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News in Pictures | In Cebu, progressives rally for justice following Duterte’s arrest
News in Pictures | In Cebu, progressives rally for justice following Duterte’s arrest
Protesters welcome the arrest as a step toward justice for the thousands killed in Duterte’s bloody War on Drugs. Families of extrajudicial killing victims join the demonstration, demanding accountability for the abuses committed under his administration.
News in Pictures | International Working Women’s Day
News in Pictures | International Working Women’s Day
On International Working Women’s Day, Gabriela National Alliance of Women leads a program at Liwasang Bonifacio, followed by a march to Mendiola, to expose worsening conditions faced by women under Ferdinand Marcos Jr. regime.
Activists decry ‘shrinking of civic space’ in United Nations confab in Bangkok
Activists decry ‘shrinking of civic space’ in United Nations confab in Bangkok
"If this space is threatened, this raises the alarm for civil society and peoples’ organisations for their democratic participation in these multilateral spaces."
News in Pictures | Fisherfolk call for Fisheries Code reforms
News in Pictures | Fisherfolk call for Fisheries Code reforms
Fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) held a protest in front of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Monday, Feb. 25, to demand significant reforms on the law governing fisheries amid the legal battle over the municipal waters.
Former Bayan Muna lawmakers honored with IBP President’s Awards for Human Rights Advocacy
Former Bayan Muna lawmakers honored with IBP President’s Awards for Human Rights Advocacy
Both Neri Colmenares and Carlos Zarate are working as pro-bono legal counsels for victims of human rights violations in the current and past administrations. Both of them were lawmakers and three-term members of the House of Representatives, representing the marginalized sector under the Bayan Muna Partylist.
News in Pictures | Bayan Muna protest oil price hike
News in Pictures | Bayan Muna protest oil price hike
Following the three-consecutive oil price hikes after new year, Bayan Muna held a protest in Petron gasoline station in Philcoa, Quezon City today, Jan. 20.
News in pictures | Progressives condemn signing of 2025 nat’l budget, warn of worsening corruption and inequality
News in pictures | Progressives condemn signing of 2025 nat’l budget, warn of worsening corruption and inequality
"In the midst of the intensifying economic crisis and the worsening poverty and hunger faced by Filipinos, the old ways will no longer suffice. We need progressive politics to craft a progressive development program that a progressive national budget will support,"
NEWS IN PICTURES | Veloso family prays for clemency in a week-long vigil
NEWS IN PICTURES | Veloso family prays for clemency in a week-long vigil
Mary Jane Veloso’s accounts reveal the realities of Filipino migrant workers who are victimized by human traffickers. Mary Jane’s family and supporters call for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to grant her clemency, a conditional release of a person deprived of liberty (PDL), mitigating the consequences of criminal liability.
Environmental groups protest against climate Injustice on global day of action
Environmental groups protest against climate Injustice on global day of action
“The imperialist powers of the United States force our country to remain semi-colonial and semi-feudal, with Marcos Jr. acting as a willing puppet. Foreign companies, in collusion with big-business oligarchs, plunder our natural resources, receiving a green light from the government through the enactment of neoliberal policies."
News in Pictures | Rural women condemn land grabbing by powerful clans, foreign investors
News in Pictures | Rural women condemn land grabbing by powerful clans, foreign investors
Rural women condemned the Department of Agrarian Reform's complicity in massive land-grabbing by the Villars, Aranetas, Cojuangcos, Ayalas, and foreign investors.
News in Pictures | Filipinos light candles in solidarity with Palestine
News in Pictures | Filipinos light candles in solidarity with Palestine
The Al Aqsa Flood is a significant moment in the Palestinian resistance against Israel's ongoing occupation and genocide.
News in Pictures | Artists mount concert to showcase clamor for change
News in Pictures | Artists mount concert to showcase clamor for change
“Oh Shux Despotiko: Gabi ng Banda, Blooms, at Bb. Bagong Pilipinas”, a concert organized by the Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP), was held to reflect the state of the nation through arts and cultural performances.
News in Pictures | Groups call to free all political prisoners, end torture
News in Pictures | Groups call to free all political prisoners, end torture
SELDA said there are currently 27 documented victims of torture under the Marcos Jr. Administration and 700 political prisoners in the country.
News in pictures | Progressives want Celiz, Badoy held to account over red-tagging
News in pictures | Progressives want Celiz, Badoy held to account over red-tagging
Progressive groups gathered in front of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court today, June 19, to express their support to Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Chairperson Emeritus Carol Araullo as the case she filed against Jeffrey Celiz and Lorraine Badoy Partosa over their persistent red-tagging continues.
News in Pictures | Groups reiterate call opposing charter change
News in Pictures | Groups reiterate call opposing charter change
Dubbed as People's March and Prayer Against Charter Change, protesters stressed that Ferdinand Marcos Jr. should instead prioritize urgent issues faced by the Filipino people.
News in pictures | ICC urged to investigate Marcos Jr., Duterte over war crimes
News in pictures | ICC urged to investigate Marcos Jr., Duterte over war crimes
The Friends of the Filipino People in Struggle submitted a copy of the findings and verdict of the recently concluded International People's Tribunal on the War Crimes of the U.S.-supported Marcos Jr. and Duterte governments in Brussels on May 17 to 18.
PH groups commemorate ‘Nakba’ in support of Palestine
PH groups commemorate ‘Nakba’ in support of Palestine
During the protest, Filipino activists decried that the Philippines is next only to India in terms of purchases of armaments from Israel amounting to billions. Last year alone, a $114 million contract between the Philippines and the Israeli government was forged for refurbishing two planes for intelligence gathering. Such contracts, the group said, help fund Israel’s genocidal wars against the Palestinian people.
News in Pictures | Fil-Ams protest trilateral meeting in DC
News in Pictures | Fil-Ams protest trilateral meeting in DC
For the progressive groups, the trilateral summit is among the series of efforts to leverage the Philippines’ strategic geo-political location for economic and military benefit as tensions rise between the U.S. and China, “at the expense of the sovereignty of the Philippines, the economic conditions of Filipino workers, and the health of the environment.”
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