2015 Bulatlat file photo By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Randall Echanis, peace consultant and known peasant leader, was killed in a house raid early this morning, August 10 in Novaliches, Quezon City. Echanis, 72, was seeking medical treatment. “Our anger is beyond words. This is a culture of extrajudicial killings with impunity…
Photo from Karapatan-Timog Katagalugan “Instead of mourning for our loved ones, we feel spiteful at the police officers who are denying the remains of our loved ones.” By JUSTIN UMALI Bulatlat.com SANTA ROSA, Laguna – Elements of the Philippine National Police have taken the remains of three suspected members of the revolutionary New People’s Army…
National Democratic Front of the Philippines chief negotiator Fidel Agcaoili. (Photo by Kodao Productions) Who is Fidel Agcaoili? And why is everyone thanking him for his early birthday greetings? By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – As chief negotiator of the peace panel of a revolutionary movement, one might expect an overbearing figure. But…
Bonn Suerte joined an online protest calling for personal protective equipment (Photo courtesy of Alliance of Health Workers) “As a health worker, it pains me that my brother has died from this virus. I work hard, look after my patients and even say a prayer for them, because I know the world will turn in…
By Dr. MUTYA ESPINA VARONA Be informed. “Overwhelmed” is an ordinary, everyday condition – it refers to the number of patients we see. But times have changed – we now see less patients, but we are engulfed by the consequences brought by this pandemic. Overwhelmed. This is where our health care stands, where it has…
Artwork: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/walking-on-water-anne-cameron-cutri.html By FR. JOEY GANIO EVANGELISTA, MJ Malita Tagakaulo Mission Diocese of Digos, Malita, Davao Occidental 1 Kings 19:9, 11-13 Ps 85:9-14 Romans 9:1-5 Matthew 14:20-33 The things happening around us right now seem more like elements from a sci-fi thriller. An unknown virus killing people from all walks of life: young, old, women,…
Among the Lumad and Moro leaders who filed a petition Friday asking the Supreme Court to junk the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 (Taken from Atty. Tony La Viña’s Facebook page) “The terror law is added ammunition to the existing arsenal of repressive laws against the Indigenous and Moro people. This is a mockery to the…
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has placed the National Capital Region and outlying provinces under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) supposedly in response to the plea of healthcare workers to do just that. But that was only part of their suggestion — they also asked that the government reassess its anti-pandemic strategy. Such a reassessment was glaringly…