By targeting the Philippine alternative press, however, those behind the attack inadvertently highlighted its role in shaping public opinion.
“We have reason to believe that the Duterte administration has orchestrated this cyber attack on websites of critical and independent media as part of its efforts to silence criticism and dissent against it,” said Ronalyn Olea, managing editor of Bulatlat.
“We will not allow our families to go hungry, jobless and homeless.”
MANILA- Indigenous people, women, and youth groups marched to various government offices on Tuesday to condemn the extension of Martial Law and the US military intervention in the country. According to a statement from Save Our Schools, the decision of the Supreme...
“…if traditional politicians will be here to stay, then this will be no different from the past attempts to build an autonomous region.”
“All tyrants believe in forever. But history, especially People Power, shows that we, the people, eventually triumph.”
“Today, women won over the combined forces of corporate lobby and misogynist mongering against the measure.”
A newly-married couple joined the One Billion Rising yesterday, Feb. 16, at the Rajah Sulayman Park in Manila.
Now on its seventh year, Filipino women's rights advocates once again took the streets of Manila to dance and protest the misogyny and rising tyranny in the country.
Since the arrest and eventual posting of bail of news site Rappler’s chief Maria Ressa, Malacanang’s spin doctors have been attempting to absolve the president from allegations of curtailing press freedom and grave abuse of power. Still, the political backlash that...
“Passing this off as a joke and laughing matter further normalizes sexual harassment against women! Filipinos dont need an electoral candidate that has a foul mouth and disrepects women,” Kontra Bastos sa Eleksyon said.
Still, P14 billion has been slashed from the 2019 budget of the Department of Health, its secretary Francisco Duque confirmed in news reports.
"The person who pulled the trigger is not the only one at fault. The one who ordered the killing is equally guilty." -- Maria Kristina C. Conti, secretary general of the NUPL-NCR
What is Bulatlat? Bulatlat is an online news magazine established after the ouster of former President Joseph Estrada. Press freedom advocates and human rights defenders gathered to form the news agency to tap the then booming internet in the country to help...
A priest of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente based in Iloilo has been subjected to surveillance on Jan. 30, an urgent alert circulating on various social media platform said.
Students and teachers from Salugpongan Ta’tanu Igkanogn Community Learning Center were warmly welcomed by the University of the Philippines - Diliman community on Jan. 26 as they continue to assail the on-going human rights violations in their respective...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – A human rights group is calling for an independent investigation over the deadly Jolo twin bombing on Jan. 28 that left 21 church-goers killed and scores injured. According to news reports, the first explosion took...
The attackers, the group said, have attacked their “front-end at Cloudfare and later on they directed the attack to the hosting site,” using at least 1,100 compromised computers “to flood the website with requests.”
“…that same faith compels us to tell the truth and to denounce the ungodly conduct of those who failed to rule with justice.”
“The House leadership pulled the strings to close the curtain on the period of interpellation and debate -- despite the fact that the bill's sponsor has failed to convincingly and substantially explain the rationale for rushing the measure. This is a cowardly act to constrict the space for legislative scrutiny of the patently insane measure.”
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