Sa ilog umuusbong ang mga kabihasnang prehistoriko at sa dulo ay lulundo sa lawak at lalimng karagatan. Tulad nito, ang buhay ni Baby River ay nagpunla ng isang malawak na hanay ng mamamayan na lalaban nang huyong sa hustisya sa kabila ng pangungulila at pagdadalamhati. Isang taon nang nakakalipas simula…

MANILA — This year’s International Day for Women Human Rights Defenders also marks the third month of the arrest of Adora Faye De Vera, a 66-year-old martial law survivor and a human rights worker. But the long-time human rights defender is currently detained at the detention facility in Pototan town…

MANILA — Human rights workers and the relatives of detained development worker Ma. Salome “Sally” Ujano have renewed their calls for her release, nearly a year since she was arrested and detained based on trumped-up cases. “Ever since her teenage years, she has remained the family’s breadwinner. She worked for…

“The publication started because there is a need for local coverage in the university and an agenda shift to bridge campus, local, and national issues for the students. It’s an initiative born out of student volunteerism.” MANILA — The New Crossroads of the North (TNCN), the official student publication of…

Amid increasing prices and alleged supply shortage of sugar, life remains bitter for the sugar workers of Negros. MANILA — For more than two decades, sugar worker Rubin Garfill, 48, has been tilling a portion of the sugarcane plantation of Hacienda Mariano-D in Silay City, Negros Occidental. In 2013, he…

MANILA — On his 78th birthday, family, colleagues, and human rights defenders remembered the contributions of the late peace negotiator Fidel Agcaoili in a gathering held at the University Hotel, University of the Philippines Diliman on August 8. Agcaoili, chief negotiator of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP)…

MANILA — For martial law survivors like Danilo Dela Fuente, 73, the State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. should have started with his acknowledgment and genuine apology for the sins of his family under the tyrannical rule of Ferdinand Marcos Sr. The survivor is the…

MANILA — Grieving is how Jane Lee described how she felt on May 9 when the initial results of the national elections showed a big lead for Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son, and namesake of the late dictator. “It was the same feeling I felt when my husband died. I…

As technical anomalies surfaced during the national elections, Filipino voters bore the brunt of the Commission on Election’s inefficiencies. By DOMINIC V. GUTOMAN and AIRA MARIE E. SIGUENZA Bulatlat.com MANILA — Thousands of Filipino voters waited in the long queue and stayed in the voting precinct for hours and even…