(Photo courtesy of Cristina Palabay) By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Human rights activists held a protest action in front of Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City to call for an end to the continuing attacks against women human rights defenders as they commemorate the International Women Human Rights Defenders Day today, Nov. 29….
September 11, 2020/ “So a murderer (will be) released for good conduct. Are we supposed to just forget that he killed Jennifer Laude because he’s done some good? Another question: you think this murderer (I’m not even gonna say his name) wasn’t treated fairly, but was it fair that Jennifer Laude was murdered out of…
[embedded content] ‘The worrisome part of this is that most of the sources of disinformation is being perpetrated by government officials on taxpayers’ money,’ veteran journalist Ellen Tordesillas tells a Senate panel probing the proliferation of fake news Published 4:13 PM, January 30, 2018 Updated 7:41 PM, January 30, 2018 VETERAN JOURNALIST. Veteran journalist Ellen…
Nov 28, 2020, Agence France-Presse Paris, France Europe is the second-worst hit global region after Latin America and the Caribbean More than 400,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus have been registered in Europe, according to an Agence France-Presse tally compiled from official sources around 0800 GMT Saturday, November 28. The second-worst hit global region after…
It has been a year since the killing human rights defenders Elisa Badayos and Eleuterio Moises. On November 28, 2017, two unidentified gunmen linked to a local politician’s private army shot and killed Badayos and Moises while they were on a fact-finding mission in Brgy. San Ramon, Bayawan City, Negros Oriental. Elisa, or “Nene” among…
By: Leila B. Salaverria – Reporter / Philippine Daily Inquirer /December 13, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Filipino American groups disputed President Rodrigo Duterte’s statements at a recent US-led summit that the Philippines has a “vibrant democracy,” saying his administration has attempted to silence and Red-tag critics, waged a war on drugs that targeted the poor,…