Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Oscar Albayalde has shut down claims that there are disgruntled police personnel due to the revocation of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s amnesty.
In the foreground: NDFP peace panel chairperson Fidel Agcaoili (FILE Photo courtesy of Jon Bustamante, Jan 2017) By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Fidel Agcaoili, chief negotiator of the peace panel of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, has passed on in Utrecht, the Netherlands today, July 23. In a statement emailed…
Relatives and human rights groups led by the Karapatan Alliance for the Advancement of Peoples’ Rights marched to Mendiola in Manila, December 3, to commemorate International Solidarity Day for Political Prisoners and call for the release of all political detainees. Karapatan said that political prisoners are proof of an unjust system as well as double…
Sarado na ang Boracay simula ngayong araw. Makatwiran ba ang paglimita sa galaw ng media at ordinaryong mamamayan sa isla? Pakinggan sina Prof Luis V. Teodoro at Edge Balangauan Uyanguren sa latest episode ng YAN ANG TOTOO! The post Yan Ang Totoo sa Boracay Shutdown appeared first on Altermidya.
Makabayan party list Gabriela Women’s Party (GWP) expressed doubts over the data recently provided by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on the reported minimal impact of TRAIN (Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion) Law in the country.
(Photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat) By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA — The 14th Division of the Court of Appeals dismissed the petitions for the writ of amparo and habeas data filed by Karapatan, Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP), and Gabriela, June 28. In the decision penned by Associate Justice Mario Lopez, the appellate court…
Under the ‘new normal’ of internet-based learning, those at the margins of society could find themselves struggling against further exclusion. The concept of access needs further exploration beyond the popular understanding that it is mainly about the installation of broadband networks and distribution of gadgets to the community. More than the means of providing a…