Ako’y ikakasal… sa aming tahana’y masayang katulad ng parol kung pista, magara’t makulay; kangina pa’y walang patlang ang tugtugan, agos ang regalo’t buhos ang inuman; ang aking magiging kabiyak ng buhay isang kanluraning mutyang paraluman: marilag, marangya, balita, mayaman, sadyang pulot-gata sa bibig ng isang mundong kaibigan. Sa tanging sasakyan nang kami’y lumulan, may natanaw…
Italy hosts the largest population of Overseas Fiipino Workers in Western Europe according to Italian Forign Affairs statistics. The Italian Ministry of Interior reports of 167,859 total number of documented Filipinos scattered in Italian regions, of which 72,599 are males and 95,260 are females.
Introduksyon Bagamat Japan at US ang may pinakamalaking lagak na pamumuhunan (foreign direct investments o FDI stock) sa bansa at pang-walo lang ang China sa halaga ng approved FDI sa unang semestre ng 2018, lumalaki ang daloy ng pamumuhuhan (FDI inflows) ng China sa Pilipinas. Umabot ito sa US$1.043 bilyon sa ilalim ng dalawang taon…
Last Tuesday night, human rights lawyer Benjamin Ramos, who assisted the families of the nine farm workers massacred in a Sagay City hacienda on Oct. 20, was gunned down by a tandem of motorcycle-riding men near his home in Kabangkalan City. He was a founding member of the National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) and…
Vicente Ladlad (third from the left) confers with their lawyers before the hearing starts at the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 32, Aug. 6. (Photo by Ronalyn V. Olea / Bulatlat.com) By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Human rights group Karapatan warned that the arrest of peace consultant Vicente Ladlad is a grave…
The open-pit mines of OceanaGold in Nueva Vizcaya. The military has accused anti-mining groups opposing the open-pit mining operations as fronts of communist rebels. (Photo credit to Amianan Salakniban) The more disturbing issue, however, is the ever-increasing human rights violations and extrajudicial killings of human rights activists who advocate for ordinary people and local communities…
Ni JHIO JHAN NAVARRO Apat na pirasong tanso ang tinanggap niyang kabayaran matapos masugid na ipaglaban karapatan ng mga nasa sakahan Apat na pirasong tanso na di inabot sa kanyang palad bagkus itinarak sa laman dagling ibinaon sa awang katawan Apat na pirasong tanso na putok ang kilingling puot, hinagpis at dalamhati ang ugong at…