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The victim, identified as 36-year-old Joe Ann Escudro, a peasant organizer, was reportedly shot twice in the chest by an unidentified armed assailant who forcibly entered her residence, according to Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas – Negros (KMP-Negros). She died on the spot.
The Senate should not be used as a refuge to evade arrest. The Supreme Court should also not stand in the way of the pursuit of justice.
“Bato deserves to be imprisoned alongside Duterte. Just like his boss, Bato ordered the killing of our loved ones without any remorse."
“Killings in the name of drugs. This is really about killings in the name of drugs. So you drug lords out there, get ready because I’ll crush you.”
Regional Trial Court Branch 21 noted the “glaring disparity and difference regarding the identity of the person named in the complaint and the person arrested."
KMP called for public transparency and grassroots participation in FMR planning and implementation.
The ICSW declaration signed by over 600 activists around the world stated that only four percent of the world’s population live in countries where freedoms to organize, mobilize, and speak out are respected.
Their kalawit, hoes, and sickles which are used to prune rice and weed soil become “weapons” in the state’s eyes.
“As we work hard abroad with most of us struggling for survival, the corrupt public officials and their co-conspirator private contractors freely squander the people's money. Our taxes, our remittances, and our hard work should serve the Filipino people, not line the pockets of the powerful.”
“I pray for us to finally see our loved ones, in whatever state they may be, and for the disappearances to end,” a sister of the disappeared said.
This gathering is not just an event; it is a statement, it is a declaration of our collective resolve against rising authoritarianism and a demonstration of our commitment to challenge injustice.
Filipino progressives described the situation in the U.S. as “unprecedented and intense fascist attacks” on Filipino migrants, highlighting how recent events expose the Philippine government’s failure to protect its nationals abroad.
The MPD must be held accountable for these incidents. Decay is not the only one who has experienced this—the people who were arrested on Sept. 21 in Mendiola are still suffering from fear, hardship, trauma, and pain, because the MPD did the same thing to the Mendiola 277.
Mere absence of a rally permit may not be used as an excuse to prohibit their exercise.
Furthermore, we have reasons to believe that these incidents are part of the systematic state-sponsored campaign.
For Allere, the cause is personal. She once lived in an urban poor community in Lorega, Cebu City which got demolished
While Republic Act No. 10973 grants officials power to summon individuals, it should not override the individual of their rights under custodial investigation such as the right to remain silent, right against self-incrimination and right to counsel, among others.
The use of government as an extension of business is known as bureaucrat capitalism. Bureaucrat capitalism emerges when political power is concentrated to a small class of economic elites, propped up by and in service to foreign interests.
"A State shall not be discharged, by reason of its withdrawal, from the obligations arising from this Statute while it was a Party to the Statute, including any financial obligations which may have accrued," the Article 127 read.
International delegates have denounced the intertwined crises of corruption, militarization, and climate injustice in rural and indigenous communities across the Philippines.
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