A community college in Davao de Oro decries how the provincial government has handled the turnover of their stranded student-scholars who wanted to go home.
Human rights alliance Karapatan asserted that State forces are “complicit, if not directly behind” the killing of human rights and health worker Zara Alvarez, as Karapatan joined other human rights advocates, progressive formations, and civil libertarians in today’s Global Day of Action for Justice today at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani to condemn the killings…
We in the alternative media denounce the unlawful arrest of Margarita Valle, veteran Mindanao-based journalist and a columnist of Davao Today. Valle was arrested at the Laguindingan airport on June 9 by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) reportedly based on two arrest warrants dated 2006 and 2011. She was forced to come with…
Philstar.com, November 21, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A global human rights coalition on Sunday morning called on the International Criminal Court to “proceed without delay” with its investigation into alleged crimes against humanity in the Duterte administration’s “war on drugs”. In a statement sent to media, the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines said that the…
By: Denver Del Rosario – Social Media Specialist / INQUIRER.net /October 10, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — How should one engage their family in political conversations when they don’t necessarily share the same views—and what will one gain or lose from doing it? A recent Twitter Space sought to address these questions with a discussion that…
Artwork by Dee Ayroso / Bulatlat If there exists an actual, substantive, and strong basis for the people to call for Duterte’s resignation, ouster, or removal from office by whatever means, the people have the right to exercise their sovereign will to do so. By GERIFEL CERILLO* Bulatlat.com In light of the alleged ouster plot…
A Lumad girl happily carries her newborn sister in a makeshift house in UCCP Haran compound in Davao City. Her family is a “bakwit” or a victim of forcible evacuation due to intensified military operations in their community. They sought refuge with the church people and at present struggles to live normally. (Photo by Gi…