On Dec. 11 stop the killings.be, a coalition of 65 trade union organizations, NGOs and political parties, held a torch vigil in front of the Philippine embassy in Brussels at the occasion of international human rights day. They commemorated the victims of political assassinations since the start of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s presidency in 2001. At the…

Despite the outward glamour and relatively high salaries offered in call centers – things that are valued by many college-level youth nowadays – there are some painful trade-offs affecting call-center agents. BY PIO VERZOLA, JR. Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY – Despite the outward glamour and relatively high salaries offered in call centers…

The pain of the forced disappearance of her parents is still fresh but she manages to be strong for her brother. This Christmas will be a sad and hard one for Malaya Intise and her brother Bayan, but she still has hope that she will find their parents soon. BY ZOFIA LEAL Bulatlat.com The pain…

Of all human rights, it is the right to life which is most violated in the Cordillera region. This is what is shown by figures from the Cordillera Human Rights Alliance (CHRA). BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY – Of all human rights, it is the right to life which…

Accused of alleged connections with the Abu Sayyaf Group, 130 Moros have spent five years at a military camp south of Manila and Moro advocates and interfaith groups are calling for justice. By Bulatlat.com Moro detainees and advocates from the Muslim and Christian sectors marked on Dec. 4 the International Human Rights Week through an…

For couple Librado and Martina Gallardo of Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija, the torture and the threats inflicted on them by soldiers of the 48th Infantry Battalion were so brutal they chose to commit suicide. Even the dead couple’s son, Jason, was beaten so bad for failing to produce the money and gun the soldiers insist that…