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"The worst kind of trash is the government that surrenders Philippine sovereignty. They can't even manage their own waste, yet why do they accept waste from foreigners?”
Beyond shelter, livelihoods remain uncertain. In their community, the coast has been elevated, disrupting fishing grounds.
For Advocates of Science and Technology for the People (AGHAM), the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) is to blame for the unsteady supply of electricity and expensive power rates.
The Philippines, together with Indonesia, received a score of 4.6 out of 10 in the Safety from the State metric. This indicates that many people are not adequately protected from arbitrary arrest, torture and ill-treatment, forced disappearance, and extrajudicial killing.
The Justice for Negros 19 campaign network said that it will organize public fora, cultural productions and solidarity activities in the coming months to sustain its call for accountability.
“Children do not get exposed to violence separate from their environment."
“Who would not be afraid of that situation? Is the PNP aware of DAR matters? Of course, we are just human. We felt terrified.:
The fisherfolk have been experiencing income loss for more than three months.
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“That is my only wish. I just want to be given the chance to be a daughter and take care of my aging parents, and to be a mother to my children who have been separated from me for almost fifteen years.”
“As researchers and members of alternative media groups, we do not confine ourselves to social media, secondhand, thirdhand information. We do not confine ourselves to desks."
“This success in Dupax del Norte is a success against mining all over the Philippines."
“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?’”
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.
After over 70 years of cultivating the land and staying in the community, the members of the Portico Banasi Household Farmers Association (PORBAHFA) and other residents are facing threats of eviction and worries about their livelihood.
On January 4, 2026, Ana Brizuela, 64, was forced to return home in Sitio Portico, Barangay Fabrica, Bula, Camarines Sur from Manila after receiving phone calls that she was among the residents ordered to evacuate their residence by virtue of a local court ruling.
Of the 210 cases, eight media workers were killed under the Marcos Jr. administration as of October this year.
Karapatan stated that these legal victories not only granted freedom and protection to activists, but also emphasized the resistance against abuses and weaponization of counter-terror laws.
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Balikan natin kung bakit tinawag na ‘perfect failure’ ang pag-atake ng United States sa Bay of Pigs sa Cuba.
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