The Department of Education’s order to suspend the operations of 55 lumad schools, mostly in Davao del Norte, is the latest challenge in the Mindanao indigenous people’s struggle to keep running their own schools as an expression of their cultural autonomy and identity. Should the DepEd order lead to the total shutdown of the schools…
Ni RENE BOY ABIVA Sa bawat paghalik ng labi ni Goring ay napuno ang iyong puso ng pagnanasa gaya sa kung paano o gaano ka kasabik at nanabik mahalikan ng mamasa-masa’t malamig na butil ng hamog ang tuyo’t nag-aagawbuhay mong bibig. At sa unang hatinggabi sa Ridgewood sa Kalye Gibraltar -nang pinutol ng mga alulong…
Former peasant organizer Lilia Bucatcat (Contributed photo) “It is infuriating that the Duterte government wrongfully convicts activists and human rights advocates while the government forces behind human rights violations are parading free.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Seventy-three-year old Lilia Bucatcat was walking her dog along Marikina River Banks on March 9,…
A resort-hotel owner in Camiguin has filed charges against two members of the local ruling political family for ordering her establishment’s closure because of the latter’s political vendetta.
L-R Jane Balleta, Dr. Merry Mia Clamor, Dr. Alexis Montes, Atty. Ephraim Cortez, Mercy Castro and Dr. Julie Caguiat vow to continue fighting for justice after the Sandiganbayan acquitted military and police officers involved in the arrest, detention and torture of the Morong 43. By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA — When they heard the…
Residents of Taliptip stage a protest action in front of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, July 17, to oppose the San Miguel Corporation’s airport project that would displace hundreds of fisherfolk. (Photo courtesy of Save Taliptip) By ADAM ANG Bulatlat.com BULAKAN, BULACAN — Immediately following the back-to-back protests of Bulacan fisherfolk and residents…
This week alone has seen the filing of two complaints, which threaten not only the respondents but the very essence of freedom of expression and public participation itself.
Youth leaders announce they will join the United People’s SONA this Monday. (Photo by Sheerah Escudero/ Bulatlat) By SHEERAH ESCUDERO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Unified by their discontent with the current administration, youth groups announced they will join the United People’s SONA to counter President Rodrigo Duterte’s fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July…