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Photo courtesy of Karapatan-Timog Katagalugan. The arrests and the disproportionate show of force were likened to the “shock-and-awe tactics of Oplan Sauron” in Negros Island. By JUSTIN UMALI Bulatlat.com SANTA ROSA, Laguna – Elements of Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT) and Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) on board 47 vehicles swooped in on…

Overseas Filipino workers returning from Kuwait. (Photo from DFA website) Looking at history, one can say that state abandonment is very much the official disposition on which the labor export system is hinged. The Philippine government is fundamentally inclined to function simply as what sociologist Robyn Rodriguez calls a “labor brokerage state,” an institutional apparatus…

By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN Bulatlat.com MANILA — Former PTV cameraman, Reymund Paciol, was shot dead by an unidentified gunman in front of his house in Tagum City, June 30. Tagum City police reportedly received a call at 5:45 p.m., informing that a shooting incident had transpired at purok Galingan, barangay Mankilam, Tagum City. When authorities…

MANILA — Several media organizations, artists, digital rights advocates and human rights defenders have organized activities to mark the #WorldPressFreedomDay tomorrow, May 3. With the call #FightBack, journalists, artists and advocates will highlight the defense of press freedom and free expression amid all forms of repression. Here’s the list of the activities: 9 a.m. –…

Screengrab from video where a cockroach lands on Duterte in the middle of his speech. By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Women’s rights groups are not at all surprised that a cockroach landed on President Rodrigo Duterte in a middle of his speech in Bohol as he once again spewed what they referred…