Maverick Avila is a young Cebuano journalist and creative who spends most of his days asleep and his nights awake. Once poked, he has a tendency to yap a lot. Either that or he just enjoys moderating conversations. On Saturdays, he writes plays and on Sundays, he plays tennis.
Maverick Avila is a young Cebuano journalist and creative who spends most of his days asleep and his nights awake. Once poked, he has a tendency to yap a lot. Either that or he just enjoys moderating conversations. On Saturdays, he writes plays and on Sundays, he plays tennis.
Supporting people’s organizations in Visayas since 2001, the Community Empowerment Resource Network, Inc. (CERNET) ceased operations due to the terrorist financing charges filed in 2023.
“Ate Dee stood up for our right to accessible and quality education and demanded meaningful spaces for the youth to lead and be heard. She was never content with token representation. She believed that the youth are not too young to resist, not too naive to understand injustice, and never too powerless to transform our current realities."
“When it comes to articulating the problem of the youth, no one can do it better than them. That’s why grassroots consultation and organizing are key. It’s about ensuring that all youth, across different sectors, are heard and reached,” KPL 2nd Nominee Jose Paolo Echavez said.
Giovanni Gabuli, who chairs the environmental group Pundok Sagop Kalikopan and works with the Bacay Fisherfolk Association, has long advocated against harmful reclamation projects affecting local communities.
Protesters welcome the arrest as a step toward justice for the thousands killed in Duterte’s bloody War on Drugs. Families of extrajudicial killing victims join the demonstration, demanding accountability for the abuses committed under his administration.
For Grace Albasin, visiting her daughter Myles is a bout between pain and love. “I leave the detention center, and my heart hurts. Yet, I know that being with her is the greatest love I can give.”
By MAVERICK AVILABulatlat.com CEBU CITY — Today’s Carolinians’ displacement is a repression of academic freedom and political rights, lawmakers from the Makabayan bloc said. The Makabayan bloc filed the House Resolution No. 2193 on January 23...
The youngest constituent university of the University of the Philippines System is experiencing the effects of the reduced budget.
Known for its critical coverage of tuition and other fee increases (TOFI) and administrative policies affecting students, the Cebu-based student publication Today’s Carolinian was removed from its office without prior notice.
PDG, at its core, has spent decades advocating for agrarian reform, sustainable agriculture, and the rights of small farmers and fisherfolk in Southern Negros. Genol told Bulatlat that PDG was founded in 1987 in response to the Negros famine.
Domequil sisters are no different than any other normal girls. They fangirl over the One Direction band and their songs. They used to giggle over the KathNiel love tandem. The arrest of Marielle has turned their world upside down but their bond grew stronger.
“The four men were forced to strip off their shirts. Along with [Hannah] Cesista, they were forced to roll in the mud. The witnesses said they were pleading with state forces to stop their inhumane acts but to no avail."
At the People’s Forum at the Redemptorist Church last July 18, farmers, workers, jeepney drivers, human rights defenders, development workers, youth and students, urban poor, women, and members of the religious sector pointed out that the election promises of Marcos Jr. remain far from reach even after two years in office.
“We would like to state that the dismissal [of the charges] is further proof that protest is never, and should not be, a crime."
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