Relentless
The post Relentless appeared first on Bulatlat.
The post Relentless appeared first on Bulatlat.
Human rights advocates and lawyers welcomed the recent statement by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet expressing concern on the human rights situation in the Philippines and a need for an independent probe on extrajudicial killings.
Back in February, we in the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers expressed our condemnation of the passage of Senate Bill No. 1083 or the Anti-Terrorism Bill in the upper chamber of Congress. We warned that should its counterpart bill in the House of Representatives also pass, we may soon find ourselves faced with an immeasurably…
“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…
More than two months after the country declared a public health emergency, the country continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic. The highly contagious virus has infected and has claimed the lives of many health care workers, who continue to work in the frontlines against the disease. Dr. Ephraim Neal Orteza died on April 8,…
By Mario Alvaro Limos, 20 October 2021, esquiremag.ph While nature sometimes seems far and detached from the daily lives of Filipinos living in urban centers, a group of young up-and-coming artists in the Philippines want to use their art to bring the beauty of nature back into the minds of people. “The aim of ‘Project:…
Bagamat may panahong maingay at may panahong tahimik, tuluy-tuloy ang rehimeng Rodrigo Duterte sa pagtutulak ng pederalismo. Sa kanyang ikatlong State of the Nation Address, sinabi ni Duterte na ito ang porma ng gobyerno na “tunay na kakatawan sa mga prinsipyo at mithiin” ng lahat ng Pilipino at lilikha ng mga oportunidad para sa pag-unlad….