Para sa isang institusyong malala, hindi lang ito simpleng pag-alala kundi pag-aalala. Nababalot na ng kadiliman ang Philippine Collegian ng UP Diliman! Hindi ko na makita ang institusyong kinikilala noon bilang pangunahing tagapagtaguyod ng kalayaan ng pamamahayag sa kampus (campus press freedom). Binura na kasi ng mga kasalukuyang nangangasiwa nito ang mahabang tradisyon ng pag-uungkat,…
Karapatan human rights workers are still confirming several details on the killings and arrests yesterday, December 27, in Negros Oriental, perpetrated by the 302nd Infantry Brigade,94th Infantry Battalion and the Philippine National Police. Initial reports from several sources state that at least six persons were killed, including Jesus “Dondon” Isugan, son of peasant organizers Delia…
A day after former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo wrested the House of Representatives speakership in a controversial manner Monday, families of victims of human rights violations held a press conference and vowed to bring her to justice. Under Arroyo’s Oplan Bantay Laya counter-insurgency program, more than 1,600 were killed extrajudicially while 200 remain missing to…
Concerned that it might be used by some Bureau of Customs-10 (BOC-10) employees in committing illegal acts following the unlawful release of more than a hundred container vans recently, a group of importers have raised an alarm over the decision of BOC-10 officials to put an x-ray machine outside its designated examination area at the…
Jan 12, 2021, Mara Cepeda Charter change (Cha-Cha) is once again alive in Congress and lawmakers are pushing for it exactly a year before the campaign period for the 2022 presidential elections officially begins. Critics are rightly raising red flags over the timing of this fresh bid to amend the 1987 Constitution. Cha-Cha is a…
(Photo by Carlos Maningat) By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Lawmakers have once again ignored the strong outcry to put a stop to the proposed bill that aims to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility as they railroaded its approval on its second reading before the plenary of the House of Representatives…