“In Southern Tagalog, farmers are already burdened by lost harvests and incomes. The people are not just struggling, they are being abandoned.”
Ahead of the upcoming State of the Nation Address, Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment slammed Marcos Jr’s recent statement that massive flooding and other disasters are the ‘new normal’, asserting instead that those are the result of systemic corruption, the DENR’s criminal neglect, and the ‘greenlighting’ of corporate-driven development projects.
“It is infuriating that unrepentant plunderers occupying high positions in government can maneuver and invoke bureaucratic rules and technicalities to escape punishment, even as they continue to commit serious crimes against the Filipino people,”
"We must not allow impunity to trump accountability."
SONA ng paniningil is this year's theme of people’s state of the nation (People’s SONA) as Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is midway in his term as president. For progressive groups, the three years of his administration has not made a significant difference to the lives of the Filipino people.
As protests erupt against the construction of the separation wall, Burnat documents not just the political resistance but the emotional and personal toll it takes on his family and community. Burnat captured how resistance becomes a way of life. His brothers are arrested one by one. Children, if not killed, are unjustly detained. Protesters on the frontlines like Aldeeb suffer injuries but remain unyielding. The film showcases how villagers respond to land theft not with retreat, but with creative acts of defiance, like laying concrete structures to block the military. Even as violence escalates, the people of Bil'in adapt, protest, and persist.
Ang pagtanggap sa panauhin ay sadyang nakakabagabag kundi man nakakaligalig. Subalit pinapapaalala sa atin ng linggong ito ang dalawang bagay sa pakikipag -ugnayan natin kay Hesus. Una, hindi natin siya panauhin para maligalig tayo, ikalawa, siya ang ating pagkaing nagbibigay buhay.
"Art belongs to the people and it is part of holding those in power accountable."
“They said that it’s for flood mitigation, but why are they dredging the offshore area and not the shallow part of the Banaoang River instead? The ships are scaring the fish away. What’s worse, some of the island’s coast has already eroded."
The rescued Lumad student continues to urge for the reversal of the unjust conviction of Talaingod 13.
“There are months when we catch nothing. But we keep fishing because we have no choice.”
"Kuya Max's release is a triumph of the people, not the Philippine government, which had abandoned him and numerous other Filipino migrants to languish in detention."
At the CIW entrance, prison officials displayed a photo of Lim marked “BANNED” without prior notice or due process.
Jesus led the scholar not with an expected Scriptural provision. Instead of offering a legal definition, Jesus tells a story. Jesus, who was so immersed with people, must have known so many stories from the ground. So he narrated an anecdote to answer the scholar.
While students cheered the veto as a rejection of privatization, many stressed that the core crisis remains: PUP is still underfunded.
“We were surprised that she was [arrested]. So we still really don't know why she was red-tagged because she hasn't encountered any red-tagging before."
As the case finally inches forward after months of silence, the family’s testimony stands as both a plea and a warning that state violence continues unchecked unless confronted head-on.
The specific 21 recommendations propose several solutions to address the major issues during the election period such as electoral violence, concentrations of political power among few families, vote-buying, and its legal framework.
The group views the harassment as part of a broader pattern of suppression targeting coastal resistance to reclamation across Manila Bay.
The Makabayan bloc emphasized the direct effect of privatization of public transport to the Filipino people as fees will increase.
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