Attacks on peasants persist even during COVID-19 pandemic
“In these trying times, what the farmers need is support and assistance to help them survive the pandemic.”
Attacks on peasants persist even during COVID-19 pandemic
Lumad solon to DA: Ancestral lands are not idle
Lumad solon to DA: Ancestral lands are not idle
“We (IPs) protect the ancestral lands against mining and plantation companies because we ourselves are dependent on those lands for food security."
NDFP: GRP violates its own ceasefire
NDFP: GRP violates its own ceasefire
In a letter submitted to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on April 15, Luis Jalandoni said the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) mounted 13 attacks or assaults against the New People’s Army (NPA) and conducted at least five aerial bombardment and artillery shelling in 96 towns and 196 villages.
Bayan Muna debunks Duterte’s ‘lack of budget for COVID-19’ rhetoric
Bayan Muna debunks Duterte’s ‘lack of budget for COVID-19’ rhetoric
“There are billions in the budget that are yet untapped which were actually contained in his Report but President Duterte is very slow and inefficient in tapping these funds.”
Anti-mining leader nabbed as cops disperse people’s barricade against Oceanagold
Anti-mining leader nabbed as cops disperse people’s barricade against Oceanagold
“It is infuriating that the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte has done more to care for large-scale mining corporations than to respond to the millions of Filipinos becoming increasingly facing starvation, police brutality, and unchecked contamination of the COVID-19 virus.”
Aeta community assails gov’t trespassing in ancestral land
Aeta community assails gov’t trespassing in ancestral land
Local tribal leader Casamira Maniego, chair of their local organization Asosasyon ng Katutubong Mahawang, said 20 armed men were escorted by the local police arrived in their community earlier today, threatening the people’s barricade against the looming expansion of the New Clark City.
‘The one where we ousted a dictator’
‘The one where we ousted a dictator’
President Duterte may look like he is merely copying the atrocities of the Marcos dictatorship. But a deeper scrutiny shows the system that allowed the Marcos dictatorship to rise prevailed even after his ouster.
More firetrucks needed to suppress forest fires in Benguet – solon
More firetrucks needed to suppress forest fires in Benguet – solon
"...rather than give firefighters guns, it would be better if they are given better fire fighting equipment against forest and industrial fires."
‘Gag order plea vs ABS-CBN, silencing of all critical voices’ — groups
‘Gag order plea vs ABS-CBN, silencing of all critical voices’ — groups
The National Union of Journalists in the Philippines (NUJP) described the SolGen’s move as an “obvious attempt to not only silence ABS-CBN but also those who opposed the government’s push to shut it down.”
Groups condemn discrimination vs. transgender, push for passage of SOGIE bill
Groups condemn discrimination vs. transgender, push for passage of SOGIE bill
LGBTQIA+ group Bahaghari condemned the said police operation, saying it "disgustingly reeks of discrimination and transphobia, and the invalidation of the gender identity of trans women.”
IP leader defends UCCP Haran, calls it ‘a second home’
IP leader defends UCCP Haran, calls it ‘a second home’
The Regional Peace and Order Council of Region 12 released an order for the closure of UCCP Haran.
Commuters, groups decry ‘illegal’ tag on motor taxis
Commuters, groups decry ‘illegal’ tag on motor taxis
Labor group Defend Job Philippines dubbed Gardiola’s announcement as “massacre" of livelihood of thousands of motor taxi drivers. An estimated 30,000 to 47,000 drivers will be affected.
Woman peasant leader killed in Samar
Woman peasant leader killed in Samar
Soriano attributed the killing to President Rodrigo Duterte’s Memorandum Order No. 32 that targets human and land rights activists in the provinces of Samar, Negros, and the Bicol region.
Taal affected farmers, fisherfolk need aid, not loans — group
Taal affected farmers, fisherfolk need aid, not loans — group
Out of the 4.1 trillion recently signed budget, P 16 B was appropriated for National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council or Calamity fund which is 20 percent lower from the P20 B last year.
Amid Taal eruption, Bayan Muna pushes for Evacuation Centers Bill
Amid Taal eruption, Bayan Muna pushes for Evacuation Centers Bill
House Bill 5259 is an act seeking to establish evacuation centers in two to three barangays that is “big enough to accommodate the target population, strong enough to withstand natural calamities and situated away from waters and landslide-prone areas.”
Australia wildfires seen as strong warning on the impacts of climate change
Australia wildfires seen as strong warning on the impacts of climate change
“The unprecedented Australian bush fires is the strongest warning yet that the impacts of climate change we thought we will be facing 20 or 50 years later is already a catastrophic reality today.”
SEA Games 2019 displaces Aeta communities
SEA Games 2019 displaces Aeta communities
The Aeta leader said that he supports the country’s national athletes because they are his countrymen. He said what he condemns is how easily the government dismissed their rights and the corruption and anomalies behind the SEA Games.
Lam-ang: More than epic, re-education
Lam-ang: More than epic, re-education
Josef added that at the time where literature and history are being ignored and worse, being "bastardized" by colonial teachings, it is just fitting for Tanghalang Pilipino to focus in these types of production.
Trade union activists condemn dispersals, crackdown
Trade union activists condemn dispersals, crackdown
“Upholding worker's welfare and rights is what we do.”
64 solons rally behind Makabayan, condemn ‘crackdown, red-tagging’
64 solons rally behind Makabayan, condemn ‘crackdown, red-tagging’
“Such attacks have no place in a democracy.”
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