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Bulatlat.com | Features | Nation | NewsGroups decry continuing US intervention, martial law extension
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Filipina nurse awarded British Empire Medal for ‘outstanding work’ during COVID-19 pandemic
By: Christia Marie Ramos – Reporter/INQUIRER.net /January 02, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A Filipina nurse in the United Kingdom has been awarded a British Empire Medal in recognition of her outstanding work amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Charito Romano, a staff nurse at the Arbrook House Care Home in the UK, was among those included in…
On the malicious arrest of Mindanao journalist Margarita Valle: STOP HARASSING JOURNALISTS
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…
Bulatlat.com | Features | Nation | NewsNTC’s shutdown of Sky Cable, TV Plus to affect 55 M Filipinos
Members of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines light candles in front of ABS-CBN Esguerra gate, June 30, to denounce the cease and desist order issued against TV Plus and SKY Cable. (Photo courtesy of Altermidya) “It is clear that the goal of this administration is not only to shut down ABS-CBN but…
Moro human rights activist Jerome Aba submits letter to DFA Secretary Alan Cayetano
Moro human rights and peace advocate Jerome Aladdin Succor Aba submitted a letter to Philippine Foreign Affairs Sec. Alan Cayetano to formally demand for an independent, impartial investigation on his torture, arbitrary detention and other rights violations inflicted on him US Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection; hold accountable Philippine Consulate officers…