan and Srepok rivers and 25 kilometers from the Mekong River.
For workers in Southern Tagalog, repression is as normal as resistance.
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