By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA — Last May 21, before daybreak, the New People’s Army in Northern Samar raided a detachment of the Philippine Army in Lao-Ang, Northern Samar, in response, they said, to the people’s clamor after government troops committed a “slew of blood debts” against the people. The red fighters used command-detonated explosives…
Gabriela secretary general Joms Salvador and Hedda Calderon (Photo grabbed from Salvador’s Facebook post) By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – A women’s group has welcomed the temporary release of Hedda Calderon, a political prisoner who had spent at least eight months in detention for trumped-up charges, following the decision of a Laguna court…
We in the alternative media denounce the unlawful arrest of Margarita Valle, veteran Mindanao-based journalist and a columnist of Davao Today. Valle was arrested at the Laguindingan airport on June 9 by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) reportedly based on two arrest warrants dated 2006 and 2011. She was forced to come with…
Photo courtesy of Bayan Muna Party-list The petition demands a thorough review of MMDA Regulation No. 19-002 which revokes the permits to all provincial public utility bus (PUB) terminals and operators along EDSA. By JOHN AARON MARK MACARAEG Bulatlat.com MANILA — In the wake of the Metro Manila Development Authority’s (MMDA) rush to ban provincial…
According to news report, the CIDG said that Valle’s arrest was a case of mistaken identity. By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com Margarita Valle in the custody of the police in Region 10. (Photo courtesy of CNN) MANILA – Davao-based columnist Margarita Valle, 61, was reportedly released after being arrested by members of the Criminal…
(Photo by Carlo Manalansan / Bulatlat.com) “If the Duterte government has nothing to hide, it should be open and receptive to these forms of investigations, instead of being the foremost impediment to justice and accountability.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Human rights group Karapatan dared the government to allow the United Nations…
Photo from www.article19.org “It is time for the Human Rights Council to take action against these sustained attacks on human rights defenders and independent watchdog institutions.” By BULATLAT MANILA – It is about time for the United Nations Human Rights Council to take action against the human rights violations in the Philippines, said UN human…
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