Anne Marxze D. Umil was Bulatlat’s first intern turned into its investigative reporter. She takes most things seriously, except praises about her. Sometimes, she cracks jokes that make everyone in the newsroom giggly.
Anne Marxze D. Umil was Bulatlat’s first intern turned into its investigative reporter. She takes most things seriously, except praises about her. Sometimes, she cracks jokes that make everyone in the newsroom giggly.
MANILA – Progressive groups held Black Friday protest against what they call as "de facto martial law" under President Duterte's administration. The groups gathered at the Boy Scout Circle in Quezon City on Nov. 15 carrying placards with their calls ranging, from...
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MANILA – On Nov. 6, lawyers, law students, family and friends commemorated the first death anniversary of human rights lawyer, Benjamin Ramos. Ramos, lawyer of the poor and farmers in Negros was shot dead on Nov. 6, 2018 in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental. Among...
By Davao Today DAVAO CITY, Philippines — A human rights worker in Southern Mindanao has been reported missing, according to rights group Karapatan. In a Facebook alert, Karapatan-Southern Mindanao Region said that Honey Mae "Hanimay" Suazo, who is also the group’s...
MANILA – Progressive groups trooped in front of the Philippine National Police headquarters on Monday, Nov. 4 to denounce the mass arrest of legal activists in Bacolod City, Escalante and Manila last week. Amid the crackdown against the legal activists, the...
“Nobody deserves this unending longing and pain." MANILA – Relatives of the disappeared have once again gathered on Nov. 2 at the Bantayog ng mga Desaparecido at the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, Baclaran for their yearly traditional...
By JHIO JAN NAVARRO* From deep Mordor Sauron marched to Negros besieging the Occident laying waste lives in Sagay riddling bodies with copper, leaving them smelling burnt Sauron continued marching to the Orient wreaking havoc on fields, not satiated with...
“What transpired cannot be considered as ‘surgical precision,’ but an overkill.“ By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Human rights group Katungod Sinirangan Bisayas condemned the recent airstrike at the communities in Las Navas, Northern Samar allegedly by...
“Duterte cannot even promise members of the police and military that they will not go to prison because even he himself cannot escape criminal accountability once he steps down from office.”
“Equality and social justice are worth all of our collective efforts.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Colleagues, friends, supporters and clients commended what they call as lawyers for the people as they hold their fifth national congress with the...
“In light of the closure of Lumad schools on the basis of unverified and malicious military reports, such [arrests] are indicative of incessant violations against indigenous and peasant communities.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Different groups...
Lieutenant General Noel Clement, the newly appointed AFP chief of staff and Central Visayas police chief Brigadier General Debold Sinas have bloody records during their stint in the Visayas region.
Netizens also did not take sitting down the news of the government’s procurement of Gulfstream G280, a P2 billion worth jet that would fly President Duterte and other senior government officials.
"As a human trafficking victim, these proceedings should help her to assert her rights, including the right to testify against her recruiters.”
Angie Ipong devoted her energy and time in promoting agro-ecology and genuine agrarian reform including inside and outside the country.
Veterans of martial law have passed on the torch of struggle against tyranny to the youth of today during a protest action, Sept. 20 at the Rizal Park.
“There is a generation of orphaned children now deprived of parental nurturance, case and guidance because of the enforced separation of parents and guardians due to disappearance, detention and series of killings across the nations.”
“Lives were ruined because of martial law. No child deserves to live in that condition.”
Clamor said the attempts to discredit human rights defenders and progressive organisations aim to prevent them from pursuing justice for the victims of rights violations.
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