“We are saddened and angered by what happened to our dear colleague and other health workers who died fighting COVID-19. We are all victims of the gross neglect of the DOH and Duterte administration. This administration does not value health workers because even in (Duterte’s) 5th State of the Nation Address, he still did not…
By ROBYN MAGALIT RODRIGUEZ* Recently, Philippine scholars, Walden Bello and Patricio Abinales, have published editorials dismissing 467 signatories on a petition opposing the consideration of Dr. Lisandro Claudio for a tenure-track position in the Department of Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Both have come to Claudio’s defense claiming that the petition…
Hundreds of loiterers were rounded up all over Northern Mindanao since the Philippine National Police (PNP) started its “anti-tambay” operation on instruction of Pres. Rodrigo Duterte, the police regional office said.
September 30. SEANetwork Seafarers Summit Dinaluhan ng mga marino mula sa iba’t ibang organisasyon ang isang pagtitipon para muling talakayin ang Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers na isa nang ganap na batas na pinirmahan ni Pangulong Marcos Jr. nitong Setyembre 23. Kabilang sa mga pangunahing naglilinaw ng mga kahinaan ng batas sina Atty. Edwin DELA…
(Photo by Kathy Yamzon) By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Workers and activists marched in the streets of Manila today, Nov. 30, as they commemorate the 155th birth anniversary of Filipino revolutionary Andres Bonifacio, with a fiery battlecry to put a stop to the creeping autocratic rule in the country. In a statement,…
“To be a committed journalist means you also have to survive the risks presented by a corrupt and intolerant government and its agencies, and other enemies of press freedom,” says Espina to journalists who want to strive in this field.