By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
“I vow to continue my advocacies, defend human rights and promote a just and lasting peace. I will still work for the national and social liberation of the Filipino people.” – Randy Malayao, recently-released NDFP consultant
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Media organizations filed the ninth petition to the Supreme Court seeking to declare the Cybercrime Law unconstitutional, Oct. 3. Media groups National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) and Philippine Press Institute (PPI), along with 20 media outfits, including Bulatlat.com,…
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“We have to continue blogging and tweeting. We should not be afraid.” – blogger Antonio Ian Cruz
A schoolgirl is fetched from school by her mother, but there seems to be no immediate escape for her from box-like classrooms and letters scribbled on boards and walls. (Hong Kong)
With the Cybercrime Law in effect, democracy is fast becoming more illusory. The Republic Act 10175 or the Anti-Cybercrime Law tramples upon our hard-earned freedoms – the right to free speech, the right to free expression, the right to a free press and the right to privacy. Putting restrictions on the internet contravenes our rights…
Streetwise By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Reposted by Bulatlat.com The spectacle unleashed before the public by two of the nation’s highest officials in connection with the 40th anniversary of martial law declaration has caused many stomachs to turn amidst cries of pained outrage and guffaws of bitter laughter. Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, undisputed martial law administrator,…