UP students, nagprotesta kontra suspensyon ng mga patnugot ng Rebel Kule

Residents of Taliptip stage a protest action in front of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, July 17, to oppose the San Miguel Corporation’s airport project that would displace hundreds of fisherfolk. (Photo courtesy of Save Taliptip) By ADAM ANG Bulatlat.com BULAKAN, BULACAN — Immediately following the back-to-back protests of Bulacan fisherfolk and residents…

Protesters brave the rains to bring to the fore their demands. (Photo courtesy of Bahaghari) By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN Bulatlat.com MANILA— Despite the heavy onslaught of rain, members of the progressive LGBT group Bahaghari clutched their placards closer to their chest as they chanted louder under the beating rain, “Makibeki! Wag ma-shokot!” The group, joined…

MANILA — Environment group Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment warned against “a possible conflict of interest” in San Miguel Corporation’s (SMC) recent P1-billion partnership with the Department of the Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The green group likens it to a ‘soft payment’ to induce the government agency to fast track reclamation projects of SMC…

“They have repeatedly weaponized social media to proliferate blatant and dangerous fabrications against activists and critics through red-tagging, or when local officials post violent ‘shoot-to-kill’ threats against the public — violent threats hewn directly from the president’s own violent and terroristic threats.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Human rights alliance Karapatan said…