Datu Reynaldo Ayuma condemns what he calls as “development aggression” in their community in a protest action in July 2018. (Photo by Ima Ariate) Kalumbay described Datu Reynaldo Ayuma as being “consistently at the forefront of the struggle of the Camansi evacuees against development aggression of their ancestral domain.” By EMILY VITAL Bulatlat.com MANILA —…
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“The combination of backwards tradition, capitalist commodification, and class contradiction all help create a culture where women are not only sidelined but are crushed by a vice and deprived of their right to voice out, to quote Alexandra Kollontai. Rape culture and bourgeois society are inherently linked, because both enable a system where a patriarchy,…
By SARI DALENA To the young filmmaker who never met Lino Brocka, Whose thesis films are disrupted by the pandemic, Who cannot attend film festivals, Who are struggling to write scripts in their homes, Who are streaming movies at 2 in the morning Whose film grant cannot be released Who cannot do an internship Whose…
Ni Ricky Gomez Itong si Edgardo Palagi na lang oo Sa utos ni Dino Na tuta ni Rodrigo Isa pa to’ng si Año Mando lang ng mando Quarantine pass kanselado Ano naman kaya ang maitutulong ni Cimatu? Ang mga Sugbuanon Ang sinisisi ng mga tonto Mga matitigas ang ulo! Ayaw ninyong makinig! Kampante kayong…
Windel Bolinget, Chairman of the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (Photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat) “With the fast-tracking of the bill, graver human rights violations among IPs and farmers are expected, especially for groups who are known for their valiant opposition of destructive projects like Chico River dams back in the ‘70s. For so long, Cordillera has been…
“Our call to drop all charges against Frenchie Mae and to immediately release her is now more urgent than ever.” By EMILY VITAL Bulatlat.com MANILA – The local court denied the motion filed by lawyers of Tacloban community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and two human rights defenders during the first hearing, June 23. Judge Georgina…
Judge Georgina Perez of the Tacloban City Regional Trial Court Branch 45 denied the Omnibus Motion to rescind warrant and the information filed by the counsel of ‘Tacloban 5’, four activists and a community journalist. The 5th hearing for the case filed against publication Eastern Vista Executive Director Frenchie Mae Cumpio, 21, and Rural Missionaries…