Fake opposition
The two dynasties are competing against their track records in terms of corruption, human rights violations and subservience to foreign masters.
Fake opposition
Ronalyn V. Olea or Len to her colleagues loves to brew coffee strong enough to keep everyone in the newsroom awake. She’s a vegan and a bike commuter, braving the chaos of the road to get to meetings and errands.
Ronalyn V. Olea or Len to her colleagues loves to brew coffee strong enough to keep everyone in the newsroom awake. She’s a vegan and a bike commuter, braving the chaos of the road to get to meetings and errands.
Terror-tagging and censorship
Terror-tagging and censorship
The NTC memorandum blocking the 27 websites not only violates the right to publish and the right to free expression of the media outfits and organizations but also the right of their readers and subscribers to access alternative information and analyses, including those not found in other websites.
Red-tagging as a policy
Red-tagging as a policy
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said last week that he does not see any need to abolish the National Task Force to End the Local Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). He claimed that red-tagging does not come from the government but from “kung sino-sino” (other people). There is irony...
Timeline: The fight against website blocking in the Philippines
Timeline: The fight against website blocking in the Philippines
Here's the timeline of Bulatlat's fight against one form of state-sponsored censorship.
Yearender 2023: Anti-Terror Act as state’s weapon against dissent
Yearender 2023: Anti-Terror Act as state’s weapon against dissent
The warning declared by various groups in 2020 – that the ATA would be used by the government to intimidate and harass human rights defenders, activists and dissenters – has become a reality.
Exposing the NTF-ELCAC and military
Exposing the NTF-ELCAC and military
What we witnessed is the bravery of two environmental defenders in the face of outright repression.
Pagtatanggol sa katotohanan
Pagtatanggol sa katotohanan
Higit sa lahat, ang koleksyon ay pagkilala rin sa mulat na masang anakpawis, silang kadalasa’y mga walang mukha at mga pangalan sa mga diyaryo.
Why are the powers that be so afraid of our truth-telling?
Why are the powers that be so afraid of our truth-telling?
This is prior restraint against protected speech. It is downright unacceptable as it is based on Esperon's mere hearsay.
Timeline: Search for Justice for Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño
Timeline: Search for Justice for Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño
From #BulatlatArchives, know what happened since the abduction of UP students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño until the trial of retired Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr.
Popular Bookstore unfazed but vigilant after red-tagging graffiti
Popular Bookstore unfazed but vigilant after red-tagging graffiti
“Why target the bookstores? Why do this in the city? Is this part of a destabilization plot to stall elections? Is this just a beginning of something bigger?”
Mon Ramirez (1944-2021), the geek who dedicated his life in the service of the Filipino people
Mon Ramirez (1944-2021), the geek who dedicated his life in the service of the Filipino people
As topnotcher of the 1967 board exams for electric engineering, MonRam could have enriched himself by making a career in the corporate world. He chose a life serving the poor instead.
Duterte’s predatory cyberwar against press freedom
Duterte’s predatory cyberwar against press freedom
These attacks underscore once again how far the Duterte administration can go in silencing the press. The recent cyberattacks are not isolated from other forms of assault on the Philippine media. These are part of Duterte’s arsenal of weapons as a “predator of press freedom,” an apt description from the Reporters Without Borders.
State forces apparently behind the cyber-attacks against PH alternative media
State forces apparently behind the cyber-attacks against PH alternative media
We are not surprised by the results of the recent digital forensic. State agents and the National Task Force to End the Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) have consistently labeled us as communist fronts for pursuing journalism for the people. Still, we are angered that taxpayers’ money is being spent to bring down our website, and to deny our readers access to our reportage.
Kin of Joseph Canlas file raps vs police, jail authorities for ‘criminal negligence’
Kin of Joseph Canlas file raps vs police, jail authorities for ‘criminal negligence’
In their 26-page complaint, Canlas's children Jennelle and Joseph narrated how their father was denied immediate access to emergency medical care despite their repeated pleas.
Kin fear for safety of peace consultants in Anti-Terror Council’s list
Kin fear for safety of peace consultants in Anti-Terror Council’s list
“There is nothing most fearful, most oppressive and most unjust than the way political prisoners are being treated under this regime.”
LIST: Gross human rights violations under Debold Sinas
LIST: Gross human rights violations under Debold Sinas
Gen. Debold Sinas’s term was characterized by raids using what human rights groups labeled as “defective, copy-paste warrants.” These operations resulted in killings and arrests of farmers, indigenous peoples, and human rights defenders.
Defund NTF-ELCAC
Defund NTF-ELCAC
The long queue to get food is proof of the government’s short-sightedness in dealing with the pandemic. The death of a senior citizen while lining up in a community pantry is an indictment of the government’s failure in many aspects.
Public health care gets pittance from huge COVID-19 loans
Public health care gets pittance from huge COVID-19 loans
“We are puzzled. Where did the huge amount of debts go? There is no transparency how the Bayanihan 1 and 2 funds had been spent.”
Despite COVID-19 loans, aid for the poor insignificant
Despite COVID-19 loans, aid for the poor insignificant
“Such huge debts but we never got even five kilos of rice. And we will be the ones to pay those debts through our taxes. My grand-grand children might end up paying for those.”
Rights defenders score another victory against ‘copy-paste’ search warrants
Rights defenders score another victory against ‘copy-paste’ search warrants
“This latest decision of the court which overturned the presumption that the search warrant issued by Judge Burgos-Villavert satisfied the constitutional requirement of definiteness, has increasingly disproved the competence and integrity of the said judge as well as other similar judges who have arbitrarily issued search warrants against known activist and members of caused-oriented organizations.”
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