Former IV of Spades frontman Unique Salonga with Poet/song-writer Toni Panagu and Rian Simon Magtaan, writer/film-maker (Photo by Rein Tarinay / Bulatlat) Lions and Acrobats’ vocalist Icoy Rapadas and She’s Only Sixteen’s vocalist Roberto Seña (Photo by Rein Tarinay / Bulatlat) By REIN TARINAY Bulatlat.com MANILA – Independent artists were among those who took the…
Authors of the anti-terror bill have been trying to defend the proposed measure amid wide condemnation from various groups and individuals. A senator quipped, “Terrorists or their supporters are the only ones who will be afraid of the bill.” Do we have the reason to believe the senator accused of plagiarism and apparently oblivious to…
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights received a staggering 893 written submissions and 793 individually signed template-based letters. It had discussions with government representatives. It has validated the data received from numerous sources. It interviewed victims and witnesses. It has formed its conclusions and recommendations based on its independent and impartial…
Journalists around the country say both national and local government agencies have either delayed or denied their information requests. Officials, they said, were particularly reluctant to release information that would hold them accountable for their spending. The post Quarantine Curbs Access to Information appeared first on Kodao Productions.
Farmers, indigenous peoples and teachers have been tagged as terrorists and subjected to various forms of attack since Duterte assumed office. The Anti-Terror Bill, if enacted into law, would only escalate what they describe as “state terror” and would target ordinary citizens for merely exercising their constitutional rights. By MENCHANI TILENDO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The…
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, who heads the lead Philippine government agency in the fight against the pandemic, issued inaccurate statements and unreliable data, leaving Filipinos in doubt of his capacity to lead the country out of a public health emergency. By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – The country’s health secretary has been…
“After reading the bill, from my understanding, it’s quite broad and vague, leaving room for different interpretations which could potentially take away each person’s basic rights of freedom of speech and acts of even peaceful protests. That is my understanding of it. I ask you to read the bill yourself. Take your stand and use…
Human rights watchdog Karapatan welcomed the “timely” release of the report of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN OHCHR) on the human rights situation in the Philippines, which came amid strong public backlash on the looming passage of the Anti-Terrorism Bill. Karapatan said that the UN report outlines the…