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Opening up sugar industry to displace thousands of agri workers
Opening up sugar industry to displace thousands of agri workers
Agricultural workers in the sugar industry who face possible displacement when the government pushes with its plan to liberalize the industry would have nowhere to go as millions of Filipinos already lost their job during the pandemic.
DOST urged to reveal who runs IP address behind cyber-attacks
DOST urged to reveal who runs IP address behind cyber-attacks
Alternative online news Bulatlat is disappointed as the Department of Science and Technology chose not to divulge the government agency that runs the IP address where cyber-attacks against news websites have been traced.
A win against state terror | Charges vs. teacher who joked about Duterte dropped for 3rd time
A win against state terror | Charges vs. teacher who joked about Duterte dropped for 3rd time
A progressive teachers' group hailed the decision of an Olongapo City prosecutor, saying this is a win against state terror.
Under Duterte, farmers see staggering decline in rice production
Under Duterte, farmers see staggering decline in rice production
A farmers’ group has expressed concerns over government programs and policies that have caused a decline in rice production under the Duterte administration – far from the supposed promise of prosperity for poor farmers and fisherfolk.
Defense of Lumad schools, sanctuaries sought as attacks continue
Defense of Lumad schools, sanctuaries sought as attacks continue
“It hurts to see our school built on our unity as a community being shut down. It hurts that they are not respecting our rights.”
Advocates warn over arming civilian groups
Advocates warn over arming civilian groups
Human rights group Karapatan said that this would only lead to more human rights violations in the context of the numerous reported cases of extrajudicial killings especially with the police and military’s repeated use of the ‘nanlaban’ (fought back) narrative, arbitrary arrests and detention, torture and other grave violations.
Solon seeks probe on cyberattacks vs alternative news, human rights websites
Solon seeks probe on cyberattacks vs alternative news, human rights websites
“As lawmakers, it is our duty to ensure that public funds are used judiciously for the benefit of the people, and not used to violate their civil and political rights enshrined in our Constitution.”
Balik-Tanaw | Acting courageously in the time of tyranny
Balik-Tanaw | Acting courageously in the time of tyranny
ur country is stained with blood of innocent martyrs. Killings continue on a daily basis, with the perpetrators go unpunished. There is a time to mourn to honor the victims and there is a time to continue what the martyrs have started. And, as Jesus said to the little girl: “Talitha Koum!” (“Little girl, I say to you, GET UP!”), it is also time for us Christians and disciples of Christ to get up.
ICC may use Duterte’s statements against him
ICC may use Duterte’s statements against him
“Extrajudicial confessions are universally recognized as admissible in evidence against an accused provided they are voluntarily made and corroborated by evidence of the actual commission of the crime.”
Intimations of accountability
Intimations of accountability
Nothing can compensate for the loss of a husband, a father, and in some instances even a wife, a mother, and a child — or for that matter, for the years of want and deprivation inflicted by the sudden demise of a family breadwinner. Mostly unremarked except in studies by such institutions as the University of the Philippines is the humanitarian crisis that afflicts those left behind by the heads of families who, alleged to be either drug addicts or drug pushers, were systematically gunned down on the strength of what the police understood to be the orders of President Rodrigo Duterte to “kill, kill, kill.”
The Filipino LGBTQIA+’s struggle for equality, on-cam and off-cam
The Filipino LGBTQIA+’s struggle for equality, on-cam and off-cam
"In a time of great political upheaval, the LGBT community must strive for meaningful and holistic tellings of our stories, and that firstly requires having a comprehensive outlook of our struggle.”
9 abused Saudi OFWs want to go home
9 abused Saudi OFWs want to go home
Nine overseas Filipino domestic workers are still reeling from inhumane treatment and various forms of violence that the International Labor Organization sought to eradicate more than 10 years ago.
2 peasant organizers arrested in Laguna
2 peasant organizers arrested in Laguna
According to initial reports received by the group, elements of the Philippine National Police Regional Mobile Force Battalion – Region 4A, PNP San Pablo, and the military arrived at Marcellana and Relao’s house approximately 1 a.m. and arrested the two individuals. No warrants were issued for the two, but they were charged with kidnapping, murder, rebellion and illegal possession of firearms.
Farmers’ group concerned over midnight arrests in Bohol
Farmers’ group concerned over midnight arrests in Bohol
FARDEC denounces to the highest degree this series of attacks that harks back to Negros Island's Synchronized Enhanced Managing of Police Operations (SEMPO) that massacred innocent farmers in 2018 and 2019. Tabada is a barangay councilor and leader of esteemed commitment that greatly helped (in the) implementation of our projects for peasant communities in Bohol.
Remembering Ka Eddie
Remembering Ka Eddie
The last time I saw you was in a meeting for Hacienda Yulo. You were gaunt and tired from dialysis, and you arrived late in the afternoon when most of us had started in the morning. You could barely keep awake, and yet every time we suggested that you rest, you insisted that you stay in the meeting. “We have to finish this meeting,” you would always assert.
Bishop seeks clemency for mother-son political prisoners
Bishop seeks clemency for mother-son political prisoners
“With his death, Jesus Alegre is now free at last from worldly greed, oppression and injustice. But his widow and son, both unjustly convicted and imprisoned for the last 16 years, continue to languish and suffer in separate jails.” -- Bishop Gerardo Alminaza
After 2nd massacre in Lianga, Lumad families flee their homes
After 2nd massacre in Lianga, Lumad families flee their homes
In a statement, Karapatan said at least 22 families in sitios Panukmoan and Manluy-a of barangay Diatagon in Lianga left their village on June 23 because they “no longer feel safe staying in their communities due to the constant harassment and threats made by troops of the 3rd Special Forces Battalion.”
ILO help sought over gov’t crimes against Filipino agricultural workers
ILO help sought over gov’t crimes against Filipino agricultural workers
Agricultural workers filed complaints before the International Labor Organization on June 23 against what they deem as state-sanctioned union-busting, harassment, and political killings.
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