Abril 10 noong nakaraang taon nang lagdaan ng gobyerno ng Pilipinas at kinatawan ng gobyerno ng China ang isang kontrata na napag-alamang magbabaon sa bansa sa malubhang pagkautang, habang magbibigay-panganib sa mga komunidad ng mga katutubo: ang Chico River Pump Irrigation Project. Tahimik at walang ingay ang lagdaan. Para sa gobyerno ng Pilipinas, dumalo si…
Members of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) file a petition for writ of amparo and habeas data before the Supreme Court today, April 15. (Photo courtesy of NUPL) “The Honorable Court cannot sit idly by and allow state forces and their agents dictate how law ought to be practiced and eliminate lawyers who…
The public opinion surveys of the past year or so have confirmed that most Filipinos distrust China while wholeheartedly favoring the United States. Over a majority of the population are skeptical of the former’s intentions, and would like the Philippine government to do something about its occupation of the West Philippine Sea. China has militarized…
“Karapatan will continue its human rights work, as it has done under perilous conditions for more than 20 years. These series of attacks [by state security forces against human rights defenders] have strengthened our commitment. We will not be cowed. We will always march for, protect, and defend the human rights of the people.” Thus…
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO bulatlat.com MANILA — Two urban poor activists were forcibly disappeared yesterday, April 13, in Bulacan. The two urban poor organizers are Kadamay member John Griefen Arlegui, 20, and youth group Anakbayan’s Reynaldo Remias, Jr., 24. They were accosted at gunpoint between 10:00 to 11:00 in the morning while posting posters…
“The choice of official poverty lines is a political one. Setting a high standard indicates the government having a high level of ambition for poverty eradication. Government, however has chosen to set a low standard – in this case, the Php10,481 per month or Php69.87 per day poverty threshold – which results in tens of…
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