Mang Dodong, the fish vendor arrested for violating quarantine ptotocols. (Photo by Vincent Go) “They are not disobedient, they are just striving to survive.” By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN Bulatlat.com MANILA– It’s been exactly one hundred days since President Rodrigo Duterte placed Metro Manila under quarantine as a precaution against the COVID-19 pandemic. By the end…
More than a century ago, Philippine prisons reeled from a flu pandemic. History might be repeated without adequate healthcare for prisoners and drastic interventions to stem the Covid-19 outbreak. The post The Old and New Bilibid Prisons in the Time of Pandemics appeared first on Kodao Productions.
“Sa panahon ngayon na sobrang paghihirap ang pinagdadaanan ng ating mga kababayan na marami ang nagkakasakit, nawawalan ng trabaho at walang makain ay sana huwag munang madaliin ang pagpapasa ng antiterrorism bill. Magandang mapag-aralan muna itong mabuti para masiguradong hindi nga ito lalabag sa mga karapatang pantao ng mamamayang Pilipino.”–Nora Aunor The post Siguruhing hindi…
There could have been no better time to begin this column but now, no other way to begin but like this – a kind of exposé, an assertion, a kind of empowerment at the face of existing and impending terror in all its forms. By identifying and unpacking systemic injustices in different levels and contexts,…
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Photo of Zaldy Meraya after his house was riddled by bullets and killed by elements of the 20th IB. (photo from 20th IBPA Facebook account) “It is martial law without martial law, but worse: it is legalized butchery, targeting peasants and workers whose attempts to seek redress for their systemic exploitation have been criminalized.” By…
There could have been no better time to begin this column but now, no other way to begin but like this – a kind of exposé, an assertion, a kind of empowerment at the face of existing and impending terror in all its forms. By identifying and unpacking systemic injustices in different levels and contexts,…
Downloaded from https://www.trendsmap.com/ Fast track this to the current Duterte regime and the Filipino artists, in the mainstream or alternative circles, continue to fight for causes, even at the risk of being red-tagged and branded a “terrorist”. They have lent their names and influence and, whenever necessary, appeared in media or in crowds to fight…