By Josephine Mason and Emilio Parodi, Reuters.com Europe accounts for half of latest infections and deaths Outbreaks stir fears over winter months, economic impact Various nations consider unpopular curbs again Vaccines not the silver bullet, experts warn LONDON/MILAN, Nov 12 (Reuters) – Europe has become the epicentre of the pandemic again, prompting some governments to…
(Photo courtesy of Salinlahi) “Jailing children…is punitive instead of corrective. It deprives instead of fulfilling rights, and exemplifies cruelty instead of compassion.” By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – In less than five minutes into the session, the Committee on Justice of the House of Representatives approved yesterday a bill lowering the minimum age…
STATEMENT ALTERMIDYA NETWORK condemns the brazen assault on press freedom against local community radio Radyo Natin Guimba (RNG) in Nueva Ecija, which faces charges of cyberlibel and alleged violations of the Bayanihan Act. The mayor’s charges against RNG, filed in the middle of a raging pandemic, is a form of censorship meant to intimidate the…
The Davao City Council is pushing for the grant of hazard pay for 1,200 barangay health workers (BHW) who had rendered service in combating the Covid-19 pandemic in communities.
[Brussels, 19 September] Women’s voices were at the forefront in the two-day International Peoples’ Tribunal on the Philippines. Testimonies from women human rights defenders and family members of political prisoners or victims of extrajudicial killings, demonstrate the impact of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s policies on women, and how they harken back to earlier repressive eras….
(Photo by J. Ellao / Bulatlat) By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO bulatlat.com MANILA — Tribal school children who are seeking refuge at the University of the Philippines threw a humble surprise birthday party for former lawmaker and staunch rights activist Satur Ocampo, who turned 80 over the weekend. “He does not look like his age,…