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22/01/2025

Tartaria residents and supporters defended their community but were met with violence, with Jarton guards forcibly entering the outpost erected by locals and burning it down.

Read: https://www.bulatlat.com/2025/01/22/ayala-led-guards-revive-fencing-operations-vs-cavite-farmers/

22/01/2025

Ilocos Human Rights Alliance (IHRA) reported on January 20 that seven alleged soldiers in plainclothes were going around with a list of 30 current and former members of TIMEK La Union, forcing them to “register” their organization.

Read: https://www.bulatlat.com/2025/01/21/in-la-union-fisherfolks-forced-to-surrender-in-exchange-for-ayuda/

22/01/2025

Known for its critical coverage of tuition and other fee increases (TOFI) and administrative policies affecting students, the Cebu-based student publication Today’s Carolinian was removed from its office without prior notice.

Read: https://www.bulatlat.com/2025/01/21/cebu-based-student-publication-kicked-out-of-its-campus-office/

22/01/2025

The “immediate release and full disclosure” of the cumulative impact assessment of Manila Bay could be instrumental in the termination of the ongoing reclamation projects and seabed quarrying activities across Manila Bay, according to fishers group Pamalakaya.

Read: https://www.bulatlat.com/2025/01/21/fishers-urge-release-of-manila-bay-environmental-impact-assessment/

21/01/2025

Ironically, many of the penalized CSOs are recipients of international awards for their programs to uplift marginalized sectors, including those devastated by disasters, the human rights lawyers pointed out.

Read: https://www.bulatlat.com/2025/01/21/rights-lawyers-ask-int-finance-task-force-to-look-into-govt-abuses/

21/01/2025

“Aside from US military aid’s fueling of military operations undertaken by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), the US bares its advisory role in implementing domestic terror laws that undermine rights and freedoms and target political dissenters."

Read: https://www.bulatlat.com/2025/01/21/trump-biggest-threat-to-world-peace-justice-and-democracy-progressive-groups/

21/01/2025

Nearly 20 years in the making, their application for CADT remains uncertain. Current Molbog indigenous leaders said that ten of their elders have already died waiting in vain.

Read: https://www.bulatlat.com/2025/01/21/ancestral-land-title-application-in-palawan-marred-with-delays/

21/01/2025

IN PHOTOS: UP Cebu student leaders protest P2.08 billion budget cut to UP System

The General Appropriations Act (GAA), signed by President Marcos, allocates P22.70 billion to the UP System for 2025, down from last year’s P24.77 billion despite an initial proposal of P39 billion.

This is said to be the biggest cut over the past decade.

Report and photos by Maverick Avila

21/01/2025

The affected workers have worked in Coca-Cola Cebu for anywhere from 12 to 17 years. Some of them are unionized under the Progressive Workers Association in Exeltech Manpower and Services Incorporated Coca-Cola Cebu, which has spent years fighting for regularization.

Read: https://www.bulatlat.com/2025/01/21/coca-colas-cebu-plant-to-retrench-over-200-workers/

20/01/2025

In a small community in Calamba City, Laguna, the situation remains uncertain for 40 displaced families following a sudden and violent demolition.

Read: https://www.bulatlat.com/2025/01/20/violent-demolition-of-urban-poor-community-in-laguna-reflects-wider-housing-crisis/

20/01/2025

News in Pictures | Bayan Muna Holds Protest at Petron Philcoa Over Oil Price Hikes, Calls for Removal of VAT and oil regulation

Following three-consecutive oil price hikes after the new year, Bayan Muna held a protest in front of Petron gasoline station in Philcoa, Quezon City, today, Jan. 20.

"This is a continuous merciless attack on consumers who are already burdened with multiple price hikes at the start of 2025," former Bayan Muna Congressman Carlos Isagani Zarate said in a statement.

The group called for the removal of VAT on oil products and electricity and regulation of oil industry.

Text by Aizel Mae Tugalon
Photos courtesy of Bayan Muna

20/01/2025

Palawan PNP claimed that their investigation pointed to the likelihood that SMC subsidiary Bricktree Properties hired JMV services, which allegedly is the security agency providing guards in Mariahangin.

Read: https://www.bulatlat.com/2025/01/19/security-guards-in-palawan-ancestral-island-hired-by-smc-subsidiary-police-probe-shows/

19/01/2025

Balik-Tanaw | Tubig ng buhay sa uhaw na mundo: Water to wine: A call to justice and transformation

Read: https://www.bulatlat.com/2025/01/19/balik-tanaw-tubig-ng-buhay-sa-uhaw-na-mundo-water-to-wine-a-call-to-justice-and-transformation/

19/01/2025

Konteksto | Walang problema kung nais gawing bida ang nagbebenta ng sampaguita. Pero pag-isipang mabuti kung sino ang tunay na kontrabida.

Read: https://www.bulatlat.com/2025/01/19/konteksto-sampaguita/

19/01/2025

At Ground Level | Corruption top concern for businessmen in 2025
https://www.bulatlat.com/2025/01/19/corruption-top-concern-for-businessmen-in-2025/

18/01/2025

“When approached by a PDG staff member, the back rider exposed a pistol tucked in his waistband, a clear violation of the current election gun ban. The men immediately left the area without providing any explanation about their actions."

Read: https://www.bulatlat.com/2025/01/18/following-arrest-of-development-workers-pdg-reports-surveillance/

18/01/2025

Paghida-et sa Kauswagan Development Group (PDG) said that the red-tagging has always resulted in escalated violence, ranging from harassment to death. The most recent case is the arrest of their development workers.

Read: https://www.bulatlat.com/2025/01/18/negros-based-ngo-calls-for-chr-probe-into-the-arrest-of-their-workers/

18/01/2025

Peasant leader Danilo Ramos said that rice has become a symbol of food insecurity and exploitation in the Philippines, underscoring Rice Liberalization Law, land-use conversion, and gov't prioritization of importation over local production, as main culprits.

Read: https://www.bulatlat.com/2025/01/17/marcos-jrs-policies-worsen-rice-crisis/

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