(Photo courtesy of Kodao Productions) “…if traditional politicians will be here to stay, then this will be no different from the past attempts to build an autonomous region.” By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO bulatlat.com MANILA — With the recent swearing in of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority that will assume interim leadership in the villages and…
The flyers being distributed in Cagayan de Oro City tagged local church workers, lawyers, rights advocates and a journalist as “terrorist members of the New People’s Army and Communist Party of the Philippines.” (davaotoday.com) DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Human rights group Karapatan raised a red flag over the malicious flyers being distributed in Cagayan de…
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The government should prioritize hiring unemployed Filipinos, said opposition solon after President Rodrigo Duterte made a statement that he would rather allow illegal Chinese workers to stay in the country.
(1st in a series of 3: DENR in Mock Battle for Manila Bay rehab?) By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com This is one of the reports in a series produced by Bulatlat.com with the Asia-Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) Media Fellowship. The series aims to report on linkages between gender, ecological conflicts and climate…
As if the prevailing inflationary conditions are not enough and already saddling the scrimping household, here comes rice tariffication!
Bulatlat file photo | GMA 7 talents stage a protest action in front of GMA Network Inc. compound, June 5, 2015. (Photo by Ronalyn V. Olea / Bulatlat.com) “Truly, without their work, petitioner GMA would have nothing to air, hence the private respondents’ services in the former’s television program were unquestionably necessary and essential.” By…
Bayan Muna members protesting oil price hikes (Bulatlat photo) “The latest round of price hikes will definitely hurt consumers including low to middle-income earners and especially poor sectors like farmers, fisherfolk and urban poor.” By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – Picket protests in different places across the Philippines greeted today’s hike in oil prices. On…