By April Burcer “We want a rehabilitation that is anchored on cultural sensitivity and respect to religion, which we still don’t see until now,” Marawi City Sultan Abdul Hamidullah Atar during an Eid’l Fit’r Solidarity Affair Wednesday evening at the University of the Philippines in Diliman said. Atar said that what they want is simple…
Karapatan condemns the recent murders of a Catholic priest, a journalist and a prosecutor as clear signs of a thriving climate of impunity in the Philippines, where killings have been normalised by government itself while perpetrators are rarely prosecuted and not punished. read more
Lumad school learners of Alternative Learning Center for Agricultural and Livelihood Development, Inc. take part in their daily collective farm work towards sustainable agriculture and consumption. (Photo by Kenneth Cadiang) By KENNETH CADIANG The post Kabataan, mga binhing sumisibol appeared first on Bulatlat.
Human rights alliance Karapatan asserted that State forces are “complicit, if not directly behind” the killing of human rights and health worker Zara Alvarez, as Karapatan joined other human rights advocates, progressive formations, and civil libertarians in today’s Global Day of Action for Justice today at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani to condemn the killings…
Nineteen NutriAsia workers and supporters were arrested as 100 elements of the Meycauyan Police and security guards dispersed the picketline just outside the factory in Marilao, Bulacan. In a phone interview with Bulatlat, NutriAsia worker William Espiritu said the violence started at around 3. pm. today, July 31. While an ecumenical prayer by some 300 workers…
(Photo courtesy of Migrante International) “Rather than push OFWs to pay for social security, the government should push the employers to pay and ensure their workers’ security.” By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN bulatlat.com MANILA — A migrant rights group called for the repeal of a law that requires overseas Filipino workers to cough up a monthly…