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“Above all, it is crucial that the government recognize, rather than downplay, the dangers that Filipino journalists face every day.”
The MPD must be held accountable for these incidents. Decay is not the only one who has experienced this—the people who were arrested on Sept. 21 in Mendiola are still suffering from fear, hardship, trauma, and pain, because the MPD did the same thing to the Mendiola 277.
Mere absence of a rally permit may not be used as an excuse to prohibit their exercise.
For the National Peasants Month, Bulatlat highlights the stories of the peasant farmers, the peasant group and their leaders who, despite the difficulties they face, remain steadfast in their struggle for genuine agrarian reform.
A family-owned hacienda in Sara, Iloilo has left generations of farmers without their own fields to till since the 1990s, despite government’s promises of distributing Certificate of Land Ownership Awards (CLOAs).
Furthermore, we have reasons to believe that these incidents are part of the systematic state-sponsored campaign.
Even before it could fully take root, the KMP was met by challenges.
Being in the frontline for 40 years, Ka Lucia learned about the struggles of farmers and how important it is to be alongside them.
For Allere, the cause is personal. She once lived in an urban poor community in Lorega, Cebu City which got demolished
While Republic Act No. 10973 grants officials power to summon individuals, it should not override the individual of their rights under custodial investigation such as the right to remain silent, right against self-incrimination and right to counsel, among others.
The use of government as an extension of business is known as bureaucrat capitalism. Bureaucrat capitalism emerges when political power is concentrated to a small class of economic elites, propped up by and in service to foreign interests.
The exhibit sheds light on pressing questions and the realities behind them–how the hard work of peasants is exploited by landlords and corporations, and how the worsening effects of typhoons and floods continue to devastate rural communities while funds meant for relief and disaster prevention are pocketed by corrupt officials.
The youth from their community aged 12 to 17 joined the protest, inspired by their parents and relatives pushing for genuine agrarian reform.
"A State shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the obligations arising from this Statute while it was a Party to the Statute, including any financial obligations which may have accrued," the Article 127 read.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged the Philippine Department of Justice (DOJ) to conduct a thorough investigation and swiftly identify both the perpetrators and any possible masterminds behind Samar’s murder.
“It is unacceptable for government agencies to ignore this. They are mandated to provide support and protection to our countrymen who are vulnerable to abuse, even murder, outside the country.”
International delegates have denounced the intertwined crises of corruption, militarization, and climate injustice in rural and indigenous communities across the Philippines.
The taxpayers’ money is being used to fund the ‘fake’ flood-control projects and other billions of ‘unprogrammed funds’ that serve as the pork barrel of the president. Instead of genuine land reform, they resort to graft and corruption."
It is high time to have a proposed law that promotes the full protection of municipal fisheries from commercial fishing operations that, if not outright destructive, are large-scale and unregulated
Various media groups in the Philippines and abroad mourn while condemning the attack against Samar.
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