Luisita: the injustice continues
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Dee Ayroso | Nov 16, 2020
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Mayor of Cagayan town appeals to leaders: Heed science to save drowning towns
Mayor of Cagayan town appeals to leaders: Heed science to save drowning towns
A recent study found that the “mountains, slopes and watersheds in the whole Cagayan Valley have been stripped of native trees that hold soil and regulate water release.”
No calm before the storm: How foreign environmental plunder triggered disastrous PH typhoons
No calm before the storm: How foreign environmental plunder triggered disastrous PH typhoons
The national government is not only guilty for its criminal neglect of the Filipinos ravaged by the typhoons. It is also guilty for deliberately defunding the 2012 Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards (Project NOAH), which was supposedly aimed to develop technologies and enhance efficient disaster mitigation plans.
Balik-Tanaw | Saying no to an unjust system
Balik-Tanaw | Saying no to an unjust system
The Bible, through this parable, is teaching us to say NO to an unjust system that exploits our workers and laborers. We advocate for ‘living wages’ and necessary benefits for our laborers. We face the greedy masters and tell them, “enough is enough.”
Bagyo, baha at diktadura
Bagyo, baha at diktadura
Malawakan man ang pananalanta ng bagyo at pagbaha ng 1972, at ginawa man itong pamamaraan para sa konsolidasyon ng diktadura at katiwalian sa pamahalaan, makikita ring malaki ang ambag ng baha ng 1972 sa pagmomobilisa at pagmumulat sa mga mamamayan. Ang malawakang pagbaha ang nagbigay-daan upang mapasangkot ang maraming mga mamamayan sa pagbibigay ayuda dahil napagtanto nilang kulang o walang ginagawa ang pamahalaan upang maibsan ang pagdurusa ng marami.
Opinion | Revolution is the path towards a more human existence
Opinion | Revolution is the path towards a more human existence
When you are “free” to choose between which business you give your money to so you can survive and work tomorrow for another one, you are not free. You are trapped in an endless hell for the benefit of these few businesses.
Worst flooding in decades: Cagayan cries for help
Worst flooding in decades: Cagayan cries for help
Cagayan Governor Manuel Mamba said he already asked the Provincial Board to be declared Cagayan under a state of calamity, admitting that its calamity fund has already been exhausted from its coronavirus pandemic operations and earlier floods.
Continuation of peace talks, not red-tagging, key to achieving peace – advocates
Continuation of peace talks, not red-tagging, key to achieving peace – advocates
Advocacy group Pilgrims for Peace declared that the state’s penchant for red and terror-tagging “not only further exacerbates the human rights crisis in the Philippines, but it worrisomely undermines peace efforts.”
‘#UlyssesPH worse than Ondoy’ – Marikina residents
‘#UlyssesPH worse than Ondoy’ – Marikina residents
"This is worse than Ondoy. The pandemic still rages on, which makes it even more difficult for us." -- Marikina resident
Netizens use social media to ask for help, donations for #UlyssesPH victims
Netizens use social media to ask for help, donations for #UlyssesPH victims
Netizens utilized the social media to disseminate posts of families who are in need of help or needed to be rescued.
Non-profit school for Marikina’s poor submerged in flood water
Non-profit school for Marikina’s poor submerged in flood water
Relita Malundras said it was heartbreaking to see school supplies and learning materials being swept away by the rampaging flood. Most of these were donated to the school years ago and have been used by generations of students.
Typhoon after typhoon, Bicol’s poor suffer the most
Typhoon after typhoon, Bicol’s poor suffer the most
Due to the typhoon, Bicol farmers have lost yet another opportunity to make ends meet. They were supposed to harvest their produce in the months of October and November only to find their palay buried deep in flood waters.
Neri Colmenares wins international human rights award
Neri Colmenares wins international human rights award
Neri Colmenares, one of the country’s most prominent public interest lawyers, is this year’s awardee for outstanding contribution to human rights by the foremost organization for international legal practitioners, bar associations and law societies.
Journalist who survived slay try in 2016 shot dead
Journalist who survived slay try in 2016 shot dead
According to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), Maganes is the 18th journalist murdered under President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration, and the 190th since 1986.
Uncertain future following close elections in former British colony
Uncertain future following close elections in former British colony
Biden has a host of issues ahead of him come January – including a healthcare crisis and ethnic and racial violence.
‘Mañanita’ cop as police chief signals more rights abuses – Karapatan
‘Mañanita’ cop as police chief signals more rights abuses – Karapatan
“What lies ahead for the Filipino people with Sinas’s appointment is a bloody party of human rights violations where Duterte’s most rabid and murderous lapdogs are given freer rein to merrily kill, kill, and kill with wanton impunity.”
TWIPH: Great Depression
TWIPH: Great Depression
In this episode, Bulatlat looks back to the Great Depression and the ongoing crisis of US imperialism.
OFWs demand increased budget for protection and welfare amid Covid-19
OFWs demand increased budget for protection and welfare amid Covid-19
Migrante International said there are thousands of OFWs who lost their jobs who have yet to receive any financial assistance from the government.
Former political detainees ask SC to junk Imelda Marcos’s appeal
Former political detainees ask SC to junk Imelda Marcos’s appeal
"Imelda Marcos was allowed to post bail two years ago, citing health reasons, even though she was able to attend and host parties since that time. Meanwhile, we have sickly and elderly political prisoners who were wrongly accused or convicted of crimes they have not committed, but are still unjustly suffering behind prison bars."
Media literacy should include fighting and demanding
Media literacy should include fighting and demanding
The future of public communication rests on giving relevant media literacy. Audiences should be taught the valuable lesson of asserting and fighting for a media that we all deserve. This means fighting attempts by government to control the media, as well as demanding responsible gatekeeping by the owners of social media platforms.
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