Published February 10, 2018, 12:05 AM By Francis T. Wakefield A military official said Friday the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) deal to acquire Canadian Bell 412 helicopters is very transparent. Major General Restituto Padilla, the AFP’s deputy chief of staff for plans (J5), said from the very start, it was clear that the…
Signature booth set up by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) outside ABS-CBN gate. “The closure of ABS-CBN’s regional stations also deprives millions upon millions of Filipinos throughout the country of a major source of credible news and information even as the national struggles against the pandemic.” By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN Bulatlat.com…
Lawyer Jude Sabio, legal counsel of self-confessed member of the Davao Death Squad Edgar Matobato, recently expressed his fear of persecution against him and other human rights defenders, particularly those who have filed complaints at the International Criminal Court (ICC). The country’s withdrawal of its ratification of the Rome Statute takes effect on March 17,…
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By: Nikka G. Valenzuela – Reporter / @NikkaINQ Philippine Daily Inquirer /November 21, 2020 Outside the Office of the Vice President (OVP) in Quezon City, vehicles formed a long queue bringing donations for victims of the string of typhoons that recently hit the country. “Overwhelmed by the generosity of our fellow Filipinos. At a time…
(Photo by J. Ellao / Bulatlat) By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – A group of farm workers held a protest action today, March 21, in front of the Department of Agrarian Reform in Quezon City to decry the continuing expansion of plantations in the country instead of providing much-needed subsidies for farm inputs….