The massacre of nine land reform beneficiaries in Sagay City, Negros Occidental Saturday night brought the number of killed farmer-activists to 172 under the Rodrigo Duterte regime, the National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW) and the Unyon ng Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA) said. In condemning the massacre of the nine farmers, the groups blamed the…
“In the face of the steady nationwide growth of the NPA, Duterte’s security officials have already toned down on their earlier braggadocio of defeating the NPA by middle of 2019. They have instead moved their ‘deadline’ to the end of 2022,” the CPP said.
Several international solidarity organizations in Europe paid their last respects to former peace consultant Randall Echanis and added their voices of condemnation to his brutal murder in an online “parangal” (tribute) and protest rally held last Sunday, August 16. “I would like to join in condemning the barbaric murder of comrade Randy Echanis and to…
A snippet of Makabayan miting de avance on May 7 at Plaza Miranda, Quiapo, Manila. The post Makabayan miting de avance appeared first on Bulatlat.
Editorial, Philippine Daily Inquirer / September 28, 2021 The Department of Information and Communications Technology’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-PH) has confirmed that the cyberattacks on the sites of two alternative media outlets and a human rights group back in May originated from the computer network of the Philippine Army. According to Bulatlat and Altermidya-People’s…
A recent study presented by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) concluded that the implementation of the Tax Reform Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law reduced rice farmers’ income by around 10%. I hate to say this on the risk of sounding arrogant but — we told you so!