Their hazard pay must be at the max, same as their use of violence.
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MARTIN’S PURRSPECTIVE
Tatay Elmer
Tatay Elmer
Elmer Cordero, 78-year-old transport activist, was tireless, boundless, an icon.
COMICS
The mango graham we deserve
The mango graham we deserve
Exchanging cabbage recipes at the market and thinking of a better future.
SALUNGGUHIT
TEKA SANDALI
TEKA SANDALI | Oil price hike
TEKA SANDALI | Oil price hike
The Philippine government seems helpless in regulating oil price hikes. Progressive groups say the government should go beyond stopgap measures to address the crisis.
TEKA SANDALI | Terror Law at Terror Financing, absurd nga ba?
TEKA SANDALI | Terror Law at Terror Financing, absurd nga ba?
Four years after its enactment, the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 (ATA) has been used as a weapon against human rights defenders and non-government organizations. In this episode of Teka, Sandali, we explore how the ATA, alongside the Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act of 2012 is being wielded by the state to stifle dissent.
TEKA SANDALI | Ano nga ba ang EDCA?
TEKA SANDALI | Ano nga ba ang EDCA?
Malacañang recently announced the four new sites for the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), a treaty that the progressives dubbed as lop-sided for the Philippines. In this episode, we unpack what deals may burden the Filipino people and its violent nature.
TEKA SANDALI | Ano nga ba ang kalagayan ng karapatang pantao sa ilalim ng administrasyong Marcos Jr?
TEKA SANDALI | Ano nga ba ang kalagayan ng karapatang pantao sa ilalim ng administrasyong Marcos Jr?
Extrajudicial killings, fabricated charges, arbitrary arrests and detentions, red-tagging, and other human rights violations continue under Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s administration.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Homo erectus
Homo erectus
The Nairobi National Museum houses fossil evidence of human evolution, including a Homo erectus braincase discovered in Indonesia.
Ripples of Joy
Ripples of Joy
Vroi (wearing gray shirt), a young keeper of stray dogs and cats from Sta. Josefa, Agusan del Sur, spends a carefree afternoon playing in the water with his friends. Within life's simple pleasures, his story is an epitome of both the joy of childhood and an uncommon compassion for animals.
Floating panels, sinking livelihoods
Floating panels, sinking livelihoods
A prototype of the future large-scale floating solar panel farm sits near Bay, Laguna and powers the nearby San Antonio Barangay Hall and basketball court.
NEWS IN PICTURES
Farmers reiterate demand for genuine agrarian reform
Farmers reiterate demand for genuine agrarian reform
The Super El Niño, land-use conversion and human rights abuses are among the key issues aggravating the plight of rural folk.
Farmers decry government’s lack of preparation for Super El Niño
Farmers decry government’s lack of preparation for Super El Niño
For farmers, it is the government's unpreparedness that turns it into an even greater calamity, made even worse by the climate crisis.
Progressives renew solidarity with Palestinian resistance
Progressives renew solidarity with Palestinian resistance
For progressives, the Al-Aqsa Flood is not what the west would label as “terrorist attacks” but rather an act of resistance similar to the Philippines, rooted in decades of oppression and colonialism by imperialist nations like the U.S. and Israel.
News in pictures | US-wide campaign against Pax Silica launched
News in pictures | US-wide campaign against Pax Silica launched
This event marked the beginning of the week of action at the UN General Assembly with the banner “No to War and Plunder, Fight for Peoples’ Rights, National Sovereignty, and Genuine Development.”
THIS WEEK IN PEOPLE’S HISTORY
TWIPH | Bay of Pigs Invasion
TWIPH | Bay of Pigs Invasion
Balikan natin kung bakit tinawag na 'perfect failure' ang pag-atake ng United States sa Bay of Pigs sa Cuba.
TWIPH | The Inauguration of PGH
TWIPH | The Inauguration of PGH
Balikan natin ang inagurasyon ng Philippine General Hospital o PGH noong ikasampu ng Setyembre, 1910.
TWIPH | US-Ph Military Bases Agreement of 1947
TWIPH | US-Ph Military Bases Agreement of 1947
Last T?h?i?s? week in people's history, balikan natin ang pagpirma sa U.S.-Philippines Military Bases Agreement (MBA) noong March 14, 1947—isang kasunduang umano'y magtitiyak ng seguridad ng bansa. Pero sa realidad, nagdala ito ng pang-aabuso at pananatili ng impluwensyang kolonyal ng Amerika. Ano nga ba ang naging epekto nito, at bakit hanggang ngayon ay may presensya pa rin ang U.S. military sa ating teritoryo?
