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“It spits in the face of the victims of human rights violations whose lives were robbed while the Marcoses lived an extravagant lifestyle."
“While the Romualdezes are reveling in their stolen wealth, the people of Eastern Visayas struggle with extreme food insecurity.”
“The terrorism laws in the Philippines are targeting the wrong people. Most of them are working in environmental defense like the 11 activists of Cagayan Valley.”
The groups rejected the Luzon Economic Corridor, calling it a "massive sellout" of Philippine patrimony.
The Lumad community used to occupy more than a hectare only of the 2,000 hectares of Sëzukadang. However, they were able to reclaim a total of seven hectares now through reforestation.
SIM Registration Law did not address the incidence of cybercrime after it was enacted into law under Ferdinand Marcos Jr’ s administration
“The purpose and message of the warning is also clear, particularly to the organizations they belong to and to Bicolanos in general, that Marcos administration is ready to suppress free organizing, legitimate criticism, and just resistance."
One mining exploration has brought all eight barangays of this town together in opposition, with local councils warning that disturbance in one part of its subwatersheds could cascade the effect on water sources, farming, and other local livelihoods.
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“She ultimately chose to travel to the Philippines to volunteer with marginalized communities because she was so moved by the plight of migrant workers and understood that to truly understand and solve this, the answers are in the Philippines itself.”
The Lumad community used to occupy more than a hectare only of the 2,000 hectares of Sëzukadang. However, they were able to reclaim a total of seven hectares now through reforestation.
Consumers expect their items to arrive in a snap. But this is not simply because of technology – but because of the women workers’ labor inside those massive warehouses.
"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?’”
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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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