Rowena Rosales with son Karlito and daughter Kalayaan. By ROWENA V. ROSALES, political prisoner “A mother like me could not ask for more.” On Sunday, Mothers’ Day, just like past Mothers’ Day remembrance, it will be special for Rowena V. Rosales, 47 years old, mother of two. Her children, Kalayaan, 26 and Karlito, 16, will…
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Lumad children play at the evacuation center in UCCP Haran, Davao City. (Photo by Abegail Valenzuela of PANAP) Among the senatorial aspirants who are against the lowering of minimum age of criminal responsibility are Bam Aquino, Neri Colmenares, Sonny Matula, Samira Gutoc, Gary Alejano, Nancy Binay, Romy Macalintal, Grace Poe, Erin Tanada and Florin Hilbay….
For respecting human rights, senatoriables Neri Colmenares, Chel Diokno, Leody de Guzman, Erin Tañada, and Samira Gutoc got a perfect score of seven. For outright disregard for human rights, Ronaldo Bato dela Rosa, Christopher “Bong” Go, Lito Lapid, Bong Revilla and Jiggy Manicad earned a score of zero. Imee Marcos got two points but had…
Babae Network warns of electoral fraud, violence (Photo courtesy of Babae Network) Babae Network, whose volunteers recently observed the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) final testing and sealing, said they found irregularities and long-standing problems of the automated elections such as paper jams, unreadable printouts from the vote counting machines, to name a few. By JANESS…
Photo courtesy of Health Alliance of Democracy. “By deliberately using those photos with the status ‘Communist NPA CPP NDFP supporters’, the lives and security of those persons are placed in danger.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA — Health workers, professionals and advocates held a protest action in front of Facebook Philippines office in…
The labor groups such as the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), Federation of Free Workers (FFW) and other groups that arose from differences in the labor movement are uniting on issues like fighting contractualization. By MARYA SALAMAT MANILA – As the campaign season ends, the major labor groups, workers’ associations…
Screengrab from video where a cockroach lands on Duterte in the middle of his speech. By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Women’s rights groups are not at all surprised that a cockroach landed on President Rodrigo Duterte in a middle of his speech in Bohol as he once again spewed what they referred…