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It’s been a month since PILC assisted the relatives of political prisoners in filing a petition to release on humanitarian grounds at least 22 political prisoners and other PDLs vulnerable to COVID-19. The Supreme Court deliberated on the petition on May 5, but has not decided yet. By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA –…

Photo courtesy of Karapatan-Timog Katagalugan. The arrests and the disproportionate show of force were likened to the “shock-and-awe tactics of Oplan Sauron” in Negros Island. By JUSTIN UMALI Bulatlat.com SANTA ROSA, Laguna – Elements of Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT) and Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) on board 47 vehicles swooped in on…

“What we want to see is how this ECQ is being used to stop the spread of the virus and not just to incarcerate the people in their homes while the government is not making any effort to aggressively conduct mass testing.” By RITCHE T. SALGADO Bulatlat.com MANILA – After nearly two months of enhanced…

Modern day heroes? For decades, their remittances have kept the country’s economy afloat. But in this Bulatlatan episode, overseas Filipino workers in UK and Canada discuss the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic to their lives and jobs and the apparent lack of government assistance they are receiving. The post Bulatlatan | Far from home: OFWs caught…

Boy Domingiez’s painting By Deaconess Sharon David McCart United Methodist Church  We are living in difficult times. The threat comes not only from Covid-19 but also from food shortages and extrajudicial killings, of being imprisoned (justly or unjustly) in overcrowded conditions. Too many of us know someone who has died during this pandemic. Too many of…

Karapatan Rizal Secretary General Gloria Rodriguez was arrested and detained while doing humanitarian work, May 7. (Contributed photo) Karapatan Rizal was quick to point out that the incident was only the latest in a series of “harassment and delaying tactics” performed by the 80th IB designed to “deny the family of their latest victim justice…

Ni RICHARD R. GAPPI  Sanay na kami. Ang tawaging kilikili ng lungsod at libag ng lansangang umaalingasaw. Amoy-kanal? Sa estero kami naka-bahay. Mga tamad. Hindi nagbabayad ng tax. Pero unang nakinabang sa SAP. O e ano? Hindi natutong mag-ipon? Nang bumili kami ng 3-in-1, kape’t sabon, nagbayad ng kuryente at ilaw wala ba dung value-added…