Southern Tagalog protesters sign the mural depicting their struggle for human rights. (photo by Justin Umali / Bulatlat) By JUSTIN UMALI Bulatlat.com MANILA – Human rights organization Defend-Southern Tagalog (Defend-ST) revealed the human rights abuses in the region’s rural communities in a forum held July 20 at the National Council of Churches in the Philippines…
Protesters from Southern Tagalog region hold a protest action in front of the Chinese Embassy in Makati, July 20. (Photo by Justin Umali / Bulatlat) By JUSTIN UMALI Bulatlat.com MANILA – In response to the Duterte administration’s failure to defend Philippine national sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea, progressive groups staged a protest in front…
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. unwittingly said something at odds with what his boss, President Rodrigo Duterte, has been saying since he came to power in 2016. The Philippines, “Teddy Boy” declared during a reception last July 4, the 243rd anniversary of American independence from Britain, cannot live without the United States of America…
The Department of Education’s order to suspend the operations of 55 lumad schools, mostly in Davao del Norte, is the latest challenge in the Mindanao indigenous people’s struggle to keep running their own schools as an expression of their cultural autonomy and identity. Should the DepEd order lead to the total shutdown of the schools…
Ni RENE BOY ABIVA Sa bawat paghalik ng labi ni Goring ay napuno ang iyong puso ng pagnanasa gaya sa kung paano o gaano ka kasabik at nanabik mahalikan ng mamasa-masa’t malamig na butil ng hamog ang tuyo’t nag-aagawbuhay mong bibig. At sa unang hatinggabi sa Ridgewood sa Kalye Gibraltar -nang pinutol ng mga alulong…
Former peasant organizer Lilia Bucatcat (Contributed photo) “It is infuriating that the Duterte government wrongfully convicts activists and human rights advocates while the government forces behind human rights violations are parading free.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Seventy-three-year old Lilia Bucatcat was walking her dog along Marikina River Banks on March 9,…
L-R Jane Balleta, Dr. Merry Mia Clamor, Dr. Alexis Montes, Atty. Ephraim Cortez, Mercy Castro and Dr. Julie Caguiat vow to continue fighting for justice after the Sandiganbayan acquitted military and police officers involved in the arrest, detention and torture of the Morong 43. By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA — When they heard the…
Residents of Taliptip stage a protest action in front of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, July 17, to oppose the San Miguel Corporation’s airport project that would displace hundreds of fisherfolk. (Photo courtesy of Save Taliptip) By ADAM ANG Bulatlat.com BULAKAN, BULACAN — Immediately following the back-to-back protests of Bulacan fisherfolk and residents…