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The prosecution is precluded from seeking a review of the dismissal and from filing more financing terrorism charges based on the same set of facts.
“The continued presence of US military forces and facilities on Philippine soil, far from contributing to genuine national security, exposes the Filipino people to grave and escalating security risks by entangling the country in US military adventurism and making the Philippines a potential target of retaliatory action by nations against whom the US wages war.”
“These remarks contribute to the culture of impunity against women."
“Any enabling law that falls short of outright prohibition is not reform—it is a mockery of the Constitution, and we refuse to be party to it."
For environmentalists, the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 only enabled both foreign and local corporations to plunder natural resources through large scale-mining, displaced Indigenous and farmer communities while having no significant contributions to the national economy.
The study of aquatic resources cannot be divorced from the communities whose survival depends on them.
The military aggression of US and Israel across Iran has triggered widespread instability across West Asia and a threat to the international human rights law.
The group called it a “terrible” policy.
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“There’s no way that I’ll exchange my son’s life for just mere money. I told them they just need to find my son no matter what.” – a father of one of the missing individuals
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.
The Presidential Communications Office claims that the scandal is nearing its ‘endgame’. However, Bulatlat’s timeline of related activities suggest that the investigation has yet to reach its climax, much less a resolution.
“These soldiers accused, forced into silence and attempted to detail at will through fabricated evidence and rehearsed witnesses packaged as rebel returnees. And now, they can walk away unaccountable because the state calls it ‘procedure.’”
“The political prisoners were the ones who stood in the line of fire against the struggle against corruption and the struggle for justice, freedom and national democracy."
In the view of many affected, the barricades on Nov. 30 were more than concrete and shields, they symbolized a system that protects those who loot public funds, while brutalizing those who demand transparency.
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Their message is clear: environmental protection and biodiversity conservation are not optional: these are human and environmental rights that demand concrete commitment from the government to safeguard nature and the people who defend it.
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