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1 week ago | 
bulatlat.com | Anne Marxze Umil |Mavic Conde |Chantal Eco |Raymund B. Villanueva
“Despite the evidence we presented, he wasn’t released. Why? Because there is a P7.8 million bounty on the person who shares the same name as our father.”MANILA – The daughter of an 81-year old man mistakenly arrested and detained by the authorities filed a petition for habeas corpus at the Court of Appeals on Wednesday, April 16.
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1 week ago | 
bulatlat.com | Mavic Conde |Anne Marxze Umil |Bulatlat Contributors |Raymund B. Villanueva
ALBAY — Clean energy think-tank Center for Energy, Ecology, and Development warned that U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent tariff policies underscore the need for a just energy transition.
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3 weeks ago | 
bulatlat.com | Franck Dick Rosete |Bulatlat Contributors |Raymund B. Villanueva |Danilo Arao
“Because Israel is not deserving to be a state. It is a state committing genocide.”CAGAYAN DE ORO — Moro people inside and outside the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) joined different solidarity actions during the observance of Ramadan, expressing their call for a free Palestine. Hundreds of concerned individuals in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, joined a solidarity run organized by MeRunNow.
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3 weeks ago | 
bulatlat.com | Raymund B. Villanueva |Bulatlat Contributors |Danilo Arao |Anne Marxze Umil
There are those who choose to simply watch while others choose to play. It may also be that they don’t know how or are deliberately excluded because they don’t like what comes with the game: exhaustion, bruises, or the crushing feeling of defeat. (Arboretum, UP Diliman)The Street Shooter is Altermidya National Chairperson Raymund B. Villanueva. Please follow him at IG @street_shooter and Facebook@Raymund B Villanueva
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4 weeks ago | 
bulatlat.com | Bulatlat Contributors |Dominic Gutoman |Anne Marxze Umil |Raymund B. Villanueva
By JIAN ZHARESE JOEIS SANZMANILA – Youth groups reiterated the demand for the disqualification of Duterte Youth in a protest action, March 25. Youth coalition Kabataan Tayo ang Pag-Asa filed an urgent motion before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) aimed to resolve the 2019 petition seeking to nullify Duterte Youth’s registration as a party-list candidate.
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4 weeks ago | 
bulatlat.com | Dominic Gutoman |Anne Marxze Umil |Bulatlat Contributors |Raymund B. Villanueva
MANILA — Lumad leader Michelle Campos has been described by her relatives and human rights defenders as someone who is determined to fight for justice. For her aunt, former Bayan Muna representative Eufemia Cullamat, Michelle is a kind daughter and never gets into a fight. “She is compassionate toward others. Even when her father was killed, she still showed resilience,” Cullamat said in Filipino in an interview with Bulatlat.
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4 weeks ago | 
bulatlat.com | Dominic Gutoman |Anne Marxze Umil |Bulatlat Contributors |Raymund B. Villanueva
MANILA — A search and humanitarian mission confirmed the whereabouts of Lumad leader Michelle Campos, and the findings conclude that she and three others were arrested without a warrant. “A mere conversation with Campos and her colleagues has been prohibited. She has been under military custody even in the hospital, stationed at the male surgical ward, with soldiers in plainclothes.
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1 month ago | 
bulatlat.com | Franck Dick Rosete |Raymund B. Villanueva |Bulatlat Contributors |Danilo Arao
CAGAYAN DE ORO — Groups of student leaders and campus journalists denounced the backlash received by an alliance of Ateneo student publications after it released a statement expressing support for the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte. Buklod Atenista, the alliance of Ateneo student governments, described the counterblast as a clear threat and assault on press freedom as well as on people’s rights to know, question, and demand the truth.
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1 month ago | 
bulatlat.com | Dominic Gutoman |Raymund B. Villanueva |Bulatlat Contributors |Danilo Arao
“Given Celiz’s direct role in this practice, his continued presence in Canada contradicts Canada’s commitment to human rights and public safety.”MANILA — Filipino human rights groups in Canada sent a joint letter to Immigration Minister Marc Miller, Public Safety Minister David McGuinty, and Member of the Parliament Jenny Kwan urging the Canadian government to declare Jeffrey “Ka Eric” Celiz inadmissible to Canada.
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1 month ago | 
bulatlat.com | Dominic Gutoman |Raymund B. Villanueva |Bulatlat Contributors |Danilo Arao
MANILA – Not long after the first reported aerial strafing in the province of Oriental Mindoro, another case was reported on March 1 by a human rights group, endangering farmers and Mangyan-Hanunuo indigenous peoples. “This is a clear violation of the International Humanitarian Law (IHL) which prohibits the careless strafing and bombing, disrupting civilians’ properties and everyday lives,” Karapatan Southern Tagalog said.
