We are not only saddened by the shutdown of ABS-CBN; we are also deeply alarmed. For the shutdown to be done on a day after World Press Freedom Day, the message to “tow the line or suffer the same fate of ABS-CBN,” is a clear threat. We are alarmed that soon, other media outlets would…
The Davao City Board of Canvassers on Tuesday proclaimed the winning candidates for representatives in the second and third districts here while waiting for the complete transmittal of voting results from the first district.
While singing this song entitled, Kalinga, Bumangon Ka, which was composed during the height of the anti-Chico Dam struggle, members of the Innnabuyog-Kalinga are reminded of their responsibility as umili to defend once again their ancestral lands from the encroachment of so-called “development projects”: proposed dams along the Chico River under Pres. Duterte’s Build, Build,…
Sept 6, 2021, Rappler.com (Editorial) Step 1. Maglagay ng kahit kalahating milyon lang sa bangko bilang kapital. Kahit kakarampot ang kapital mo, basta may koneksyon, ayos! Step 2. Tiyakin mo lang na hindi mabalitaan ng mga taga-Pilipinas na wanted ka pala dahil sa financial fraud sa ibang bansa tulad ng Taiwan. Step 3. Dapat sanggang-dikit…
In the light of the recent joint statement of 38 states led by Iceland at the United Nations Human Rights Council, Karapatan reissued its call for the removal of the Philippines at the UN Human Rights Council and for the human rights body to initiate an international fact-finding mission and commission on inquiry on the…
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – A few days before Marklen Maojo Maga’s scheduled judgement hearing, rights defenders, youth activists, relatives and fellow unionists held an action May 28 at the gates of the Department of Justice. They called for the junking of false charges against the imprisoned trade union activist Maoj Maga, and for…