Bayan Muna Rep. Eufemia Cullamat fears that with the looming passage of the anti-terror bill, more incidents of harassment and abductions might take place. By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – As the new anti-terrorism bill awaits the signature of President Rodrigo Duterte, two Lumad students and their father, and a development w were…
Marites Asis, mother of 8-months pregnant Nasino appealed for the release of her daughter who is expected to give birth next month. (Photo courtesy of Kapatid) “It is not loneliness that is the cause of death in Muntinlupa but neglect and mismanagement. The Supreme Court needs to act now with the greatest exigency to save…
Maria Ressa during today’s hearing in Manila (Photo by Rein Tarinay / Bulatlat) The issue here goes beyond Rappler as other dominant and alternative news media organizations are also under attack. Ressa only becomes a convenient target because of her high profile. That’s what she has in common with ABS-CBN which is a leading network….
Photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat “Allowing this administration, the added leeway and greater authority that come with a newer, more oppressive anti-terrorism law would open the floodgates to graver forms of abuses. The dangers that come with the Anti-Terrorism Bill are all too real to be ignored, and we cannot and should not wait until the…
Members of the progressive groups dubbed as Iligan 14 inside Iligan City Police Office Station 5. (Photo courtesy of Kabataan Partylist-NMR) The students were subjected to abuse and intimidation, with one student choked by an officer in plainclothes while he was trying to explain. One student was also labelled as a “recruiter for the New…
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Maria Ressa during today’s hearing in Manila (Photo by Rein Tarinay / Bulatlat) By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Various groups assailed today yet another attack against press freedom in the country, with a Manila court handing down a guilty verdict against Rappler’s CEO Maria Ressa and their former researcher Reynaldo Santos Jr….
Rappler CEO Maria Ressa (middle) with former researcher-writer Reynaldo Santos Jr. (right) and lawyer Theodore Te. (Photo by Ronalyn V. Olea / Bulatlat) The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) said the trial was “a test run for the latest weapon the State can now wield to intimidate and silence not only the…