“Any agreement that claims to promote sustainable development must be assessed based on its impact on grassroots communities and people's rights and livelihoods, particularly those of workers, farmers, Indigenous peoples, and human rights defenders."
"While our houses are submerged in flood water, they are literally swimming in money."
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“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.”
They emphasized that all migrant workers deserve dignity, fair compensation, and proper classification in their workplaces.
The international journalism award is named in honor of Elizabeth Neuffer, the Boston Globe bureau chief at the UN, who died while on an assignment in Baghdad in 2003. It is given by the United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA).
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."
In a 27-page ruling on October 29, Associate Justice Apolinario Bruselas Jr. stated that AMLC can only pursue civil forfeiture if funds or properties are proven to be tied to financing terrorism crime.
Miriam has worn many uniforms: factory worker, admin officer, pastoral worker, local official, peasant organizer.
Despite the harm to the residents’ health and livelihood, they did not get any compensation.
Pamalakaya calls for immediate economic aid and long-term compensation and for URC to shoulder the cleanup costs.
“These impacts are not entirely caused by natural disasters but by decades of environmental degradation."
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.
