“This is a clear attack on the democratic rights of unionists and workers who are fighting for legitimate rights.” By JUSTIN UMALI Bulatlat.com SANTA ROSA, Laguna – The 202nd Infantry Brigade, Philippine Army and the Philippine National Police – Police Regional Office 4-A are preparing to deploy their forces to barangay Pulo, Cabuyao, Laguna, according…
“It is high time that Congress finally hear and approve the franchise of ABS-CBN to undo the damage and attack on press freedom, freedom of expression and freedom of information perpetrated by Malacañang.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – The Makabayan bloc called on Congress to act swiftly on the franchise renewal of…
De La Salle University Manila campus lights its facade with the signature colors of ABS-CBN last night, May 5. (Photo from DLSU Facebook page) “ABS-CBN’s closure extinguishes the brightest light in our information firmament and leaves smaller ones in darkness and peril.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Several universities issued statements condemning…
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Photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat “The NTC’s Order has preempted Congressional action in this area exclusively reserved to it by the Constitution and is an exercise of discretion that gravely upsets the constitutional architecture and design.” By EMILY VITAL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Two groups of human rights lawyers raised constitutional issues over the National Telecommunications Commission…
“To define is to limit and to limit is to contain.” Here, Edel Garcellano warns against a feminism anchored on essentialism that dominates the contemporary Philippine literary canon. The supplicatory character of this inclusion lies in the very act of naming or making visible the marginal within the frame of hegemony. Garcellano refers to none…
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Photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat The shutdown of ABS-CBN is the biggest attack, so far, on the Philippine media since the pandemic. By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN Bulatlat.com MANILA– Two days after the Word Press Freedom Day, the Duterte administration shut down ABS-CBN, the largest broadcasting company in the Philippines. The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issued a…