The Davao City Culture and Arts Council is now accepting design proposals from local artists for a monument to be built in honor of Datu Bago. The monument is meant to recognize the heroism of Datu Bago in opposing colonial rule by defending the Davao against the Spanish colonizers.
By: Maila Ager – Reporter /INQUIRER.net / June 08, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A ranking government official has allegedly started organizing at least two troll farms every province to discredit critics of the administration and possible opponents in the 2022 elections. Senator Panfilo Lacson made this revelation on Tuesday, citing information from a former member…
In a recently published communication to the Philippine government, nine United Nations (UN) Special Procedures expressed their “extremely serious concern” on allegations of violations against human rights defenders in the Philippines. read more
The National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW) condemns the attack on a group of protesting farmers which killed at least nine sugar workers on Saturday evening in Negros Occidental.
(Photo by J. Ellao / Bulatlat) By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO bulatlat.com MANILA — Tribal school children who are seeking refuge at the University of the Philippines threw a humble surprise birthday party for former lawmaker and staunch rights activist Satur Ocampo, who turned 80 over the weekend. “He does not look like his age,…
Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) did not cross-examine Clarissa Ramos, wife of the slain lawyerBenjamin, a member of the NUPL, who was supposed to testify on the witness stand. (Photo by A.M. Umil/ Bulatlat) “The audacity in yakking against us to our extreme prejudice outside the courtroom could not be matched by any modicum…