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Northern Samar farmers want soldiers out of their village

Residents of San Miguel village in Las Navas are making a stand against soldiers who encamped in their community.

Bulatlat Contributors | Nov 7, 2017

Cordilleran leaders harassed by Ilocos Sur police, military

"We urgently appeal to the public in condemning the harassment of State security forces to the people, to communities and people’s organisations."

Bulatlat Contributors | Oct 28, 2017

Soldiers arrest a fieldworker of EU-funded human rights project

Julito Otacan’s work is crucial for the project to take hold and help the lives of the Lumad communities

Marya Salamat | Oct 28, 2017

Lawyers’ group condemns killing of Sorsogon human rights worker

Edwin Pura, 49, was shot dead early morning Oct. 25 by two suspected military men in Gubat, Sorsogon.

Dee Ayroso | Oct 26, 2017

Anti-corruption broadcaster killed in Surigao del Sur

Before the incident, the broadcaster had reported receiving multiple death threats, some of which he posted on his Facebook page.

Ronalyn V. Olea | Oct 25, 2017

Public school teachers slam loan deductions from salaries

Some teachers received salaries amounting to only P200.

Anne Marxze Umil | Oct 24, 2017

2,000 farmers arrive in Manila to demand accountability for landlessness, peasant killings

The peasants’ call is the same: distribute land to the farmers and put an end to the killings of farmers and activists.

Bulatlat Contributors | Oct 24, 2017

Peasants use art to highlight demands

The president was depicted as a pest that ruins farmers’ lives. Other illustrations presented him as “Boy Ratrat”, a rat holding a rifle and “Bomba King”, a snail with a bomb as his shell – depicting the killings of farmers around the country, with victims now numbering to 91.

Bulatlat Contributors | Oct 24, 2017

Lucena PNP blocks peasant protest caravan from Bicol

Twenty-eight buses bound for Manila for the peasant rally on Oct. 25 were held by police in Quezon.

Bulatlat Contributors | Oct 23, 2017

‘CLAMOR’ | Peasants, church groups form coalition for genuine land reform, end to killings

"Land is life."

Anne Marxze Umil | Oct 21, 2017

‘Liberated?’ | Moro groups call for probe on military rights abuses in Marawi

Groups called President Duterte’s declaration of Marawi’s liberation “ironic.”

Dee Ayroso | Oct 19, 2017

Lawyers decry Duterte’s verbal attacks against jeepney drivers

“Aside from unilaterally revising the law and reinterpreting it to suit one's draconian fetishes, to label legitimate and legal people's actions is a foreboding of worse things to come,” the NUPL said.

Ronalyn V. Olea | Oct 18, 2017

Harassments against Lumad persist: Higaonon leader forced to surrender as NPA

Soldiers harass the brother of slain Lumad leader Gilbert Paborada who replaced him as leader of his group.

Bulatlat Contributors | Oct 17, 2017

Navotas fisherfolk hold fluvial protest vs reclamation, demolition

A reclamation project threatens to bring loss of livelihood and homes to Navotas fisherfolk.

Bulatlat Contributors | Oct 17, 2017

Over 240 academics, writers say no to red-baiting

“We challenge and resist tactics like red baiting that undermine our critical practice as teachers, scholars, artists and writers,” they said. “We stand with our colleagues who refuse to be silenced or censored for their critical beliefs.”

Ronalyn V. Olea | Oct 16, 2017