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Bulatlat Contributors | Dec 15, 2021
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Joys and Sacrifices of Proclaiming God’s Jubilee
Joys and Sacrifices of Proclaiming God’s Jubilee
As forerunners of just peace, equity, and liberation, like John the Baptist, who announced the coming of the Messiah, the task is truly a challenge and may possibly cost one’s life while in the process. Announcing God’s jubilee would mean proclaiming that salvation does not only involve the soul but as well as the physical, mental, economic, social, and political aspects of our human life.
Challenges to terror law will continue before SC
Challenges to terror law will continue before SC
Practically all the petitioners and their lawyers who have spoken up welcomed these two rulings. However, they found these inadequate, arguing that other provisions that would similarly curtail civil and political rights should be declared unconstitutional as well.
On Human Rights Day, groups say no to Marcos-Duterte ‘terror team’
On Human Rights Day, groups say no to Marcos-Duterte ‘terror team’
Today’s protest action comes just a day after the Supreme Court announced its decision to uphold the Anti-Terror Act of 2020, striking down portions of only two of its provisions.
Ligtas na bang pumasok uli?
Ligtas na bang pumasok uli?
Posible ang makatao, abot-kaya at angkop na edukasyon ngayong pandemya.
Balik-Tanaw | Make the winding roads straight
Balik-Tanaw | Make the winding roads straight
This Second Sunday of Advent we are admonished to have a second look at how we understand what it means to repent.
Para sa batang ayaw mag-aral
Para sa batang ayaw mag-aral
Kaya mo iyan. Mahal na mahal ka nina Nanay, Tatay, Ate, Kuya at iba pang kasama mo sa bahay. Sa paglaki mo, magiging mas marami pa ang kasama mo. Sama-sama kayong mag-aral.
“Reklamo”
“Reklamo”
Huwag sanang isiping ito’y sanaysay ng pagrereklamo. Kailangan lang isakonteksto ang mga bagay na kailangang isakripisyo dahil sa pagkalunod sa mga trabaho’t gawain. Limitado ang oras para pagkasyahin ang mga responsibilidad na dapat gampanan. May dapat gawing prayoridad, may dapat ipagpaliban muna. Anuman ang maging desisyon, walang dapat talikuran dahil lahat sila’y mahalaga.
On heroism and the duty to stand up vs tyranny
On heroism and the duty to stand up vs tyranny
“The ugly head of tyranny, lies and deceit has raised itself in the most difficult of times as we find ourselves in a pandemic of massive disinformation and historical distortion never seen before in Philippine political history.” Historical distortion, he stressed, “must be confronted with historical truth. Historical wrongs should be rectified by justice in the Bangsamoro as well as in the rest of the country.”
Reporting the circus
Reporting the circus
As part of the commitment to issue-focused reporting, they also pledged to look into and report on the track records of candidates, check and challenge false information and hate speech, provide the context of whatever events and issues may arise, monitor the independence of the State and other agencies involved in the elections, and encourage and support best practice in journalism.
Balik-Tanaw | Be prepared
Balik-Tanaw | Be prepared
As Filipino citizens, we have both the ability and responsibility to remind, denounce and help our leaders understand the adverse effects of injustice, oppression, marginalization and the causes of poverty and hunger and the act to eliminate them.
First Person | How women journalists cope with the pandemic
First Person | How women journalists cope with the pandemic
Socio-economic disadvantage compels women to neglect personal needs, which often leads to psychological problems. This is often the underlying problem of all the other problems that women talk about when they seek professional help. It is also a topic that women journalists can be reluctant to speak up on, given the perceived glitz and glamour of the news industry, and the expectations of our patriarchal culture on women.
Question Everything | Ligalig at social media
Question Everything | Ligalig at social media
Narito tayo sa libro. Bilang netizen na social media ang almusal, freelancer na litong araw-gabi ang pasok sa trabaho, botante, aktibista, artista, konsyumer prosumer, at tagaliklha ng luma at bagong impormasyon, mga humaharap at pinangingibabawan ang mga ‘digital kuyog’, mga indibidwal na naghahanap ng pag-ibig, kilig, at saysay sa buhay.
Libro bilang droga
Libro bilang droga
Sa gitna ng pandemya, inaasahan ang ligtas na pagbabalik ng mga estudyante sa kanilang eskuwelahan. Bukod sa silid-aralan, makakapasok na rin sila sa silid-aklatan. Paano mapapaunlad ang kanilang kaisipan kung ang mga libro doon ay pinapakialaman ng gobyerno? Bakit kailangang ipagbawal ang mga diumanong subersibo?
Expanding US military presence in Phl bases
Expanding US military presence in Phl bases
Looking at all these, one can surmise the rise of probable national security risk should a militarily powerful country deemed as enemy by the US opt to make a preemptive attack on the US facilities inside Philippine bases (a prospect which President Duterte has said he dreads). And with American soldiers practically being present year-round, the old social ills entailed by their previous presence, such as the prostituting of women near the bases, are likely to worsen.
Duterte’s gov’t begs, displeases at COP26
Duterte’s gov’t begs, displeases at COP26
The Philippine COP26 delegation courted climate finance but only secured an estimated $350 million package, just 12% of the country’s annual average climate-linked damages
First Person | Homecoming (on meeting Jorge “Ka Oris” Madlos)
First Person | Homecoming (on meeting Jorge “Ka Oris” Madlos)
And the life of Ka Oris, a lifetime of service to the revolutionary struggle where he sparkled as one of its brightest red stars, is the loudest testimony to this shared cause.
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