Photo of the week: Sunset
A view from the Quezon Hall of the University of the Philippines in Diliman. Photo By Ronalyn V. Olea (Bulatlat.com)
Photo of the week: Sunset
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.
Verses and music for National Artist Bienvenido Lumbera
Verses and music for National Artist Bienvenido Lumbera
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – During rallies and other political gatherings, National Artist for Literature Bienvenido Lumbera usually performs his poems. For a change, on his 80th birthday, the literary giant just listened and savored the verses sang...
8 activists nabbed in one week
8 activists nabbed in one week
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“While the likes of Palparan and Reyes who have clear charges against them continue to roam freely, activists and ordinary people are being arrested and detained arbitrarily on trumped up criminal charges to conceal the political nature of their arrests and detention.” – Marie Hilao-Enriquez, Karapatan
Photo of the week: Break
Photo of the week: Break
FREEDOM ISLAND, Parañaque City -- Fishermen take a rest after delivering their catch to the local public market. Photo By Ronalyn V. Olea (Bulatlat.com)
South Manila residents oppose reclamation project
South Manila residents oppose reclamation project
South Manila residents oppose reclamation project (Photo by Ronalyn V. Olea)
Tension builds up in Hacienda Luisita; 7 arrested
Tension builds up in Hacienda Luisita; 7 arrested
By RONALYN V. OLEA
"The Cojuangco-Aquino clan is the mastermind of this brutality; they view the camp-out at Balete village as symbol of farmworkers’ unity in upholding their rights to the land.” – AMGL
Revolutionary farmers group salutes NPA
Revolutionary farmers group salutes NPA
Revolutionary farmers group salutes NPA (Photos by Ronalyn V. Olea)
Lawyers of Morong 43 decry cover-up by military, police
Lawyers of Morong 43 decry cover-up by military, police
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Lawyers of health workers who filed a damage suit against former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and several military and police officials lambasted the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police...
Approval of House bill, step forward in stopping enforced disappearances
Approval of House bill, step forward in stopping enforced disappearances
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“A law criminalizing enforced disappearance is long overdue. We hope this will be enacted into law at the soonest time possible.” – Mary Guy Portajada, Desaparecidos
Victims laud passage of Marcos indemnification bill
Victims laud passage of Marcos indemnification bill
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Twenty-six years after the ouster of the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos, will the victims of martial law finally receive their long overdue indemnification? House Bill 5990 or An Act Providing Compensation to Victims of...
Workers of Coca-Cola Philippines decry attacks on labor rights
Workers of Coca-Cola Philippines decry attacks on labor rights
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Coca-Cola Philippines has marked its 100th year anniversary with the launching of its happiness truck, making the dreams of lucky Filipinos come true. But ironically, the company is being accused by its workers of spreading...
For cultivating own land, Luisita farm workers ordered arrested
For cultivating own land, Luisita farm workers ordered arrested
By RONALYN V. OLEA
In another twist in the long-standing agrarian dispute at Hacienda Luisita of the Cojuangco-Aquino clan, a Tarlac court issued warrants of arrest against the farm workers for cultivating the land for survival.
Children not spared from brutal rights violations
Children not spared from brutal rights violations
By RONALYN V. OLEA
This year alone, four children have been killed. – Children’s Rehabilitation Center
Vilification of activists continues with Oplan Bayanihan
Vilification of activists continues with Oplan Bayanihan
By RONALYN V. OLEA
After investigating extrajudicial killings here in 2007, Philip Alston, then UN Special Rapporteur for extrajudicial executions, tagged the vilification of activists as one of the practices that gave rise to these killings. But vilification has continued.
Soldiers shoot at houses of residents in Isabela, Cagayan provinces
Soldiers shoot at houses of residents in Isabela, Cagayan provinces
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Why are you shooting at us? We are civilians!” the residents shouted but their pleas were ignored.
Luisita farm workers recount Palparan’s terror campaign inside hacienda
Luisita farm workers recount Palparan’s terror campaign inside hacienda
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan served former Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo well as chief implementer of Oplan Bantay Laya, and the Cojuangcos as ‘protector’ of their landholdings. Is it any wonder why, despite being subject to manhunt, he is still at large?
Aquino-Cojuangcos using military to harass Luisita farmworkers
Aquino-Cojuangcos using military to harass Luisita farmworkers
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Despite winning a Supreme Court decision ordering the distribution, at last, of Hacienda Luisita lands to farm workers, their life has not become easier as soldiers continue to harass them.
Isagani Yambot: loving father, excellent journalist, press freedom fighter
Isagani Yambot: loving father, excellent journalist, press freedom fighter
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Gani, considered as a giant in the Philippine media industry, is a simple man, a loving father, a passionate teacher and a staunch defender of press freedom.
Detained NDFP consultants decry confiscation of typewriters
Detained NDFP consultants decry confiscation of typewriters
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – In this era of modern technology, what is the worth of a typewriter? For detained consultants of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), it is a valuable tool for their continuing participation, however...
Military implicated in massacre of farmer, 2 sons in Cam Norte
Military implicated in massacre of farmer, 2 sons in Cam Norte
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Benjamin Mancera died while embracing his seven-year old son Richard; another son Michael, 10, died still holding a ballpen in the bedroom.
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