FILE PHOTO: Benedictine nun Mary John Mananzan hits historical revisionism being espoused by Marcoses and their supporters. (Photo by Ronalyn V. Olea/Bulatlat) By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — A women’s group has assailed presidential communications official Lorraine Badoy for red-tagging Benedictine nun Sr. Mary John Mananzan, a staunch human rights defender and women’s…
The COVID-19 pandemic is every tyrant’s dream, to finally have a justification to implement the most repressive measures against its people, purportedly to contain the new and still incurable virus.
Elena, 58, is the program coordinator for sustainable agriculture FARDEC, non-profit, non-government organization that offers paralegal and educational services to farmers facing land issues. She is also the Community Radio Coordinator of FARDEC in Bantayan Island, Cebu. It has a radio program, Radyo Sugbuanon in partnership with the International Association of Women in Radio and…
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The Lumad group Pasaka denounced another round of false reporting in local news that a third Lumad died in their UCCP Haran sanctuary and was secretly buried in the Wireless Cemetery.
The situation in jail, according to transport group Piston “gave the jeepney drivers higher risks of contracting the coronavirus disease.” By AARON MACARAEG Bulatlat.com MANILA– Two of the six jeepney drivers arrested and detained for seven to eight days tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Caloocan City 2nd District Representative Egay Erice broke the news…
Bulatlat file photo. Copra farmers are among the country’s poorest. “Throughout the past regimes, Danding was able to amass great wealth, power, and influence after plundering the coco levy fund collected from small coconut farmers during Martial Law.” By EMILY VITAL Bulatlat.com MANILA – With the death of business tycoon, Marcos crony and landlord Eduardo…
“We don’t want aid, what we need is to get our livelihood back. What can we get from the government’s aid? A few kilos of rice and cans of sardines? Those aren’t even enough to feed our family for a day. Our request is to get our livelihood back, we’re not expecting the government to…