"They can cut all the flowers, but they cannot stop spring from coming. They cannot stop the reckoning of the people they have starved, displaced, and killed."
Friends, teachers and loved ones shared stories about Alano’s energetic and indomitable character.
For progressive groups, the Pax Silica would make the Philippines a source of raw materials for the US war production, which includes drones and missiles with advanced AI.
It is tempting to reduce this to a “security success” or a “counterinsurgency incident.” But such language hides more than it reveals. Armed conflict in Negros did not begin with guns. It began long before, in conditions that have shaped the lives of generations.
The loss of fishing grounds due to reclamation and urban development without community consultation has forced some small-scale fisherfolk to fish outside their municipalities.
“If this demolition pushes through, I will lose customers and the livelihood I inherited from my family. Being relocated would also mean more expenses for commuting and for transporting the food I sell.”
“U.S. imperialism is the root of crisis and oppression in the Philippines and across the globe."
The report highlighted how BACIWA - National Federation of Labor Unions (NAFLU) denounced the illegal termination of over 59 employees, alongside residents’ complaints that the water they were getting was “dark, smelly, and contaminated.”
"A lower number of reported cases does not necessarily mean fewer violations."
“It is important that the government increases the daily minimum wage of the Filipino workers."
Their arrest during the solemn observance of Lent reflects the continuing injustice faced by those who stand with the poor and oppressed.
“What they called an ‘interview’ was actually an interrogation, with death threats.”
Nangahas siyang ilantad ang mga mali sa lipunan—ang pang-aabuso at pang-aapi ng uring naghahangad maghari sa kapwa at angkinin ang mga lupain at bunga ng kalikasan. Nag-organisa siya upang maipalaganap ang tamang kaisipan at mahikayat ang mga tao na kumilos upang baguhin ang isang kaayusang di-makatarungan kung saan iilan lamang ang nakikinabang.
Yes there was madness, but award-winning director Jun Robles Lana, chose to portray Sisa not as vulnerable or mentally broken but as a spy in the Philippine-American war. The only kinship to Rizal’s Sisa was to use madness as a disguise for espionage.
The fight is about whether migrant workers can speak out without losing their jobs, housing and right to stay.
The role of women, particularly mothers, has been vital in the community’s resistance. They juggle child care, livelihood and their tasks at the barricade.
Rising costs of food prices and daily living expenses make farmers more vulnerable to destitution, cyclical debt, and landlessness.
After two weeks of transport strikes, groups assert that the Marcos administration has done nothing substantial to quell the ongoing energy crisis.
Policies favor private corporations over public welfare, further marginalizing women.
"CBA negotiations are meant to uplift labor conditions, but what we see is the opposite—wages stagnate while the cost of living continues to rise."
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