DFA’s ‘Passport on Wheels’ to cater to 4,000 applicants
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The city government here with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will offer a mobile passport…
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The city government here with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will offer a mobile passport…
Jun 7, 2022, Lian Buan ‘The accused were acting within their rights when they went outside of their respective residences to plea for food,’ says QC Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 38 of the San Roque 21 MANILA, Philippines – After two years of trial, a Quezon City court cleared 21 residents of an urban poor…
“We are rising and resisting against our own President who doesn’t seem to know how to respect women’s vaginas.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA — “Rise! Resist! Unite!” Photo by Anne Marxze D. Umil/Bulatlat Filipino women channeled their rage and disgust for President Duterte’s recent remark degrading women as they celebrated One Billion…
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet. (Video grabbed from UN livestream) “It is not enough to argue that the Government’s heavy-handed policies remain popular in the country. Because victims tend to be from lower socio-economic classes and relatively disempowered communities, there is an even stronger imperative to ensure their protection. We must not…
“There are technological solutions it could implement to prevent data corruption.” By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) remains accountable to any burden or risk to the passport holders arising from the passport data mess. In a message emailed to Bulatlat, IT specialist Angel Averia described the latest twist in…
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…
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA — Last May 21, before daybreak, the New People’s Army in Northern Samar raided a detachment of the Philippine Army in Lao-Ang, Northern Samar, in response, they said, to the people’s clamor after government troops committed a “slew of blood debts” against the people. The red fighters used command-detonated explosives…