The National Union of People’s Lawyers, in its statement dated July 14, lambasted the so-called Oplan Kalinga of the Duterte government which allows for the Philippine National Police to go house-to-house to find persons with none to mild symptoms of COVID-19 infection. According to the NUPL, the move further reveals the “Duterte government’s continuing reliance…
Elena Tijamo, coordinator of Farmers Development Center (Fardec) By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Sobs were all that 50-year-old Violeta heard from her sister Elena Tijamo, a development worker who dedicated more than half her life in serving farmers and farm workers, as she was dragged out of their house in Cebu, with…
Scene from the 2018 United People’s SONA (Photo by Adam Ang/ Bulatlat) By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN Bulatlat.com MANILA — “Sobra na! Tama na!” (Enough!) Church people, human rights groups, workers unions, and organizations from all political spectrum banded together to announce the launch of the United People’s SONA, the people’s counterpoint to the presidential State…
Corporate income tax collection takes center stage in the second round of the government’s tax reform initiative. Following up on the previous administration’s collected data from the Tax Incentives Management and Transparency Act (TIMTA), the aim is to reform 360 laws that grant businesses tax breaks and other incentives, as well as plug loopholes. Reforms…
Media groups and other sectors slam the guilty verdict on Rappler’s CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa and former staff Rey Santos Jr, calling the decision a further attack of the government on press freedom.
Doctors call out Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque for misinformation by interpreting the “mass testing” for COVID-19 as testing all Filipinos. They challenged him to engage the public with science on raising their understanding on this issue.