“This is specifically intended to pay tribute to the advocates of the resolution of the homegrown armed conflict on our soil.” By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA Kodao Productions / Bulatlat MANILA — Rotary International honored two National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultants — one recently killed, the other in jail— with peace awards in…
Magsimula tayo sa balik-tanaw. Ano ang kalakaran sa mga Public Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) bago pinirmahan ni Pang. Rodrigo Duterte ang Free Tuition Law noong 2017? Sa mahabang panahon, may matrikulang binabayaran ang lahat ng estudyante. Itinataas ito pana-panahon o madalas sa kung anu-anong dahilan. Para naman sa mga estudyanteng umano’y “mahirap pero karapat-dapat,” may…
(Ikalawa sa dalawang bahagi) (Unang bahagi) Kaakibat ng mas madalas na paggamit ng bagong teknolohiya ang mas mataas na pagpapahalaga sa personal na seguridad. Nakadisenyo ang mga bagong mobile phone o cellular phone (cellphone) para mas maging komportable ang ating buhay sa pamamagitan ng mga software application (app). Halimbawa, may mga app na kayang suriin…
Peryodismo. Iisang propesyon, iba’t ibang depenisyon. Teka, may mga nagsasabing hindi akmang salita ang “propesyon” kung ipapaliwanag ang konsepto ng peryodismo. Ang isang katangian daw kasi ng propesyon ay ang pagiging bayad na okupasyon (paid occupation). Hindi naman daw sumusuweldo ang lahat ng peryodista. Totoo ba ito? Talaga bang may mga peryodistang hindi nababayaran sa…
(Photo courtesy of Kodao Productions) “…if traditional politicians will be here to stay, then this will be no different from the past attempts to build an autonomous region.” By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO bulatlat.com MANILA — With the recent swearing in of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority that will assume interim leadership in the villages and…
The flyers being distributed in Cagayan de Oro City tagged local church workers, lawyers, rights advocates and a journalist as “terrorist members of the New People’s Army and Communist Party of the Philippines.” (davaotoday.com) DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Human rights group Karapatan raised a red flag over the malicious flyers being distributed in Cagayan de…
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(1st in a series of 3: DENR in Mock Battle for Manila Bay rehab?) By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com This is one of the reports in a series produced by Bulatlat.com with the Asia-Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) Media Fellowship. The series aims to report on linkages between gender, ecological conflicts and climate…