Bagama’t nangangakong hindi palalayasin ang mga manininda, nakapagtatakang mas binibigyan ng prayoridad sa espasyo ng kampus ang mga “taga-labas” sa halip na ‘yong mga bahagi ng komunidad.
Konteksto | ‘Negosyonibersidad’
Month: November 2024
UN experts raise alarm over terrorism charges against dev’t workers
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – United Nations mandate holders expressed deep concern on the terrorism and terrorist financing charges against 27 development workers of Cebu-based non-government organization Community Empowerment Resource Network Inc. (CERNET). The UN mandate holders wrote to the Philippine government on Aug. 29 and was made public on Nov. 15.…
Calumpit residents brace for worse flooding, displacement with the construction of the Malolos-Clark railway project
“Development projects should be planned and implemented in the context of the country’s urgent needs and solutions to current dilemmas, and with thorough consideration of its long-term effects on the environment.”
IP community prevents PNP, alleged SMC elements from entering ancestral land
“We cannot sleep well these days because we fear that they will enter the community. Our husbands have skipped work and our livelihoods have been paralyzed just so we can defend our ancestral land from their attempts to seize it. Our children sometimes do not have anything to eat.”
News in Pictures | Journos remember 15th year since Ampatuan massacre
As the 15th anniversary of the Ampatuan massacre draws near, journalists from across the Visayas region paid tribute to the 58 victims of one of the deadliest attacks against journalists that left including 32 media workers killed. Veteran journalist and MindaNews Editor-in-Chief Carolyn Arguillas, along with war journalist Froilan Gallardo, guided journalists from Cebu, Samar,…
Mary Jane Veloso will soon be home
Veloso’s case was brought to international attention after she was sentenced to die in Indonesia. Prior to this, her family spent more than five years seeking government assistance to prove that she was a victim of human trafficking.
Making them visible: Invisible Labor archives the workers’ struggle
Invisible Labor’s director Joanne Cesario said that the documentary’s success was a collective effort by the workers’ movement and advocates dedicated to preserving labor history. Reflecting on a 2022 gathering of labor rights advocates, Cesario shared how they recognize the urgent need to mainstream labor history, even within the workers’ movement itself.
Unstable platforms: How the ‘gig economy’ is pushing workers off the edge
Platform workers often fall into debt either as a result of working or in the process of getting into the industry. Dr. Cheryl Ruth Soriano noted that in many cases, workers took out loans to use as initial capital, usually to purchase motorcycles, fuel, shoulder maintenance costs, and so on.
Karapatan pushes for DOJ cooperation with ICC probe on Duterte’s drug war
“Ignoring this reality would be counterproductive and will only prolong the entire process and open it to manipulation by the Duterte camp, besides prolonging the agony of the families of victims who have long been seeking justice for their loved ones,” Cristina Palabay said in a statement.
Friendship and politics in the Philippines
Friends sometimes turn a blind eye to the shortcomings and excesses of their friends but we have always overlooked what the US has done to our country over the past century. The myth of friendship persists which allowed the US to expand its bases and military presence while claiming that all this is for our own good. To punish us for the sins of the few ungrateful ones, they even asked a former bully to play their war games in our backyard.
2 cases against 3 youth activists dismissed
“I am happy that two of the three cases filed against us by Manila Police were dismissed. It proves that the police have no sufficient evidence for these cases,” one of the three students, Krizia, told Bulatlat.