Protesters brave the rains to bring to the fore their demands. (Photo courtesy of Bahaghari) By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN Bulatlat.com MANILA— Despite the heavy onslaught of rain, members of the progressive LGBT group Bahaghari clutched their placards closer to their chest as they chanted louder under the beating rain, “Makibeki! Wag ma-shokot!” The group, joined…
(Photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat) By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA — The 14th Division of the Court of Appeals dismissed the petitions for the writ of amparo and habeas data filed by Karapatan, Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP), and Gabriela, June 28. In the decision penned by Associate Justice Mario Lopez, the appellate court…
Members of the LGBTQIA+ community commemorate the 50th anniversary of Stonewall Riots, June 28, in Manila. (Photo by John Aaron Mark Macaraeg/ Bulatlat) By JOHN AARON MARK MACARAEG Bulatlat.com MANILA — “Makibeki! ‘Wag mashokot!” Members and supporters of LGBTQIA+ community marched together from España to the front of Mendiola Peace Arch to celebrate pride, June…
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A fisherfolk organization criticized President Rodrigo Duterte on his statement that he’ll allow Chinese fishing vessels to operate in the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) because of “friendship” with China.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Various progressive groups are calling for the boycott of Pepmaco products, following the violent dispersal of their striking workers early today, June 28. “No amount of chemicals or goons can ever curtail the striking workers’ fight for their rights,” said state workers union Courage in a statement….
Injured striking workers (Photo by PWU) “They drove us out with force. They even used water canons.” By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Images of bloodied striking workers of the Peerless Producers Manufacturing Corp. (Pepmaco) in Calamba, Laguna greeted netizens on Friday morning, following a violent attack against them by armed goons in…
By JOHN AARON MARK MACARAEG Bulatlat.com MANILA — Progressive groups strongly condemned the killing of another activist and the unlawful arrests of ten others in Negros island. Lito Itao, 49, was outside a store with his neighbors in sitio Culasi, barangay Buenavista, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on the afternoon of Thursday, June 27 when armed men…