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‘Hindi maiwasang mangutang’
“Ngayon pa nga lang, hirap na e. Paano pa ‘pag tumaas ‘yung presyo ng bigas? Lalo na high school na ‘yung mga anak ko, may mga panahon talagang hindi maiiwasang mangutang.” – Florenda Biaga, tindera ng kanin
The UP ‘Rebel Kule’ case: Flatlining free expression
Altermidya Network, the broad alliance of alternative media and community journalists groups in the Philippines, denounces the patently unreasonable manner in which the University of the Philippines Diliman’s Executive Committee (EC) ordered the suspension of the editorial board of the “Rebel Kule.” The EC on June 21 overturned the earlier decision of the UP Diliman…
Bulatlat.com | Features | Nation | News‘Atin ang Pinas!’| Groups reiterate sovereign rights in PH waters
Photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – As the country commemorated Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) today, April 9, hundreds protested in front of the Chinese Consulate in Makati City against China’s continuing invasion of the West Philippine Sea and other parts of the Philippine waters. Led by the…
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In Duterte’s Mindanao, journalists get threats and terror tag
“To be a committed journalist means you also have to survive the risks presented by a corrupt and intolerant government and its agencies, and other enemies of press freedom,” says Espina to journalists who want to strive in this field.
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GRAND MAÑANITA
Members of progressive groups and various organizations troop to the University of the Philippines-Diliman campus on June 12, the Philippines’ 122nd Independence Day, to hold the ‘grand mañanita’ where they called for the junking of the Anti-Terrorism Bill despite a government ban on mass gatherings. The birthday-themed protest was also a criticism against the National…
Migrant Workers and Immigrant Communities Mount Growing Resistance and Massive Protest Actions Against Trump’s Immigrant Crackdown and Immigration Raids
In his first five months in office, Donald Trump mobilized immigration and other federal agents, and recently even the U.S. military, to fulfil one of his cornerstone campaign promises: the largest mass deportation program in history. However, the extrajudicial and inhumane methods of implementing this all-out assault targeting millions of migrants, along with other political…
