Editor-in-chief of student publication The Catalyst, Guia Sanchez calls for press freedom and the fight of student publications against campus press violations (Photo by A. Clarin / Bulatlat.com) “If we recall, during the Marcos dictatorship, the first thing he did was to suppress the media. By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN Bulatlat.com MANILA — Youth groups and…
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Gabriela Women’s Party lauded various women’s groups and their allies for their relentless lobbying to see the expanded maternity leave bill, now a newly-signed law, through. All efforts, the group added, has finally paid off. “This is a product of the tireless campaigns and lobbying of various…
And is cheap rice from abroad even unlimited and forever?
Sa gitna ng mga panawagang magbitiw sa pwesto si National Youth Commission (NYC) chairman Ronald Cardema, dapat din daw itong paimbestigahan sa posibleng paggamit nito sa ahensya para ikampanya ang Duterte Youth Party-list, na siya rin ang pinuno. Posibleng ginagamit umano ni Cardema ang pondo ng NYC para sa pangangampanya ng Duterte Youth Party-list dahil…
Research group IBON said that the Manila Bay reclamation project under the Build, Build, Build program is a profit-led infrastructure plan that will mainly benefit big business. The group said that contrary to government claims, the project will displace nearby communities from their homes and livelihoods and destroy the environment. The Manila Bay Reclamation project…
By virtue of our baptism, we as Christians, are christened every day, through the very struggles that the Lord Jesus Christ had carried on. To reflect not on mere certainties but on the social realities we are exposed to, as living pilgrims, we ought to do what Christ did. Today, as the living witnesses of…
Counterclockwise (Satur Ocampo, Exuperio Lloren, Dario Tomado, Fides Lim, Vic Ladlad and Oscar Belleza discuss one of the state witnesses’ testimony during a short break in the Hilongos case hearing in Manila court. (Photo by Ronalyn V. Olea / Bulatlat) “The Leyte case has set the bar so low yet it has become the golden…