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Former IV of Spades frontman Unique Salonga with Poet/song-writer Toni Panagu and Rian Simon Magtaan, writer/film-maker (Photo by Rein Tarinay / Bulatlat) Lions and Acrobats’ vocalist Icoy Rapadas and She’s Only Sixteen’s vocalist Roberto Seña (Photo by Rein Tarinay / Bulatlat) By REIN TARINAY Bulatlat.com MANILA – Independent artists were among those who took the…

Authors of the anti-terror bill have been trying to defend the proposed measure amid wide condemnation from various groups and individuals. A senator quipped, “Terrorists or their supporters are the only ones who will be afraid of the bill.” Do we have the reason to believe the senator accused of plagiarism and apparently oblivious to…

Farmers, indigenous peoples and teachers have been tagged as terrorists and subjected to various forms of attack since Duterte assumed office. The Anti-Terror Bill, if enacted into law, would only escalate what they describe as “state terror” and would target ordinary citizens for merely exercising their constitutional rights. By MENCHANI TILENDO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The…

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, who heads the lead Philippine government agency in the fight against the pandemic, issued inaccurate statements and unreliable data, leaving Filipinos in doubt of his capacity to lead the country out of a public health emergency. By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – The country’s health secretary has been…

The seven protesters arrested by police this morning. (Photo by Tug-ani) MANILA — Elements of Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT) of the Cebu police forcibly entered University of the Philippines-Cebu compound this morning and arrested seven while holding a protest action against the Anti-Terror Bill. According to reports from College Editors Guild of the Philippines…

Groups protest the passage of Anti-Terror Act in the House of Representative on Thursday, June 4. (Photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat) The report also noted that the controversial Anti-Terrorism Act which replaces the Human Security Act of 2007 “dilutes human rights safeguards, broadens the definition of terrorism and expands the period of detention without warrant from…

The report noted that while many of the human rights concerns it has documented are long-standing, however, it has become intense in recent years adding that the killing of alleged drug suspects has become widespread and systematic as well as the killing of numerous human rights defenders. Related article: ‘Anti-Terror Bill worrying’ – UN report By ANNE…