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Witnesses said that Man-aning, upon being taken by the military, was sobbing, showing visible distress, fear, and unwillingness to be taken by the military.
Women farmers in Laguna, reeling from floods that destroyed their rice fields and left them with losses of up to P20,000 ($340) per hectare, are demanding calamity compensation and higher palay prices, as their crops are not covered by insurance and government rice policies continue to draw criticism.
Despite his enrollment being revoked, Baltazar stated that his fight is not yet over. “Education is a right of all, not just of a few who can turn a blind eye just to follow your wrongful governance. Despite what they did to me, they will never be able to take away my principle to stand firm, my courage to speak out, and my commitment to fight for the rights not just for myself, but also for my fellow student,” he stressed.
For Mercedita and Generoso, memories of Bazoo are inseparable from the wisdom he carried.
A 2025 study published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment found that ship traffic can cause methane emissions to spike up to 20 times higher than in undisturbed areas, even during short passages.
Over and above the lack of health education, the financial strain brought by the high cost of antidiabetic medications made treatment compliance nearly impossible for her. As a result, her blood sugar levels became chronically uncontrolled, and by the age of 30, she was already put on insulin therapy. Maria was told to strictly adhere to this treatment regimen if she did not want her kidneys to fail. This significantly took a toll on both her mind and her already stretched pocket.
In a report by SunStar Cebu, the second hearing revealed that the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) failed to provide evidence during the second hearing to prove CERNET’s association with a designation of persons or entities. Prior to that, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) confirmed the consortium’s legitimacy.
“The incidents we are reporting happened in a month when we should be observing International Humanitarian Law."
The group said that this pattern of harassment and forced surrender is a continuation of what was done in previous years.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has dismissed the terror financing complaint against Myrna Zapanta, a church worker and peasant rights advocate, citing lack of credible evidence.
Under the Geneva Conventions, persons rendered hors de combat (unable to fight), through surrender, capture, or injury, must be spared from attack and treated humanely. If proven, Domingo’s killing constitutes a war crime.
The Philippines’ so-called legacy and consistent championing of IHL does not reflect the lived experiences and records of its people, particularly under the administration of Marcos Jr.
The court said that the state forces chose to interpret the narration of the key witness in a manner favorable to their position, calling it selective and self-serving.
Under the Geneva Conventions, persons rendered hors de combat (unable to fight), through surrender, capture, or injury, must be spared from attack and treated humanely. If proven, Domingo’s killing constitutes a war crime.
Had it not been the court’s proactive questioning, the critical documents would not have been submitted as evidence at all.
The witness said that the passengers were taken at gunpoint by armed men, proving what the Court said was suspiciously concealed and misrepresented.
“To be honest, I don’t want August to come. It is the worst month of the year. The gravity of my father’s disappearance is a lot."
The mission was conducted in response to the reports of militarization in rural and ancestral lands, and to document violations of International Humanitarian Law. Instead, the mission team were subjected to surveillance, intimidation, and threats.
“Not one of them, students, activists, rights defenders, currently detained political prisoners, deserve these violations to their life, safety and security."
The forum, organized by the Indigenous advocates and church groups, highlighted what they called the continuing plunder of ancestral lands under the Marcos Jr. administration, a policy they said is masked by the rhetoric of progress and modernization.
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