Batangas groups call for mining ban
“The endorsement of Lobo government officials for the MRL-Egerton mining project should be revoked and reversed to protect Lobo’s lives, livelihood, and environment.”
Dee Ayroso is a self-taught illustrator and was a Bulatlat editor before she focused on cartooning. Comics is where her flaws and strengths in writing and drawing can sit together and have coffee.
Dee Ayroso is a self-taught illustrator and was a Bulatlat editor before she focused on cartooning. Comics is where her flaws and strengths in writing and drawing can sit together and have coffee.
“The endorsement of Lobo government officials for the MRL-Egerton mining project should be revoked and reversed to protect Lobo’s lives, livelihood, and environment.”
“Glencore ultimately failed in the face of massive people’s resistance against foreign and large-scale mining.”
“We are not pro-Chinese, we are not pro-American, we are pro-Filipino, and we are ready to stand pat to our territory, assert our national sovereignty, and fight to retain what is ours.”
“We should open our eyes to the two-pronged approach to the peace negotiation."
“The naval exercises themselves do very little to develop our own capability for external defense.”
“Pope Francis asserts the principle of common but differentiated responsibility, amidst a systematic drive by capitalist countries to blur the difference between the obligations of rich and poor countries.”
“Sulong Katribu offers an alternative and genuine representation for the most oppressed, least represented and discriminated sector.”
“Preparedness does not only mean having the equipment, materials, facilities – it pertains to the people.”
“What if the school building is already old, will the drop-cover-hold on still apply?”
“Where is the role of the people in the picture?”
“We will not be caught in the claws of the Dragon, nor the Eagle.”
“We cannot allow China to do its own aggression against the Philippines and the Filipino people, just as we cannot allow the perpetuated aggression of the US against them.”
“Congress should probe into how a pollutive coal-fired power plant was approved despite the copious lack of social acceptability and extensive environmental risks."
After a year of living on the streets, Balakbakan fisherfolk want to return to their homes.
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