Scene from the 2018 United People’s SONA (Photo by Adam Ang/ Bulatlat) By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN Bulatlat.com MANILA — “Sobra na! Tama na!” (Enough!) Church people, human rights groups, workers unions, and organizations from all political spectrum banded together to announce the launch of the United People’s SONA, the people’s counterpoint to the presidential State…
PALIPARANG HONG KONG, Tsina – Sa loob ng ilang oras, darating na ang eroplanong pabalik ng Maynila. Sa wakas, matutuwa na ang mga “pinagkakautangan” ko. Huwag po kayong mag-alala. Hindi po ito usapin ng pera. May mga utang po kasi akong artikulo, pahayag, interbyu, lektyur, seminar-workshop at kung ano-ano pa sa mga susunod na araw,…
L-R Carmela Avelino, Rhea Nonay and Amy Jane Lee demand justice for their slain loved ones during a protest action in front of Camp Crame, July 17. (Photo by Ronalyn V. Olea) While rural communities grapple with militarization, Metro Manila and other urban centers have also turned into bloodbaths due to Duterte’s so-called “war on…
Raul Ramos and Amelia dela Cruz Local farmers in Sicogon island, Carles, Iloilo, lament how a tourism joint venture led by Ayala Land tramples on their rights. By ANNA BUENO Bulatlat.com SICOGON, Iloilo — Raul Ramos is waiting. He has been waiting for a long time. Ramos lives in Sicogon island, in the municipality of…
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In the past three years, close to 40 nations have been signing a resolution, initiated by Iceland, expressing concern over the rising number of killings related to President Duterte’s “war on drugs.” Initially they urged the Philippine government to stop the killings and undertake an impartial investigation on these cases. Subsequently they called on the…
The officials of the Duterte regime contradict themselves and each other daily and almost by the hour. They have, individually and collectively, outdone and are outdoing every other administration in the incoherence, contradictions, unreason, and non sequiturs of their declarations. A reality that is arguably as alarming as the lawlessness and the extrajudicial killings that…
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