Campaign for legal defense of journalists launched
“Today, we renew our commitment to defend press freedom by serving the people's right to know. Let our vow be: A free press for free people.”
Campaign for legal defense of journalists launched
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Women community journalists bear brunt of intensifying media repression in PH
Women community journalists bear brunt of intensifying media repression in PH
“Journalism is not a crime. Instead of targeting the messengers, the authorities should instead be investigating and dealing with the real perpetrators of violence, corruption and rights abuses.”
Honoring press freedom heroes
Honoring press freedom heroes
Bulatlat pays tribute to the press freedom heroes who courageously defied the Marcos dictatorship through their brave journalism and, for some, through their active involvement in the underground movement that helped topple Marcos.
Balik-Tanaw | 16th Sunday after Pentecost: And the Last Shall Be First
Balik-Tanaw | 16th Sunday after Pentecost: And the Last Shall Be First
The grumblings of the “firsts” maybe being popularly interpreted at present through the lenses of workers receiving and experiencing unjust wages and unfair working conditions and, thus, problematizes the employer in the parable itself. However, even in its conventional or traditional meaning, the parable is very clear about what it is saying about the republic of God.
Losers and gainers
Losers and gainers
The Philippines’ “loss” is US hate-mongers’ gain. But that shouldn’t be the reason for anyone to think the Duterte pardon of Pemberton is a calculated jeer at US society.
Closer scrutiny of human rights in the Phl
Closer scrutiny of human rights in the Phl
UN Special Rapporteur for extra-legal killings Agnes Callamard, speaking for several other special rapporteurs at another activity, recommended among others twin actions: for the Council to establish an on-the-ground international investigation into alleged HRVs in the Philippines, while continuing to monitor and report on the prevailing conditions; and for its member-states to “apply sanctions against Philippine government officials who [may be found] to have committed, have initiated or failed to investigate or prevent HRVs, including arbitrary killings.”
Left to discuss peace talks resumption with VP Leni
Left to discuss peace talks resumption with VP Leni
Recently-appointed NDFP Negotiating Panel interim Chairperson Julie de Lima said the Left should “engage the (GRP’s) constitutional successor to press for the resumption of the peace negotiation as a rallying point in the effort to oust [GRP President Rodrigo] Duterte,” the Communist Party of the Philippines’ Ang Bayan reported.
Supreme Court junks petition vs progressive youth groups
Supreme Court junks petition vs progressive youth groups
“We are confident that this junking will set a precedent, and show that we are innocent of all the trumped-up charges, slander, and redtagging propaganda levelled at us by Duterte and his fascist cohorts.”
Noam Chomsky: Internationalism or Extinction
Noam Chomsky: Internationalism or Extinction
Returning to the major crises we face at this historic moment, all are international, and two internationals are forming to confront them. One is opening today: the Progressive International. The other has been taking shape under the leadership of Trump’s White House, a Reactionary International comprising the world’s most reactionary states.
EU Parliament backs human rights defenders in the Philippines
EU Parliament backs human rights defenders in the Philippines
European lawmakers asked the Philippine authorities to “guarantee, in all circumstances, the physical and psychological integrity of all human rights defenders and journalists in the country, and to ensure that they can carry out their work in an enabling environment and without fear of reprisals.”
Making a killing off nickel mining in Palawan
Making a killing off nickel mining in Palawan
These companies represent the last link in the global supply chain between Philippine natural resources and foreign markets. Meanwhile, Filipinos are kept out of any profits and instead get grief, disease, and harassment thrown their way.
Digital rights advocates to launch Software Freedom Day 2020
Digital rights advocates to launch Software Freedom Day 2020
Speakers will discuss the challenges faced by the ICT community and the general public in this pandemic, government policies that affect data privacy and security, among others.
MONEY HEIST: Smoke and mirrors in the 2021 proposed national budget
MONEY HEIST: Smoke and mirrors in the 2021 proposed national budget
Opposition legislators were quick to spot this brazen attempt to revive the pork barrel system, as the NTF-ELCAC is set to receive a 2,969 percent increase in its budget – from P622.3 million in 2020 to a whopping P19.1 billion in 2021.
Experts, advocates push for higher health budget, econ spending
Experts, advocates push for higher health budget, econ spending
"If we don't spend enough, ordinary citizens would continue to suffer...If we don't reverse the business closures, how could we generate jobs? The government would then have to provide aid, which is obviously not sustainable." -- Marikina 2nd District Rep. Stella Quimbo
‘Right to health and information left up in the air as high court denies call for mass testing’
‘Right to health and information left up in the air as high court denies call for mass testing’
“We cannot accept the Court’s reasoning that it is barred from compelling the executive to protect the people’s right to health ‘in a certain way or to a certain degree’ and ‘no matter how dire the emergency’ when it is obvious that the current response is a huge failure and places our people’s health and safety in peril."
Students with special needs being left behind in distance learning
Students with special needs being left behind in distance learning
The learning modalities recommended by the education department are not suitable to students with special needs.
IN-DEPTH: Public education sector, neglected even more in the time of pandemic
IN-DEPTH: Public education sector, neglected even more in the time of pandemic
With the pandemic still raging on, the crisis in the Philippine educational system has been further exposed. Instead of addressing the concerns of the education sector, the Duterte administration has chosen to neglect it even more by not providing enough budget for distance learning.
On its 13th anniversary, peoples’ lawyers vow to fight impunity
On its 13th anniversary, peoples’ lawyers vow to fight impunity
"We must always remember, that the nobility of every profession comes, not with the title that is prefixed in our names, but in how we use it to serve those who have less, those who have nothing, those who have to suffer every ounce of injustice and indignity.”
No deal? Pardon of Pemberton is a spit on national sovereignty
No deal? Pardon of Pemberton is a spit on national sovereignty
Billion-dollar military deals provide context to the release of Pemberton.
Online confab on historical revisionism slated 3rd week of September
Online confab on historical revisionism slated 3rd week of September
The conference aims to deepen the discourse about the martial law years and correct the twisted narratives being perpetrated by groups who want Filipinos to forget those dark years in the nation's history.
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