Signature booth set up by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) outside ABS-CBN gate. “The closure of ABS-CBN’s regional stations also deprives millions upon millions of Filipinos throughout the country of a major source of credible news and information even as the national struggles against the pandemic.” By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN Bulatlat.com…
Anti-China hysteria has emerged as the central ‘threat’ designed to justify endless U.S. military spending and adventurism in the Asia-Pacific. By QIAO COLLECTIVE</strong> Wire/Progressive International Reposted by Bulatlat.com From the Soviet Union to the Viet Cong, geopolitical bogeymen have justified wars, invasions, and occupations the world over. Now, the war machine has pivoted towards China…
NI FRANCIS GEALOGO Bulatlat.com Tuwing huling Lunes ng Agosto, ginugunita ng buong bayan ang Pambansang Araw ng mga Bayani. Iniuugnay ito hindi lamang sa Sigaw sa Pugadlawin, kundi sa pagdakila ng lahat ng mga bayaning nag alay ng buhay para sa Kalayaan ng bayan. Ang pagkilala sa araw na ito ang nagbibigay diin na bukod…
Photo: brads651 Workers have been infuriated by the callous treatment they’ve received in their workplaces. But many of them recognized that the most surefire way to get their employers to provide the protection they needed was through collective action. By STEVEN GREENHOUSE Dissent/Wire/Progressive International Reposted by Bulatlat.com In a society where corporations are relentlessly focused…
Armed goons with long rifles arrived on August 24 to attempt to displace the farmers in sitio Buntog. (Photo courtesy of Amihan) Reports from Samahan ng Mamamayang Nagkakaisa sa Sitio Buntog (SAMANA-Buntog) claim that Buntog is being “fenced off”, and goons are destroying farm plots they come across. “They’re even stealing fruits from our trees,”…
Our country, with the myriad of problems in our healthcare system even before the pandemic, is simply not equipped to adequately deal with the possible harmful effects of these clinical trials on its Filipino participants. Alongside the questionable small-scale trials of the vaccine leading up to this point and the speed at which these trials…
Carlito Badion, Kadamay secretary general said Kadamay will occupy more idle government housing units. (Photo by Arkibong Bayan) Carlito Badion, known for his indubitable courage, was an effective urban poor leader because he knew poverty like the palm of his hand. By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – “Retreat first,” Carlito Badion told the ground…
When made public, Resolution No. 62 of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) provoked the curiosity and, worse, the skepticism of Netizens in social media. Few saw the need for it and attributed it to the sinister plot of further extending the reach of the already vast powers of…