Israel weeps as he narrates how his father was killed by policemen on March 30, 2018. (Photo courtesy of Saka) Under the Duterte administration, 66 farmers and activists have already been gunned down. By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA — Israel Avelino wept in anguish as he narrated how his father Edgardo was killed by…
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Sitio San Roque is part of the Quezon City Central Business District (QCBD), a joint venture between the National Housing Authority (NHA) and Ayala Corporation. The QCCBD will cover a total of 256 hectares of land to be turned into a “mixed-use community” for residential and commercial use. (Photo by A. Umil/Bulatlat) By JANESS ANN…
We have come to the point where we neither have the right to feel aggrieved nor the right to tell the truth. Junel Insigne told the media he was no longer sure if the Chinese boat rammed their fishing vessel. This, after President Duterte himself and other government officials downplayed the issue, and after a phalanx of…
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By ROBYN MAGALIT RODRIGUEZ* Recently, Philippine scholars, Walden Bello and Patricio Abinales, have published editorials dismissing 467 signatories on a petition opposing the consideration of Dr. Lisandro Claudio for a tenure-track position in the Department of Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Both have come to Claudio’s defense claiming that the petition…
The rich literature on political upheavals and collective behavior points to historic mass movements as motor of radical social and political transformations. The world is yet to witness the kind of strength unleashed by mass movements that overthrew dictators like Marcos being spawned by a mindset shaped by anti-communist meritocratic credentialism. In the book “The…
Cristina Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan, laments that the Court of Appeals did not give them the chance to be heard. (photo by Ronalyn V. Olea/ Bulatlat) By CRISTINA PALABAY* Bulatlat.com In the first 30 minutes of the hearing on our petition, I felt violated twice over by a court which is mandated to make…