(Photo grabbed from Facebook page of Lito Ocampo) “It is not just an issue of poverty but also of the president’s intolerance of dissent.” By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN Bulatlat.com MANILA — “Is the legal and judicial system of the Philippines, broken?” This was the question posed to lawyer-candidates vying for a senatorial seat in a…
Citing UP as the country’s premier university, Simbulan notes the praxis of theory and practice as a critical element. After all, UP’s symbol, the oblation signifies offering oneself for the people. By AMIHAN MABALAY In these critical times, our ideals as one nation are put to test. The current regime pits people against each other,…
Joanna Patricia Kintanar Cariño (File photo by Noel Godinez/Northern Dispatch) “Whatever the suppression, however, they failed to stop her continuing courageous actions, inspiring global citizens throughout the world, and thus was selected her (Cariño) as the winner of the 2019 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights,” it added. By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA –…
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro. (Photo by Efren Ricalde) By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Back story: France Castro: teacher, friend, activist MANILA– Amid red-tagging of the progressive leaders, ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro has been named as recipient of the Arthur Svensson International Prize for Professional Rights 2019. The Svensson Prize has been…
Mula pa noong dekada 90, nagtuturo na ako. Ang part-time sa simula ay naging full-time din nang magkaroon ng bakanteng posisyon sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas (UP) Diliman. Marami sa mga itinuring kong “anak” sa loob ng klasrum ay may mga sariling anak na rin. Kaya nga sa pagputi ng buhok ko sa pagtuturo, mistulang “lolo”…
(Photo courtesy of Kadamay – Pandi) By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Two urban poor activists who were forcibly disappeared on Saturday, April 13, were surfaced today in a police detention facility in Malolos, Bulacan. In a Facebook post, Kadamay’s chapter in Pandi, Bulacan said the two — Kadamay member John Griefen Arlegui,…
Urban poor group Kadamay led the “Kalbaryo ng Mamamayan” to highlight the plight of Filipinos on Friday, April 12. In this year’s kalbaryo, five stations were set up to discuss the struggles of urban poor families facing eviction threats, issues of sovereignty, land reform, tyranny and drug-related killings, and several policies deemed as anti-poor such…
Gagawaran ng Arthur Svensson Prize para sa taong 2019 ang lider-guro at mambabatas na si ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro sa kanyang pamumuno sa pag-oorganisa ng mga guro at paggiit ng karapatang akademiko sa Pilipinas. Imbitado si Castro na tanggapin ang gantimpala sa Oslo, Norway sa Hunyo 12. Makakatanggap din siya ng NOK 500,000 o…