Photo by Ronalyn Olea/Bulatlat “The legislation can be used to violate people rights in the same way the Bayanihan Act was used for mass arrests of ECQ [enhanced community quarantine] violators. Only the anti-terror law is 100x worse.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Progressive organizations slammed the hasty approval of Anti-Terrorism Bill…
https://revlisad.com/2019/05/03/what-i-need-john-20/ By PATIS MUNGCAL National Council of Churches in the Philippines Psalm 104:1,24, 29-31, 34 Acts 2:1-11 1 Cor. 12:3-7, 12-13 John 20:19-23 Our reading from Acts greeted us with this line. Being in the nth day in lockdown because of the COVID-19, this line made me ache for a sense of togetherness. Although we…
Patuloy pa rin na isinusulong ng mga mag-aaral ng Rizal Technological University (RTU) kasama ang Rise for Education RTU ang kanilang panawagan na mass promotion at pag-refund sa kanila ng administrasyon ng RTU. Nang inanunsyo ng RTU sa memo nito noong Mayo 18 ang paglipat ng alternatibong moda ng pagtuturo tungong ‘flexible learning,’ nagprotesta ang…
It was April 26 when more than a hundred repatriated Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) awoke to the news that a fellow balikbayan had hung herself in a stairwell in Room 43. They had been housed under the same lodgings for almost a month—twice the mandatory 14-day period—when the tragedy happened. Liza Lodge, a drive-in located…
Two days before the longest COVID-19 related lockdown in the world is to end, groups condemned the brutal killing of Carlito “Ka Karletz” Badion, Secretary-General of Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (KADAMAY). Badion is the latest activist killed while parts of the country remain under lockdown as government’s main solution to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Activists killed…
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Delivered before the Senate Committees on Finance and on Economic Affairs IBON Foundation (updated) We would like to thank the Senate Committees on Finance and on Economic Affairs for the chance to share our comments on the following measures: SBN 1414 entitled: “An Act Establishing the Emergency Response and Recovery Package to Counter the COVID-19 Pandemic…
Long-time urban poor leader Carlito Badion was found dead in Ormoc City on May 28, 2020. By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO and AARON MACARAEG Bulatlat.com MANILA — Long-time urban poor leader Carlito Badion was shot in Ormoc City, Leyte. He was found dead along a highway in Ormoc City on May 28, 2020. Kadamay, where…