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“Without price controls and the repeal of deregulation policies, these measures merely create an illusion of control."
"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."
“It is a meaningful step forward in upholding the dignity, rights, and justice that every woman and girl deserves."
The Philippines has been rated “Repressed” for five consecutive years, the second worst rating a country can receive, indicating severe restrictions to the freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly, and association.
Absence of concrete price control mechanisms leaves transport workers, farmers, fisherfolk, and low-income households vulnerable to what it described as “war-driven oil shock."
Improving the workers’ situation should be at the center of CBA negotiations, especially amid rising cost of basic goods and services.
"It is a blatant attack to silence voices that seek to inform, question, and hold power to account for their civic duties and responsibilities and uphold the public’s right to know."
“The team as well as the families of Frenchie and Maye are hoping that the decisions will be made as soon as possible.”
A big part of Belen’s recovery was her positive attitude and her determination to move forward.
Cordillera’s rich natural resources have attracted local and international companies eager to profit from them. But for the Indigenous Peoples of the region, everything is interconnected. The destruction of their land means the destruction of their life, culture, and identity. Their resistance to so-called development projects has spanned many decades.
Assistance is insufficient to offset the effects of rising fuel prices on agricultural production.
Aside from the abolition of regional wages, KMU is pushing for immediate economic relief for the workers and the junking of regressive taxes on oil, food, and basic social services.
According to the groups, suspending the excise tax is a mere “temporary fix” when people’s organizations had long been calling for the repeal of the Oil Deregulation Law to regulate the prices of oil and other petroleum products.
Without government intervention, public utility drivers will continue to bear the brunt of rising fuel prices as their daily earnings steadily decline.
For decades, the women later known as the Malaya Lolas carried stories of abuse they endured during the Japanese occupation—stories long denied, delayed, and left without full justice.
Jeepney drivers and Filipino consumers do not have to be at the mercy of oil companies. The oil industry does not have to be deregulated. Oil prices can be controlled. The government does not have to be useless.
“There is no such thing as ‘apolitical’ reporting. It is always focused on the interest of the people.”
But beyond the megaphones and the watchful gaze of authorities are students who still return to their families, friends, and academic responsibilities.
For the families left behind, the years that followed have been marked by grief, frustration, and a continuing fight for accountability.
For many workers, the announcement came abruptly, heightening fears of job loss and financial instability.
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