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…
A policeman confiscates copies of Pinoy Weekly. (Photo courtesy of Kadamay) By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN Bulatlat.com MANILA– Pandi local police raided the local office of urban group Kadamay today, July 26, arrested one of its members and confiscated thousands of copies of alternative media magazine Pinoy Weekly. According to a statement released by Pinoy Weekly,…
By: Consuelo Marquez – Reporter /INQUIRER.net / 12:53 AM November 15, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — CNN Philippines “strongly objects to the misplaced and baseless allusion” of Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) to its alleged links to organizations that are “known fronts” of the Communist Party of the Philippines, the New…
In a resolution dated July 11, the Court of Appeals (CA) has denied the National Union of People’s Lawyers’ (NUPL) request for a temporary protection order (TPO) “which is an ancillary remedy to the privilege of the writ of amparo.” If granted, the protection order would have prohibited state forces from threatening and harassing the…
March 3, 2022/Kodao.org Jose Maria Sison, National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) chief political consultant, said Leody de Guzman is the best among the candidates in the May 2022 presidential elections. In a tweet on Thursday, March 3, Sison praised de Guzman’s candidacy and said he wishes the labor leader the best. “Despite his…