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Terrorism laws like the Anti-Terrorism Law and Terrorism Financing along with the insidious use of military assets to fabricate narratives are weaponized to persecute the likes of Frenchie and Marielle.
"The threat of El Niño is predictable. What is unacceptable is the government's refusal to act decisively despite years of warning."
For Enggo, it is important to involve not just their community but also other Filipinos to stand with them as the harm caused by mining affects the whole country.
Through arts and psychology-guided open-ended questions, facilitators learned about the story behind their drawings.
"The government must respond with the same urgency and resolve."
More than 8,000 soldiers from the United States, the Philippines, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and Canada are participating in consecutive “war games” this year.
“Justice and respect to our rights must be given to us and not the military carrying chairs who deprived us to learn."
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For Enggo, it is important to involve not just their community but also other Filipinos to stand with them as the harm caused by mining affects the whole country.
"We hope there will be no more mining projects and that these mining companies will leave, because I know that mining is not the only way a community can achieve progress."
"Marcos is at the top, and those at the lower levels cannot be the only ones held accountable."
From the island and mountains of Rizal to the watershed of Samar Island, wind energy projects are being built on the forests that protect communities from floods and landslides.
“As researchers and members of alternative media groups, we do not confine ourselves to social media, secondhand, thirdhand information. We do not confine ourselves to desks."
“This success in Dupax del Norte is a success against mining all over the Philippines."
“The more we speak, the more they target us,” Sheerah Escudero, sister of drug war victim Ephraim Escudero, told Bulatlat in Filipino. “Even the dead were not spared. They tell me, ‘How about the victims of drug addicts like your brother?’”
Cordillera’s rich natural resources have attracted local and international companies eager to profit from them. But for the Indigenous Peoples of the region, everything is interconnected. The destruction of their land means the destruction of their life, culture, and identity. Their resistance to so-called development projects has spanned many decades.
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.
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Balikan natin kung bakit tinawag na ‘perfect failure’ ang pag-atake ng United States sa Bay of Pigs sa Cuba.
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