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The administration’s narrative of progress overlooks the structural barriers that continue to trap many women in poverty and insecurity.
“We have seen that our collective action can hold even the most powerful official, a former president, accountable."
“Without an operative and legally effective designation at the time of the alleged acts, an essential element of the crime is wanting.”
The group called on the Marcos administration to pursue a more independent foreign policy and prioritize peace initiatives.
“Marcos has no right to speak on the concerns of women as his corrupt regime traffics and sells out working Filipina women, forcing them in the thousands to leave their families and work abroad in dangerous conditions.”
Over 4,800 households from four barangays in Nabalawag town, including Damatulan, Kadigasan, Olandang, and Kuradangan, were displaced due to the recent conflict.
Kapatid demands to allow the immediate delivery of medicines and to “mount a treatment and sanitation campaign to prevent the further spread of disease inside prisons.”
The tragedy is that even brands that have the capacity to improve their workers’ labor rights refuse to do so and are enjoying impunity.
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“There’s no way that I’ll exchange my son’s life for just mere money. I told them they just need to find my son no matter what.” – a father of one of the missing individuals
After over 70 years of cultivating the land and staying in the community, the members of the Portico Banasi Household Farmers Association (PORBAHFA) and other residents are facing threats of eviction and worries about their livelihood.
On January 4, 2026, Ana Brizuela, 64, was forced to return home in Sitio Portico, Barangay Fabrica, Bula, Camarines Sur from Manila after receiving phone calls that she was among the residents ordered to evacuate their residence by virtue of a local court ruling.
Of the 210 cases, eight media workers were killed under the Marcos Jr. administration as of October this year.
Karapatan stated that these legal victories not only granted freedom and protection to activists, but also emphasized the resistance against abuses and weaponization of counter-terror laws.
The Presidential Communications Office claims that the scandal is nearing its ‘endgame’. However, Bulatlat’s timeline of related activities suggest that the investigation has yet to reach its climax, much less a resolution.
“These soldiers accused, forced into silence and attempted to detail at will through fabricated evidence and rehearsed witnesses packaged as rebel returnees. And now, they can walk away unaccountable because the state calls it ‘procedure.’”
“The political prisoners were the ones who stood in the line of fire against the struggle against corruption and the struggle for justice, freedom and national democracy."
In the view of many affected, the barricades on Nov. 30 were more than concrete and shields, they symbolized a system that protects those who loot public funds, while brutalizing those who demand transparency.
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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.
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