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“It is not a crime to help the poor, fisherfolk, farmers, and indigenous peoples here in Negros. We are doing nothing wrong."
"A lower number of reported cases does not necessarily mean fewer violations."
"Her youth, academic excellence, and idealism should never be weaponized to rationalize custodial violations."
“This campaign is an important opportunity to empower caregivers to take collective action and mobilize the broader community to defend migrant rights."
This triumph is a testament that winning is possible if people choose to fight.
“It is important that the government increases the daily minimum wage of the Filipino workers."
Through community pantries, people can donate goods which the severely affected could get based on what they need.
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.”
“The more we speak, the more they target us,” Sheerah Escudero, sister of drug war victim Ephraim Escudero, told Bulatlat in Filipino. “Even the dead were not spared. They tell me, ‘How about the victims of drug addicts like your brother?’”
“There is strength in continuing the struggle."
In this series of stories of indigenous women human rights defenders of Cordillera, we give human face to those who were tagged as “terrorists” by the Philippines government.
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.
Rising costs of food prices and daily living expenses make farmers more vulnerable to destitution, cyclical debt, and landlessness.
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.
Policies favor private corporations over public welfare, further marginalizing women.
“Uy-Perez’s blind faith in the testimonies of self-declared rebel surrenderers is unacceptable and unjust.”
“Instead of going after the Alamara and the military, the government filed charges against the likes of Ka Satur (Ocampo) and Ma’am France (Castro).”
“The Court of Appeals’ decision affirms what we have long known—the accusations against our mother were baseless.”
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