Both UN experts called on everyone to denounce governments’ failure to respond to the needs of the people in the time of the pandemic. By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – United Nations experts have encouraged Filipino human rights defenders and the public to continue to raise their voices especially in this time of…
“Politicians must be told that by keeping political prisoners in prison, they are making the fight against the virus more difficult.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA — A United Nations official urged governments anew to release all political prisoners amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In a webinar organized by Ecuvoice on May 29, UN…
Under the ‘new normal’ of internet-based learning, those at the margins of society could find themselves struggling against further exclusion. The concept of access needs further exploration beyond the popular understanding that it is mainly about the installation of broadband networks and distribution of gadgets to the community. More than the means of providing a…
Jeepney drivers and operators hold #BusinaBalikPasada along Commonwealth Avenue on Monday, June 1. (Photo by Pinoy Weekly) The transport movement argued that the old jeepneys must not be sidelined when there is an obvious increase in demand due to the reduced passengers of other PUVs for physical distancing. BY AARON MACARAEG Bulatlat.com MANILA — Jeepney…
Jeepney drivers and operators hold #BusinaBalikPasada along Commonwealth Avenue on Monday, June 1. (Photo by Pinoy Weekly) The transport movement argued that the old jeepneys must not be sidelined when there is an obvious increased in demand due to the reduced passengers of other PUVs for physical distancing. BY AARON MACARAEG Bulatlat.com MANILA — Jeepney…
The National Union of Peoples Lawyers (NUPL), counsel for Anakbayan, lambasted the NTF-ELCAC “for capitalizing on a familial conflict and turning it into a witch-hunt for members of Anakbayan and the Kabataan Partylist, which are legitimate organizations advancing the Filipino youth’s aspirations for national democracy.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Legal remedies…
Mang Rolando and Mang Larry are neighbors in Montalban, Rizal. Both men work in Manila’s Port area as forklift operator and machinist, respectively. (Photo by Vincent Silarde) By VINCENT SILARDE Bulatlat.com I went out this morning for my regular pandesal slash workout ride excited to see and perhaps even meet some of the new comrades…
On the same day that Kadamay Secretary General Carlito Badion was killed, members of urban poor groups in Rizal province were summoned by the military to clear their names from the list of alleged communists. By JUSTIN UMALI Bulatlat.com SANTA ROSA, Laguna – Human rights watchdog Karapatan-Southern Tagalog slammed the harassment and red-tagging conducted by…