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“Despite the fear that the state wants to instill on us, they just proved that protesting against corruption is just and the right thing to do,” Raven Racelis said.
Recalling the difficulties that she had to go through and the patience she had to muster with the slow judicial process in the Philippines, especially when state forces are involved, Glenda could only hope for a right and just decision.
“While millions remain homeless, the corruption of housing funds continues. Government officials benefit from each hollow block, while the poor are being thrown away in floods, death zones, and hunger,”
The human cost of corruption: 13.7 million families now live in poverty and 4.5 million families reported going hungry because state funds intended for social services were lost to graft.
Pasco further emphasized that the ICC’s prosecution of Duterte is crucial especially when the domestic courts failed them.
In its October 23, 2025 decision, the PTC held that the interpretation of Article 127, which outlines the withdrawal of a State Party from the Rome Statute, must be consistent with the overall object and purpose of the Statute—to "put an end to impunity and ensure that the most serious crimes do not go unpunished.”
“She does not deserve to suffer behind bars not only because she is not a criminal under our legal system, but because she is a victim of trafficking,”
CARMMA summed up Enrile’s legacy as defined by “lies, deception, and a complete lack of integrity – qualities unworthy of honor.”
"Their victory reaffirms a basic truth: joining a protest to demand fair wages and job security is not a crime, but a constitutional right."
Disinformation is becoming more easier to distribute not only because of its nature to exploit emotions but also because of its rapid creation and distribution now due to artificial intelligence (AI).
“No one should be criminalized for standing up against corruption.”
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.”
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