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Dee Ayroso | Aug 10, 2015
Dee Ayroso is a self-taught illustrator and was a Bulatlat editor before she focused on cartooning. Comics is where her flaws and strengths in writing and drawing can sit together and have coffee.
Dee Ayroso is a self-taught illustrator and was a Bulatlat editor before she focused on cartooning. Comics is where her flaws and strengths in writing and drawing can sit together and have coffee.
Indigenous peoples call: ‘Carry on the struggle’
Indigenous peoples call: ‘Carry on the struggle’
“We refuse to give up the struggle, and they try to kill us. We give up, they will still kill us. So, it’s better to carry on the struggle.” – Datu Guibang Apoga of Talaingod, Davao del Norte
‘We will not accept a diluted BBL’ – MILF
‘We will not accept a diluted BBL’ – MILF
“The amendment not only maintains the status quo, but an outright deprivation of what remains of the wealth in our lands, which have been raped by outsiders.”
Challenging the ‘failing science’ of mining TNCs
Challenging the ‘failing science’ of mining TNCs
People’s scientists and communities are using science to make mining companies and governments accountable.
Indigenous groups want solon out as House IP committee head
Indigenous groups want solon out as House IP committee head
“Rep. Nancy Catamco will endanger not only the Manobo evacuees in Davao, but also all indigenous peoples groups in the Philippines.”
Global activists share courage, hope in mining confab
Global activists share courage, hope in mining confab
“All communities in the world will be able to organize, and stop all projects that are against life.”
‘Disrespect’ | Green group outraged by Aquino’s push for Tampakan mine project
‘Disrespect’ | Green group outraged by Aquino’s push for Tampakan mine project
“We support the local government’s pronouncement that it will dig in and persist with its opposition to the Tampakan open-pit mine.”
Woman tribal chieftain praised at int’l confab
Woman tribal chieftain praised at int’l confab
“Refusal and resistance is an indictment of the state that boasts of respecting the rights of the indigenous peoples.”
Stronger int’l solidarity to confront mining TNCs
Stronger int’l solidarity to confront mining TNCs
“There is no improvement in the quality of life in countries with mining.”
Historic int’l confab links global resistance vs mining TNCs, liberalization
Historic int’l confab links global resistance vs mining TNCs, liberalization
“This historic gathering is a point of convergence for our heightened resistance to the intensifying plunder by mining TNCs under the rubric of neoliberal globalization.”
Aquino’s Final SONA | ‘Tama na, tapusin na’ – protesters call
Aquino’s Final SONA | ‘Tama na, tapusin na’ – protesters call
“This run down MRT is like Noynoy Aquino’s rotten administration, which should’ve long been replaced -- useless, unreliable, and a danger to people’s lives.”
PH indigenous peoples bring Aquino gov’t rights abuses to UN body
PH indigenous peoples bring Aquino gov’t rights abuses to UN body
Katribu calls for the scrapping of Aquino’s Oplan Bayanihan and the dismantling of a government commission before the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Makabayan solons denounce Davao police raid in Lumad church sanctuary
Makabayan solons denounce Davao police raid in Lumad church sanctuary
"The Lumads have sought refuge in UCCP after fleeing their villages that have been overrun by the military. Now the police are driving them away with brute force.”
Lobo town council revokes support for mining company
Lobo town council revokes support for mining company
“We will continue to struggle to stop mining in Lobo, and to have it declared as part of the protected area.”
Green groups slam Aquino’s “spineless, trash diplomacy” on Canadian waste
Green groups slam Aquino’s “spineless, trash diplomacy” on Canadian waste
“We do not even have the capacity to manage our local trash problems, yet the Aquino government forced our country to become a global dumpsite.” - Clemente Bautista, Kalikasan PNE
Recalling the 1990 ‘Killer Quake’
Recalling the 1990 ‘Killer Quake’
“To get a kilo of sugar or half a dozen of eggs, one has to wait or fight in line. Money has limited use. There was nothing to buy. You can feel panic around, as people fought to buy some food or batteries.”
#BulatlatAsks| Are you ready for the ‘Big One?’
#BulatlatAsks| Are you ready for the ‘Big One?’
Most people asked by Bulatlat.com are afraid to have another killer quake in their lifetime, while some are just “leaving it up to God.”
China’s aggression in West Ph Sea pushes fisherfolk to find other jobs
China’s aggression in West Ph Sea pushes fisherfolk to find other jobs
“Financiers of these fishing trips to Kalburo were forced to sell their boats and instead they turned to farming, poultry, and piggery.”
Aparición | Prudencio Calubid and Celina Palma
Aparición | Prudencio Calubid and Celina Palma
See more at the Aparición Gallery On June 26, 2006, at 8 p.m., Prudencio Calubid, 63, peace consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), and his wife Celina Palma, 46, were disappeared by suspected state forces. Suspected military agents...
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