Each year brings record breaking typhoons, while the government is steeped in the corruption of public funds, meant for services and the livelihood of our kababayan.
They emphasized that all migrant workers deserve dignity, fair compensation, and proper classification in their workplaces.
“As we work hard abroad with most of us struggling for survival, the corrupt public officials and their co-conspirator private contractors freely squander the people's money. Our taxes, our remittances, and our hard work should serve the Filipino people, not line the pockets of the powerful.”
Filipino progressives described the situation in the U.S. as “unprecedented and intense fascist attacks” on Filipino migrants, highlighting how recent events expose the Philippine government’s failure to protect its nationals abroad.
The exhibit sheds light on pressing questions and the realities behind them–how the hard work of peasants is exploited by landlords and corporations, and how the worsening effects of typhoons and floods continue to devastate rural communities while funds meant for relief and disaster prevention are pocketed by corrupt officials.
“In an industry where precarious jobs, wage theft, unsafe conditions can be commonplace, where workers — especially migrants, women — face intimidation, fear of reprisal, for speaking up, it is not enough to just be part of a union. We must be part of a community. We only win the fight if we are part of a community,”
The six-day music festival happening from February 12 to 17 at UP Sunken Garden, will champion human rights advocacies that the UP student system fights for.
Two lawyers, one of whom recently passed the 2022 Bar exams, share whypeople’s lawyering has become a necessity for them. By MAVIC CONDE Bulatlat.com Atty. Rea Guiloreza represents a student journalist for her first case as a lawyer. Photo courtesy of Atty. Sol...
Five years ago today, the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos was given a hero's burial, much to the dismay of the victims of martial law. Bulatlat compiled stories on the horrors of martial law. Let the dead bury their dead “Cemetery of Heroes” is the English...
By REIN TARINAY Bulatlat.com MANILA -- EngageMedia, in partnership with Bulatlat, will be streaming Tech Tales, a collection of short films human rights issues in the digital space on Nov. 20, 2021. Four of the eight films are slated to be streamed on Saturday,...
As part of its truth-telling and media literacy advocacy, Bulatlat has been streaming live on its Kumu channel, Bulatlatan20 in the past weeks.
IT experts said that the behavior flagged in the cyberattacks against alternative news sites does not exhibit normal browsing, contrary to the claims during the budget deliberations before the House of Representatives that it was a mere "surfing activity."
"Without a doubt, oppressors are shaken by her voice. When Nanay Mameng speaks, everyone listens."
"We are more than just death statistics. We are your children, your siblings, your friends, your family. We are your fellow Filipinos, who deserve love, kindness, justice, and dignity."
Junjie Bangkiao and Ebeng Mayor are but two of the too many Filipino LGBTQIA+ community members who have experienced hate crimes in the country.
Peasant advocates biked their way to Department of Agriculture today to press for food self-sufficiency and to call for justice for peasant leader Joseph Canlas.
"With many considering the next national elections as a make-or-break scenario for the Philippines, it is thus crucial to make sure that the right to vote is exercised properly and that clean and fair polls have to be observed as best as possible. "
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