FILE PHOTO: School opening at Batasan Hills National High School. (Photo from ACT Teachers’ Partylist/ Bulatlat.com) By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Single mother of three, KJ Catequista has recently enrolled her children. But there seems to be no clear guidelines yet, leaving her with more questions than answers as she left the…
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An online survey with 146 respondents conducted by the BPO Industry Employees Network (BIEN) from May 19 to May 26, 2020 revealed that 37.7 percent or roughly 4 out of 10 BPO workers are either in floating or “no work-no pay” (NWNP) status. This means temporary job loss for a lot of BPO workers as…
Former IV of Spades frontman Unique Salonga with Poet/song-writer Toni Panagu and Rian Simon Magtaan, writer/film-maker (Photo by Rein Tarinay / Bulatlat) Lions and Acrobats’ vocalist Icoy Rapadas and She’s Only Sixteen’s vocalist Roberto Seña (Photo by Rein Tarinay / Bulatlat) By REIN TARINAY Bulatlat.com MANILA – Independent artists were among those who took the…
After two and a half months of lockdown, the public healthcare system remains unequipped with the necessary weapons to fight COVID-19. The Philippine government imposed a total lockdown dubbed as the “enhanced community quarantine” or ECQ last March 16 after there was a confirmed local transmission of COVID-19. The announcement was totally unprecedented and ill-planned….
Authors of the anti-terror bill have been trying to defend the proposed measure amid wide condemnation from various groups and individuals. A senator quipped, “Terrorists or their supporters are the only ones who will be afraid of the bill.” Do we have the reason to believe the senator accused of plagiarism and apparently oblivious to…
Farmers, indigenous peoples and teachers have been tagged as terrorists and subjected to various forms of attack since Duterte assumed office. The Anti-Terror Bill, if enacted into law, would only escalate what they describe as “state terror” and would target ordinary citizens for merely exercising their constitutional rights. By MENCHANI TILENDO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The…
The nationwide lockdown has encroached on many of the people’s freedoms, and along with a strict stay at home order, freedom of speech was put on lockdown as well. From the lack of mass testing, to uneven implementation of laws, the failure to provide aid, and the president’s often erratic and rambling weekly reports, the…