Security measures are being tightened to thwart any threats of terrorism as security forces here placed the city on a heightened alert status amid Martial law.
By: Kurt Dela Peña – Content Researcher Writer / INQUIRER.net /July 14, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Many poor Filipino families might have thought they had already hit rock bottom before the COVID pandemic struck. At the bottom of many things, there would have been no option but to rise. But the bottom kept sinking deeper…
“It is very alarming that the (Philippine police) continues to fail as a good example of a gender-sensitive institution.” By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – The looming passage of the anti-terror bill may worsen the already dire conditions of Filipino women. This after the Philippine police posted what critics described as a gender-insensitive…
Alex Arias, center, with yellow shirt and red print. (Photo courtesy of Public Interest Law Center) “Those who have wrongly accused him and detained him must be held accountable for the death of Alex Arias.” By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Tributes for political prisoner Alexander Arias have poured, following his death in…
QUESTION EVERYTHING Mong Palatino Yes, I studied Marxism at the university. But all things considered, I believe I spent more time learning about postmodernism and its numerous variations inside classrooms and libraries. I got introduced to the politics of the Left through the writings of anti-Left academics. No ‘mad Marxist’ indoctrinated me to become an…
“One injustice over another.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Human rights lawyers denounced what they described as special privileges accorded to retired Major Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr. inside prison. In 2018, Palparan was declared guilty of kidnapping University of the Philippines students Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan. He is the highest military…
Ni Pia Montalban Nanlalagkit ang dagta, kahit anong tamis ng kabataang hinog at di huhulas ang lilang lamog mula sa mga nilagusan ng pulbura’t tingga. Pitong bungang pinitas, dagta’y pula ang tagas… Pitong kabataang mag-uuma yakap-yakap mga kahon ng bunga, ngayo’y ikakahon silang terorista— A-bu sa-yaff! Ngunit gumugulong sa kalsada ang nabitawang mga…