One Billion Rising (Photo by Carlo Manalansan / Bulatlat.com) By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Now on its seventh year, Filipino women’s rights advocates once again took the streets of Manila to dance and protest the misogyny and rising tyranny in the country. “We gather today, not just to dance as part of…
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Four soldiers were killed after communist rebels in Bukidnon successfully took over a paramilitary camp of the Army’s 1st Special Forces Civilian Active Auxiliary Patrol Base located in Green Valley, Barangay Dalwangan, Malaybalay City on Thursday, February 14. Ka Malem Mabini, spokesperson of the New People’s Army in Northern Mindanao, said…
By RENAN ORTIZ Below is the unity statement of LODI, National Union of Journalists in the Philippines, AlterMidya People’s Media Network, Bulatlat, Kodao Productions, and Pinoy Weekly. The arrest of Rappler CEO Maria Ressa on spurious cyber libel charges under suspicious conditions confirms that the Duterte administration has taken to twisting the law and legal…
UNITY STATEMENT OF ALTERMIDYA NETWORK, NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS IN THE PHILIPPINES, LET’S ORGANIZE FOR DEMOCRACY & INTEGRITY (LODI), COLLEGE EDITORS GUILD OF THE PHILIPPINES The arrest of Rappler CEO Maria Ressa on spurious cyber libel charges under suspicious conditions confirms that the Duterte administration has taken to twisting the law and legal processes to…
Since the arrest and eventual posting of bail of news site Rappler’s chief Maria Ressa, Malacanang’s spin doctors have been attempting to absolve the president from allegations of curtailing press freedom and grave abuse of power. Still, the political backlash that the Duterte administration is getting has been unforgiving, and rightly so. Even the simplest…
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After two months in captivity, six of the 16 captured Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (Cafgu) personnel were released by the New People’s Army North-Eastern Mindanao Region, Thursday, Feb. 14. Ka Joaquin, National Democratic Front spokesperson said the release of prisoners of war “shows that the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front…
Nitong Pebrero 10 nang umaga, inilunsad ang Luto! Laban! Sunday Cookout para sa NAMASUFA sa Liwasang Bonifacio, Maynila sa pangunguna ng Sama-samang Artista para sa Kilusang Agraryo (SAKA). Tumungo ang mga artistang alyado ng SAKA at mga boluntaryo mula sa industriya ng sining, kultura, at kaalaman sa protest camp ng Nagkahiusang Mamumuo sa Suyapa Farm…