BULATLAT FILE PHOTO. (Photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat) 2. No nexus between human rights violations and declaration of martial law “The alleged violations of the petitioners’ civil liberties do not justify the grant of injunctive relief. The petitioners failed to prove that the alleged violations are directly attributable to the imposition of martial law,” the SC…
(Photo by Ruth Lumibao/ Bulatlat) As of December 2017, Karapatan has already documented 126 cases of extrajudicial killings in the whole country — at least half of which committed in the Southern Mindanao Region (SMR). By RUTH LUMIBAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — As martial law continues to ravage Mindanao, reports of human rights violations continue to…
Women activists and artists perform a poem in response to President Duterte’s statement telling his soldiers to shoot women communist guerrillas in their vaginas. The poem was written by Joi Barrios-Leblanc of Bayan-USA and performed by Gleeza Joy Belandres, Maningning Vilog, Judy Taguiwalo, Sarah Elago and Angeli Bayani at the People Power Monument during the…
On Feb. 24, different groups gathered and marched to People Power Monument in Ortigas, Pasig City to commemorate the 32nd year of 1986 Edsa People Power. They vowed to resist tyranny, frustrate the government’s move to amend the Constitution and the installation of another dictator through what they described as “pseudo-federalism.” Photos by: CARLO MANALANSAN…
The 32nd EDSA commemoration was concluded with vows to defeat any other would-be dictator and tyrant. By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – “We were able to get rid of a dictator. We’re not just remembering, we want to refresh and resurrect that EDSA spirit.” Sister Mary John Mananzan, veteran of the first people power, said…
“The fisherfolk is already being battered by numerous issues besetting the fishing sector; namely, the fish catch depletion due to corporate plunder of marine resources, the anti-fisherfolk law that allows commercial fishing fleets to exploit municipal waters, and the government’s lack of support to our sector?” By RUTH LUMIBAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Fisherfolk remain to…