Delegates of the 4th assembly of the Families of the Disappeared for Justice or Desaparecidos in a photo with senatorial candidate and former Bayan Muna partylist Rep. Neri Colmenares (Contributed photo/Bulatlat) “Neri Colmenares has always supported our call for justice…We want him in the senate.” By BULATLAT MANILA – Families of victims of enforced disappearance…
BULATLAT FILE PHOTO: KontraDaya in action. Volunteers processing field reports last election day The vehicle for some semblance of democratization has become a family affair to political dynasties and their partylists, and a way for big businesses to protect and promote their special interests. By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – Even the crumbs allotted to…
With no cemetery or columbarium to visit, the relatives instead laid the photographs of their loved ones on the ground, lighting candles and offering white flowers. By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA — On Oct. 27, Ching Torres cooked her husband’s favorite dishes spaghetti and calderata. She and her children also had a cake with…
(Photo by J. Ellao / Bulatlat.com) “This is part of an all-out assault against the people to further their repressive chokehold on ordinary Filipinos.” By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Maria Roselle Locsin, 37, was watching television in their home on Oct. 7 in Sitio San Roque in Quezon City, along with her…
Screen grab from Mocha Uson’s Facebook live. “We, the Lumad people will remain steadfast in fighting for our land, life and rights.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Student organizations at the University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman condemned former Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson’s blatant red-tagging of Lumad schools in Mindanao as well…
Jennifer and her mother Alice (Photo by J. Ellao / Bulatlat.com) By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — In the five long years that Jennifer Dalquez languished in jail as a prisoner in death row, she always knew in her heart that she will one day go home. “My faith was very strong. I…
The Financial Times reported that among the top selling products of big pharmaceutical companies are vaccines. Main story: Health group to gov’t: Punish those accountable for Dengvaxia mess By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA — Vaccines have a specific purpose in improving people’s health, said Dr. Gene Nisperos, vice chairperson of the Health Alliance…