Zara Alvarez, 39 was killed on Aug. 17 at Eroreco village in Bacolod City. Amid the pandemic, Zara Alvarez has been coordinating and conducting relief operations as part of a community health program. This despite repeated threats to her life and safety. By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – The Philippine human rights movement…
Zara Alvarez. (BULATLAT FILE PHOTO) By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Bacolod-based activist and former political prisoner Zara Alvarez was killed today, Aug. 17. Alvarez of the Negros Island Health Integrated Program was gunned down Eroreco village in Bacolod City at 8:00 p.m. She was among the frequently red-tagged activists in Negros island….
If they truly managed to kill Ka Randy, why does his snickers still ring in our ears? Why is his legacy still very much alive in our hearts? By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Where Randall Echanis was, the proverbial crickets would soon find their way. They buzz into your ears when playful…
“The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule begins.” – Soren Kierkegaard By DEE AYROSO The post His rule begins appeared first on Bulatlat.
As the number of the infected swells and threatens to overwhelm the healthcare system, the country’s medical frontliners have wisely called for the reassessment and reform of what passes for the Duterte regime’s anti-COVID-19 strategy. But they did not include in their proposals the need to address the possibility that we may also be in…
Like many other militant activists since the Marcos dictatorship, Randall Echanis survived repeated acts of injustice against his person, by state authorities and military/police agents. Until his brutal murder in a small rented apartment in Novaliches, Quezon City, past midnight on Aug. 10. No, that’s not quite a precise statement. Because even after death, his…
BY DEACONESS ANGIE BOLINAS-BRONCANO, PhD United Methodist Church Psalm 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8 Isaiah 56:1, 6-7 Romans 11:13-15, 29-32 Matt 15:21-28 The Unshakeable Faith of the Canaanite Woman I. The Context Jesus has entered Tyre and Sidon after his encounter with the Pharisees and the scribes who were consistently rejecting him. On his way, he…
Once the written interrogatories push through, this will be the first time that Mary Jane Veloso will be able to narrate her ordeal in full. By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – The Supreme Court upheld its previous decision, allowing Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipino migrant worker in deathrow in Indonesia, to testify against…