Ronalyn V. Olea or Len to her colleagues loves to brew coffee strong enough to keep everyone in the newsroom awake. She’s a vegan and a bike commuter, braving the chaos of the road to get to meetings and errands.
Ronalyn V. Olea or Len to her colleagues loves to brew coffee strong enough to keep everyone in the newsroom awake. She’s a vegan and a bike commuter, braving the chaos of the road to get to meetings and errands.
Lawyers and media groups in Baguio City condemned the arrest of labor lawyer and columnist Remigio Saladero Jr. and tagged it as the worst attack against a human rights defender and an advocate of press freedom. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch HUMAN RIGHTS...
One of the city’s remaining oldest structures is now up for rehabilitation by a private firm, this was disclosed by Mayor Reinaldo Bautista Jr. during the weekly Ugnayang Panlungsod. BY CYE REYES REGIONS Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY (246 kms. North of Manila) One...
A breast milk bank at the heart of the central business district in Baguio City is replicating an old Igorot tradition of sharing milk among lactating mothers. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of Manila) – A breast milk...
The City Council joined the mounting opposition against the revived plan to establish a casino at Club John Hay. BY NORTHERN DISPATCH REGIONS Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY (246 kms. North of Manila) The City Council joined the mounting opposition against the...
While racism in America does not disappear completely with Obama’s victory, the result of the US presidential elections reflected a significant change, a milestone in the struggle against the racist mindset. More importantly, it symbolized the American people’s...
The more the economy is stagnant, the less its ability to create jobs, the more dependent government becomes on overseas labor deployment. BY THE POLICY STUDY, PUBLICATION AND ADVOCACY (PSPA) PROGRAM Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) ANALYSIS...
Inabisuhan na ang aking kasamahang guro na hindi siya binigyan ng tenure ng kanyang departamento. Na huwag na siyang pumasok sa kanyang klase hanggang hindi naabisuhang pwede pa. Walang nakasulat na paliwanag para sa mga mabibigat na desisyon at order. Kumpleto...
We asked Maria what she wanted us to do when we left, the jail, and eventually, the Philippines for the United States. “You must speak about the Human Security Act [the Philippines version of our Patriot Act],” she said, “You must tell them that the government is...
BY BULATLAT A labor leader based in Laguna survived assassination attempt by suspected state agents, the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) reported. Arnold C. Cerdo, vice-president of Sensous Union Labor Organization-IND and staff of Cabuyao Workers...
BY BULATLAT The crackdown against Southern Tagalog activists continues as two more union leaders were arrested this morning. Arnaldo Seminiano and Sonny Gum-o, both organizers of Ilaw-Buklod ng Manggagawa (IBM), were arrested by four policemen around 10 a.m. at...
BY BULATLAT Members of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan-New Patriotic Alliance)-Southern Tagalog chapter decried the 'criminalization of activists.' They stormed the offices of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency...
BY BULATLAT Another activist leader from Southern Tagalog was arrested last night for trumped-up murder charges. Rogelio Galit, spokesperson of Katipunan ng mga Magbubukid sa Kabite (Kamagsasaka-Ka) was taken by some 15 armed men in civilian clothes at around 7:30...
Mohalidin Unsi insists that the bombing attack by an OV 10 aircraft that killed four children, his wife and father-in-law, September 8, while they were fleeing on a boat was deliberate. He said they were even fired upon by soldiers while they were retrieving the...
In August, 27 activists in Southern Tagalog were charged with arson, destruction of property and conspiracy to commit rebellion in relation to the burning down of a telecommunication company’s cell site in Lemery, Batangas. Just recently, warrants of arrest were...
Even as they were accompanied by representatives from the Commission of Human Rights (CHR), members of the Balao family and officers of the of Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) were denied entry to military camps in Manila last Oct. 27. BY CYE REYES Northern...
The peace coalition Kalinaw Mindanao criticized the Arroyo government for spending P500 million ($10,216,591) in its military operations against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), describing it as “irrational, wasteful of public funds, and prolonging the...
“The moment…governments systematically export their own people just like commodities to be bought and sold, they definitely infringe on our right to human development. This is forced migration and modern-day slavery, not development.” BY RONALYN OLEA MIGRANT WATCH...
That afternoon of October 29, until 7:30 p.m., the Mehan Garden in Manila was teeming with people. There were people chatting in Cantonese, in Spanish, in French, in English, in Filipino, in Nippon-go, in Korean, in Turkish. In their glances to one other, you can...
Cordilleran migrant workers organizations based in Hong Kong (HK) in solidarity with other migrant workers organizations of Asia strongly criticized the objectives of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) held in Manila last week. BY KT OKUBO...
Since the fisherfolk have begun opposing the oil and gas exploration activities of NorAsian Energy Ltd, an Australian company, along the shores of Argao and Sibonga, the military has intensified their operations in the are, tearing down posters, confronting leaders...
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