Peasant groups and NGOs assessing the climate change impacts and seeking dialogues with government agencies (Photo by M. Salamat / Bulatlat) Farmers’ harvests this year are disappointingly smaller than before – not just in amount but in size also of the grains itself. By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – Just last March the National Economic…
When the sun rose on March 30, policemen who had barged into their house with high-powered firearms at the dead of night told Roy (not his real name) that his father was “okay” in the hospital. These policemen, who wore masks to hide their faces, had dragged him, his sister, and his mother to a…
The Supreme Court’s (SC) upholding of the removal of Filipino, Panitikan (literature), and Constitution as core subjects of the college curriculum is the latest assault of neoliberal standards on the Philippine education system. Alongside the K to 12 curriculum at primary and secondary levels, the fundamentals of nationalism, patriotism and constitutionalism are being replaced by…
Israel weeps as he narrates how his father was killed by policemen on March 30, 2018. (Photo courtesy of Saka) Under the Duterte administration, 66 farmers and activists have already been gunned down. By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA — Israel Avelino wept in anguish as he narrated how his father Edgardo was killed by…
Sabado, Hunyo 17, ng alas-otso y medya ng umaga. Tahimik sa Phase 2, Seabreeze Homes sa Brgy. Cabid-an, Sorsogon City. Bigla, may putukan. “Akala namin, libintador,” kuwento ng isang tagaroon. Tabi-tabi ang mga bahay, rinig na rinig dito kung ano man ang ingay sa kalsada. Napalabas ang mga residente. Nakita nila: Dalawang lalaki, sakay ng…
“Parang alipin po tayo ng China. Parang wala tayong karapatan sa sarili nating nasasakupan.” Mangiyak-ngiyak na sinabi ito ni Felix Dela Torre, may-ari ng F/B Gem-Vir 1, sa harap ng midya na nakapanayam sa kanya. Ang pag-aari niyang bangka iyung sinasakyan ng 22 mangingisdang Pilipino na sinalpukan ng barko ng bansang China, gabi ng Hunyo…
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