Photo by Fred Dabu/Bulatlat MANILA — On Feb. 14, youth and students together with media practitioners trooped to the College of Mass Communication in University of the Philippines in Diliman denouncing the recent attack against press freedom. Photo by Fred Dabu/Bulatlat Photo by Fred Dabu/Bulatlat This is after the arrest of Rappler chief executive officer,…
Ferdinand Castillo and wife Nona Andaya-Castillo share a great love for the country. (Photo courtesy of the family) On these occasions, I find it fitting to pay tribute to my wife, Nona, all the wives of political prisoners in our country and the women who will participate in One Billion Rising, a global movement against…
Photo from Kodao Productions website. By Kodao Productions BACOLOD CITY – The media community in Negros Occidental is up in arms following the circulation since late last week of at least three lists of purported “drug protectors” that included at least 15 of their colleagues. The journalists said they are worried that the circulation of…
Rey Claro Casambre, Peace consultant and Executive Director of the Philippine Peace Center, presented his counter affidavit to the RTC at the Bacoor Hall of Justice, Feb. 13. (Photo by Mon Ramirez/Arkibong Bayan) “We wonder what the rush is all about. Of course they may cite court orders and logistics. But really, whisking away from…
Two kids spend their afternoon selling heart-shaped flowers and red balloons to couples spending Valentine’s Day in Davao’s Rizal Park. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)
The concomitant and worsening assaults (including extrajudicial killings) on fundamental human rights have subjected marginalized people to extreme physical, biological, psychological and social stress and have repeatedly been forced to be displaced from their land, homes, crops and other means of survival. Under these circumstances, infectious disease epidemics, like measles, and other serious health problems…
From the wellspring of a select corner of the soul, a subjective disturbance — however unwilled it may be — may flow via the aqueduct of verbal expression into the domain of the tongue.
Introduksiyon sa aklat na ‘Strengthen the People’s Struggle against Imperialism and Reaction’ na binasa noong Pebrero 8, 2019, UP Diliman, Solair Ang problema kay Jose Maria Sison ay naglatag siya ng mataas na pamantayan kung paano suriin ang pulitikal na kalagayan ng bansa. Pagkatapos mo siyang basahin, tatatak sa iyo ang kanyang kumprehensibo at matalas…