The attack was political and primarily directed against the wife, other relatives, lawyers, and supporters of candidate Esmael Magundadatu, who incidentally did win the post in the 2010 elections. But the journalists were killed as well because the perpetrators...
When his mother was disappeared in 2006, Ipe Soco found his voice in writing, through which he continues to cry for justice for all desaparecidos.
'The real victims are not the terrorists, but the civilian who get caught amid the bombings.'
This year's theme is "Here Together."
A victim of the country’s slow judicial process, Elmer Torres spent a decade of his life in prison and yet, he was never convicted. But now, he is free.
As the “war against terrorists” in Marawi City under martial law conditions in Mindanao enters its fifth week, a grave humanitarian crisis looms. Meantime, conflicting signals from President Duterte and the Armed Forces of the Philippines continue to baffle the...
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) and the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) have launched an online means of identifying and guarding against the spread of fake news. They’re using Fakeblok, the Google Chrome plug-in which...
"Do we light a candle fo him or do we offer flowers?"
By DANIEL BOONE Bulatlat Around 400 families cramped inside tight-spaced evacuation centers, with no electricity nor water supply. This is how delegates from a humanitarian mission described the situation of evacuees who fled from war-torn Marawi City. There are...
“Corpses of civilians litter Marawi City streets, unrecovered by families who were forcibly evacuated or driven out by fear of aerial strikes.”
Former political prisoner Ronald Lucero has spent 17 years in jail, but he takes it all as part of the struggle.
“We have learned this from history: martial law did not bring peace.”
Yes…! The ball is rolling forward again, though slowly, for the GRP-NDFP peace talks. Both parties are moving cautiously but expressing determination to pursue and achieve their agreed-on targets, following the unprecedented progress racked up in the first three...
Some critics of United States global policy say that the US not only supports the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS); it also created it (see, for example, www.global research.ca). Although that claim was hooted down as part of his disinformation campaign,...
“Free tuition should be enjoyed by all.”
The top two security officials who are the administrator and implementor of martial law in Mindanao attended today's last day for oral arguments at the Supreme Court.
“Duterte has been in office for a year, yet we see no sign that he will not be subservient to Americans.”
“The Philippines is an agricultural country, and we have all the means to grow the amount of food that we currently import.”
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