TWIPH | The establishment of Peace Corps
TWIPH | The establishment of Peace Corps
Balikan natin ang pagtatatag ng Peace Corps noong 1961—isang volunteer program na kunwari’y tungkol sa “pagtulong,” pero ayon sa mga kritiko, isa rin palang anyo ng neokolonyalismo ng U.S. sa mga bansang tulad ng Pilipinas.
APARICIÓN
Federico and Nelly Intise
Federico and Nelly Intise
Spouses Federico and Nelly Intise, both NDFP staff in Mindanao, have been missing for 20 years now.
Lee Sudario and Norman Ortiz
Lee Sudario and Norman Ortiz
Peasant activist-organizers Lee Sudario and Norman Ortiz were disappeared on this day.
James Jazmines and Felix Salaveria Jr
James Jazmines and Felix Salaveria Jr
Activists and senior citizens James Jazmines and Felix Salaveria Jr. were disappeared in Albay province in August 2024.
Maria Elena Pampoza and Elgene Mungcal
Maria Elena Pampoza and Elgene Mungcal
Cha and Leleng were disappeared in Tarlac four years ago today.
STREET SHOOTER
PHOTO ESSAY/DOCUMENTARY
Building camaraderie among the youth through parkour
Building camaraderie among the youth through parkour
Parkour reached many parts of the Philippines, having small communities in Rizal, Navotas, Mindoro, IloIlo, and even parts of Visayas and Mindanao.
Kasibu people stand their ground
Kasibu people stand their ground
The mountains are not simply places where minerals can be extracted.
Quiet queerness among the Ayta people
Quiet queerness among the Ayta people
Across many Indigenous Filipino communities, expressions of gender and identity have long existed outside mainstream definitions.
Promised land
Promised land
Over fourteen years ago, I ventured into Mindanao with preconceptions etched in my mind. But the longer I stayed, the more I saw, the more I learned to reject the narratives I was fed. A colleague once said, ‘There are over 200 books written about Mindanao, yet none come close to capturing its essence.’ Conflicts are full of contradictions, and the real reasons are often obscured by those who want to hide them.
MORE VIDEOS
Mga di-pangkaraniwan sa Utrecht, West Philippine Sea, at Cagayan Valley
Mga di-pangkaraniwan sa Utrecht, West Philippine Sea, at Cagayan Valley
Mga Pilipinong rebolusyonaryo sa Netherlands. Mga mangingisdang nakikipagtagisan sa iba't ibang pwersa sa West Philippine Sea. At mga aktibistang tinarget ng karahasan ng estado sa Cagayan Valley.
Mga tinig at huni ng Masungi (The voices and songs of Masungi)
Mga tinig at huni ng Masungi (The voices and songs of Masungi)
Their message is clear: environmental protection and biodiversity conservation are not optional: these are human and environmental rights that demand concrete commitment from the government to safeguard nature and the people who defend it.
Buhay lukad
Buhay lukad
Copra farmers in Bicol have endured decades of misery due to feudal conditions.
Sa talim ng balisong
Sa talim ng balisong
For years, Southern Tagalog has been one of the priority areas in the government's counterinsurgency program. Social injustice breeds resistance, and the struggle for land, jobs and decent life has been met by vicious attacks.
PODCAST
PODCAST: OFWs are rising
PODCAST: OFWs are rising
In this podcast-documentary, let us hear the stories of migrant Filipinos who continue to soldier on despite the personal struggles that they have to go through.
Artists pay tribute to the late poet Richard Gappi
Artists pay tribute to the late poet Richard Gappi
Isang premyadong makata, mamamahayag, at manggagawang pangkultura, inialay ni Richard Regadillo Gappi (1971-2022) ang kaniyang sining sa pagsisilbi sa bayan. Naging masugid na kontributor ng bulatlat.com si Gappi, kilala rin sa palayaw na “Insad.”
Huntahan: Researching a pandemic
Huntahan: Researching a pandemic
All ears, journalism students. There's no other way but to love Math. Bulatlat journalists Rein Tarinay and Dawn Cecilia Peña sit down for a huntahan on the importance of research, and how numbers and data can be used to speak truth to power.
