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Lab Notes | Would granular lockdowns in Metro Manila work in the face of a Delta surge?

Assuming that the areas under granular lockdown are identified as potential sources of infection, what interventions are being done to ensure the risk of transmission is mitigated or even bring down infections? How are tracing and testing protocols being implemented? In the case of indoor establishments and workplaces, what engineering and administrative controls are in place? In the context of airborne transmission of COVID-19, disinfections are simply not enough.

Agham National | Sep 17, 2021

NDFP demands Loida Magpatoc’s release

NDFP Negotiating Panel interim chairperson Julie de Lima said Loida Magpatoc is a member of the NDFP Reciprocal Working Committee on Social and Economic Reform and should be immune from arrest.

Raymund Villanueva | Sep 16, 2021

Lawyers, academe oppose presidential spox’s bid to UN body

Harry Roque is a “political partisan who has actively demonstrated contempt for the rule of law and, with specific relevance to the Commission, has undermined the supremacy of human rights and international law.”

Anne Marxze Umil | Sep 15, 2021

Root Access | Pursuing digital justice in the Philippines

Filipinos have the right to be properly informed of and have control over the collection, storage, processing, and transmission of their data. The government must prepare and equip the people with the knowledge, tools, and safeguards against possible ill effects of digitalization, automation, AI, and other social and technical changes.

Bulatlat Contributors | Sep 15, 2021

Bloody Sunday victims remembered as PH activists push for workers’ rights, welfare

To date, there are 31 unionists who remain in detention for trumped-up charges and 56 trade unionists extrajudicially killed in the country.

Bulatlat Contributors | Sep 15, 2021

Lab Notes | DENR is tone deaf to the plight of fisherfolk in Cavite

The fisherfolk themselves fear that they will lose their livelihood. Why is DENR invalidating this concern? Reclaiming the coasts of Cavite to make way for big business will involve not only the demolition of illegal structures but even those owned by licensed owners. Eventually, the fisherfolk will be at the disadvantage.

Agham National | Sep 10, 2021

Political prisoner in critical condition after jail shootout

Jeffrey Bajo Delos Reyes is currently at the provincial hospital in Calapan City and is in critical condition after being shot in the head. He is 37 years old and has been in jail since September 2016.

Justin Umali | Sep 7, 2021

‘Uncaring,’ med students say of the decision to go on with licensure exam

“We must not endanger the lives of PLE takers over a 4-day face-to-face examination in the middle of highly unsafe conditions just so that they may be added to our health workforce.”

Emily Vital | Sep 6, 2021

Balik-Tanaw | Kalagan ang tali, magsalita nang malinaw

Wala na tayong pera. 'Yan ang sabi ng madamot at malupit na pangulo. Kagaya ng babae at lalaking nakaranas ng pagdaloy ng kapangyarihan ng Diyos, huwag tayong pumayag na ipagkait sa atin at sa ating mga mahal sa buhay ang yaman ng ating sariling bansa.

Bulatlat Contributors | Sep 5, 2021

Despite attacks, Filipino women strive to help the poor

A year on, community- and women-led efforts that responded to the Filipino poor’s needs continued to face harassment.

Janess Ann J. Ellao | Sep 4, 2021

Community kitchens feed the hungry during lockdown

Mimi Doringo of Kadamay said these community kitchens were a testament to the poor pandemic response of the government. They also coupled it with calls for better response as seen in Sitio San Roque.

Marya Salamat | Sep 4, 2021

Groups say corruption amid pandemic ‘most immoral of its kind’

On National Heroes' Day, various groups held a protest caravan assailing the irregularities in the government's COVID-19 pandemic response. They declared that corruption amid a pandemic is the "most immoral of its kind."

Bulatlat Contributors | Aug 31, 2021

Remembering HIS-story

Years thereafter,
you have remained steadfast,
unwavering in your commitment
to build better,
fighting against ensuing tyrants,
and in making science and technology
work for the people,
wherever, whenever.

Bulatlat Contributors | Aug 30, 2021

Para kay #KerimaLorenaTariman: Makata at mandirigma

Ang koleksyong ito ay mga tulang naisulat ng kanyang mga kapamilya, mga kaibigan at mga nakasama at mga tulang isinulat mismo ni Kerima Lorena Tariman.

Bulatlat Contributors | Aug 30, 2021

#Kapangyarihan hits hard: Ben&Ben x SB19 round 2

By its sheer title alone, the track “Kapangyarihan” stands out as the boldest and most powerful track in the album. This Ben&Ben composition which was originally released months ago was enhanced, and displayed even more grit, by introducing into the new version SB19’s own rap parts, with bars that simply spit fire. Ben&Ben deftly held the new version all together in denouncing the abuse of power.

Bulatlat Contributors | Aug 30, 2021

1 year since the closure of 53 stations, journalists reiterate call to put ABS-CBN back on air

Journalists and supporters also published via Twitter the names of legislators who rejected ABS-CBN’s franchise renewal, urging voters to boycott the said politicians next year.

Bulatlat Contributors | Aug 29, 2021

SC asked to revisit cases of political prisoners arrested due to ‘warrant factories’

“The Supreme Court cannot ignore the plight of the victims of search warrant factories who have become political prisoners,” said Kapatid Spokesperson Fides Lim, adding that at least 76 activists have been arrested due to search warrants issued by Judge Cecilyn Burgos-Villavert.

Bulatlat Contributors | Aug 25, 2021

With recent COA findings on DOH, health workers feel ‘deceived’

Health workers held a protest action today as they continue to assail how they were deceived by the Department of Health (DOH) when they were repeatedly told that there is no appropriated budget for their due pay and benefits.

Janess Ann J. Ellao | Aug 25, 2021

First Person | Si Kelot

There is nothing farther from the truth, if we go by the sharpness of her poetry and the chronicles of her life: all inflected with a sense of purpose, survival, and integrity.

Bulatlat Contributors | Aug 24, 2021

Blood Rush | Ang mga kampana ng Balangiga: Batingaw ng anti-imperyalistang armadong pagbabalikwas

Ang materyalismong istoriko bilang pananaw sa kasaysayan ay binubuo ng masinsing pagsipat sa mga relasyong maka-uri na nagpapagalaw sa umiiral na moda ng produksyon sa isang tiyak na yugto o epoka sa kasaysayan.

Sarah Raymundo | Aug 22, 2021

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Lab Notes | Would granular lockdowns in Metro Manila work in the face of a Delta surge?

NDFP demands Loida Magpatoc’s release

Lawyers, academe oppose presidential spox’s bid to UN body

Root Access | Pursuing digital justice in the Philippines

Bloody Sunday victims remembered as PH activists push for workers’ rights, welfare

Lab Notes | DENR is tone deaf to the plight of fisherfolk in Cavite

Political prisoner in critical condition after jail shootout

‘Uncaring,’ med students say of the decision to go on with licensure exam

Balik-Tanaw | Kalagan ang tali, magsalita nang malinaw

Despite attacks, Filipino women strive to help the poor

Community kitchens feed the hungry during lockdown

Groups say corruption amid pandemic ‘most immoral of its kind’

Remembering HIS-story

Para kay #KerimaLorenaTariman: Makata at mandirigma

#Kapangyarihan hits hard: Ben&Ben x SB19 round 2

1 year since the closure of 53 stations, journalists reiterate call to put ABS-CBN back on air

SC asked to revisit cases of political prisoners arrested due to ‘warrant factories’

With recent COA findings on DOH, health workers feel ‘deceived’

First Person | Si Kelot

Blood Rush | Ang mga kampana ng Balangiga: Batingaw ng anti-imperyalistang armadong pagbabalikwas

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