(Bulatlat.com file photo) As COVID-19 wipes out whatever is left of the limited opportunities for Filipinos to earn a living, the Duterte administration’s lacking response, combined with an oppressive political environment, creates conditions for a perfect storm of social unrest. By ARNOLD PADILLA Bulatlat.com MANILA – With the COVID-19 crisis, the stage is set for…
By Reynard Magtoto Legazpi City- “This is not the time to fear,” the families of Jenelyn Nagrampa and Pastor Dan San Andres said, who are demanding the release of the two human rights defenders arrested in separate incidents this month in Camarines Sur. Bicol progressive groups Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN), Karapatan, and Bicolana Gabriela will…
(Photo courtesy of Concerned Artists of the Philippines) BY ALYSSA MAE CLARIN Bulatlat.com MANILA— Journalists, artists, and free expression advocates filed the 13th petition today, July 23, before the Supreme Court against RA 114979, or the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020. Joined by almost 40 individuals from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, the groups filed a petition…
“Given the vagueness of the definition of terrorism in the assailed law, its enforcement and implementation will encroach on basic rights and fundamental freedoms, particularly freedom of speech, expression, and association,” the petitioners said. The post Free press and expression advocates file 13th petition vs anti-terror law appeared first on Kodao Productions.
An effigy of US President Donald Trump and Rodrigo Duterte made by protesters in 2019. (Photo by Carlo Manalansan / Bulatlat) Under the guise of ‘freedom of navigation’ and ‘commitment to support regional stability’, China and the US have been taking turns in militarizing our territorial waters and plundering our natural resources. By MENCHANI TILENDO…
Forty-four leaders of various organizations appealed to the high court to declare the law unconstitutional, for it “insidiously encroaches upon fundamental and constitutional rights, such arbitrary deprivation of the right to life, liberty and property and the non-observance of the right to due process and to presumption of innocence.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com…
The head of Region 10’s referral hospital for Covid-19 treatment explained his absence from duty is due to his leave of absence, shooting down speculation that he had resigned over a labor issue with health workers.
The Davao City Council is pushing for the grant of hazard pay for 1,200 barangay health workers (BHW) who had rendered service in combating the Covid-19 pandemic in communities.