MANILA – Motorcycle riders of the motorcycle ride-hailing app, Angkas showed their force as they protest against the recent decision of the Supreme Court to temporarily halt its operation. On Dec. 16, thousands of motorcycle riders and Angkas bikers, led by the Riders of the Philippines (ROTP) held Unity Ride along Edsa protesting the SC…
Alex Arias, center, with yellow shirt and red print. (Photo courtesy of Public Interest Law Center) “Those who have wrongly accused him and detained him must be held accountable for the death of Alex Arias.” By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Tributes for political prisoner Alexander Arias have poured, following his death in…
Inflation for 2018 is more than double the Duterte administration’s original inflation target for the year and the highest in a decade, research group IBON said. Along with slowing economic growth, this further points to the failure of government’s economic managers to rein in consumer prices and of its neoliberal policies, such as the Tax…
BULATLAT FILE PHOTO of a picture perfect Boracay, desirable despite the much-reduced luster of its once pristine beach, water that’s now green-tinged, thinner cover of coral sand, and signs of sewer water leaking out of cramped establishments. (Photo by Roland Tolentino / Bulatlat.com) “It is already clear to the public that Duterte’s directive to rehabilitate…
The Community Technical College of Southeastern Mindanao. Inc. (CTCSMI) Senior High School graduates batch 2017-2018. (Photo by Ruby Ana Bernardo/Bulatlat_ By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – There is no stopping them from reaching their dreams, not even martial law declared in the whole island of Mindanao, as the first batch of senior high…
A day before she faces the solicitor-general’s petition to remove her as Chief Justice, Ma. Lourdes Sereno leads honorees at Araw ng Kagitingan event. (Photo by Mon Ramirez) “We may have diverged on the means but we have one goal, to bring about social justice so Filipinos can feel the benefits of democracy.” MARYA SALAMAT…
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