Progressive lawmakers on Tuesday denounced the Duterte administration for claiming that it is powerless to eradicate contractualization in the country.
Labor Day 2019 is turning also into a major campaign day for Senatorial candidate Neri Colmenares. By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – Labor Day celebration in the Philippines begins early on May 1 in various parts of the Philippines. Unions and workers’ associations gather in various points to eventually converge at an agreed intersection. In…
Karapatan ST was approached by relatives of the said guerrillas seeking help in recovering the remains after they were informed that they were in the custody of the police in Camp Vicente Lim, Calamba, Laguna. As of August 16, the team managed to secure the release of Mario Caraig’s remains to his sister, exhume Rey…
On August 6, in a budget hearing at the House of Representatives, Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Menardo Guevarra admitted that the DOJ did not personally verify information before tagging 649 people in the petition to proscribe the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New People’s Army (NPA) as terrorist organizations. Guevarra further…
Photo courtesy of College Editors Guild of the Philippines. “This is unconscionable.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Fourteen peasants were killed in police and military operations in three areas in Negros Oriental in only a day on Saturday, March 30. According to a report, the victims were killed in an anti-criminality campaign…
34% REVENUE GROWTH NOTED The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) collected P52.9 billion in revenues in 2017 which is a 34 percent increase as compared to the P32.5 billion revenues collected in 2016. “Ito po yong pinakamalaki na generate ng PCSO,” said Jerusa Corpuz, acting PCSO Manager for Corporate Planning Department during a press briefing…
The Children’s Rehabilitation Center (CRC) condemns the illegal detention of Former Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo and ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro and other delegates of the National Solidarity Mission (NSM) in Davao del Norte since 9:30 pm last night November 28 by the combined elements of the 56th IB, Philippine National Police and Municipal Social…