A community health worker volunteering for a non-profit health advocacy group (Photo grabbed from the Council for Health and Development Facebook page/ Bulatlat.com) By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Community doctors urged the Department of Health to stop the redeployment of their colleagues to hospitals in Cebu City, as the Philippine government focuses…
Recent events have shown the Philippine National Police’s utter lack of understanding on the reasons for the coronavirus disease-2019 (Covid-19) lockdown and the gravity of the health emergency. They abuse their policing authority to the hilt. Just this morning, Bahaghari, an LGBTQIA and allies group held a Pride March in Mendiola, calling for the recognition…
Hindi nakapagtataka kung bakit kumpara noong nakaraang taon, kakaunti lang sila nitong Biyernes, Hunyo 26. Tinatayang 70,000 katao ang dumalo sa Pride March noong Hunyo 29, 2019 sa Marikina City – isang enggrandeng selebrasyon ng komunidad ng LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer…) na tila walang katulad pa sa kasaysayan ng bansa. Pero ngayong taon,…
The national government’s program of sending people back to their hometown recently came under fire for spreading COVID-19 in the provinces. For example, Tanauan town and Baybay City in Leyte each recorded their first respective confirmed COVID-19 cases last May 28. Both confirmed cases were among the first and so far only batch of beneficiaries…
Contributed photo “We do not want a repeat of the injustice against our fisher folk. The owner and captain of the the Chinese ship must be held into account for ramming them and for their violation of the rights of our Filipino fisher folk in our own seas.” By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA Kodao Productions A…
Video grabbed from video footage by Tudla Productions. “The authorities cannot violently disperse it and forcefully arrest the protesters, when the said protest action is held peacefully and, now with proper observance of health protocols under the COVID-19 pandemic.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – A group of human rights lawyers said there…
Walang pasada, walang kita, at hikahos sa paghahanap ng panggastos sa pang araw-araw. Pikit-matang nakikipagsapalaran ang mga jeepney drivers sa lansangan, at pilit na nilalabanan ang gutom. Marami sa kanila’y nasa kalsada hindi para mamasada, pero para humingi ng konting tulong mula sa mga nagdaraan. Dahil sa lumalalang pagdami ng kaso ng Covid-19, nagpataw ng…
Photo from Altermidya “The arrest of #Pride20 directly goes against the Philippine government’s pledge of commitment to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women’s (CEDAW).” By AARON MACARAEG Bulatlat.com MANILA– An international women’s group condemned arrest of 20 members of LGBTQIA+ and their supporters, also known as #Pride20, while holding…