MANILA, Philippines 1Sambayan’s internal presidential survey also shows Vice President Leni Robredo narrowly edging out Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Sep 30, 2021, Mara Cepeda The 1Sambayan coalition, which has taken on the tough mission of forging a united front for all dissenting forces against President Rodrigo Duterte in the 2022 elections, has endorsed Vice President…
University exec vows to protect academic freedom as another state school in Aklan pulls out NDFP books, pamphlets By: Nestor P. Burgos Jr. – Reporter/Philippine Daily Inquirer / September 29, 2021 ILOILO CITY, Iloilo, Philippines — The University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) will not remove from its libraries reading materials and books considered as…
BIEN Paano kita tatawagin? Guro? Patnubay? Uliran? Kaibigan, kalahati ng danas ko’y nagunaw Sa iyong pagpanaw. Rio Alma, 28 Setyembre 2021 Writer, poet, critic, dramatist, mentor, scholar, political prisoner, activist. Dr. Bienvenido L. Lumbera, National Artist for Literature, was all this and more. With his passing on September 28, 2021, at the age of 89,…
By: Cristina Eloisa Baclig – Content Researcher Writer /INQUIRER.net / September 29, 2021 MANILA, Philippines—A 73 percent cut in funding for COVID response. An 11 billion-peso increase in the budget for a counterinsurgency task force created by President Rodrigo Duterte. A close look at the numbers in the 5-trillion peso proposed national budget in 2022…
By Lea LucianoThe Philippine Reporter, September 24, 2021 INVESTIGATE PH released its third and final report on Monday, September 13, that examines the intensified human rights crisis and widespread violence in the Philippines under the Duterte administration. The launch of the third report coincided with the 48th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council…
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAOIllustration by Dee AyrosoBulatlat.com MANILA – A group of Filipino IT experts belied military claims that they were merely browsing through the websites of independent media outlets. In a statement, the Computer Professionals’ Union (CPU) said that what Armed Forces of the Philippines Spokesman Ramon Zagala described as “mere surfing” is…
Editorial, Philippine Daily Inquirer / September 28, 2021 The Department of Information and Communications Technology’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-PH) has confirmed that the cyberattacks on the sites of two alternative media outlets and a human rights group back in May originated from the computer network of the Philippine Army. According to Bulatlat and Altermidya-People’s…
By: Jigger Jerusalem – Inquirer Mindanao /September 26, 2021 CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Philippines — Religious leaders belonging to the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform (PEPP) have renewed their appeal to the government to revive its stalled peace process with communist rebels as the country observes September as the National Peace Consciousness Month. The…