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“The irony is glaring: a former police chief who once wielded the authority of the State now refuses to submit himself to legal process."
“We gather here together because we don’t have a grave to mourn at."
Despite the somewhat funny concept, they were serious about their goal: Stop the oil exploration in the Tañon Strait by Japan Petroleum Exploration (JAPEX).
Alyansa ng Novo Vizcayano para sa Kalikasan (ANVIK) argued that the court should hold NLMRC accountable rather than target the people’s barricade, which residents put up in response to the company’s activities.
Public money pays for transmission lines, ports, and guarantees, while private firms collect profits for decades. The public absorbs the risk and the debt; the corporations keep the gains.
"We mean protecting 366.7 hectares of public land so it can be transformed into a modern, humanized center for custody, legal aid, and reformation."
"This is reasonable, provided that what the guidance says is followed in practice.”
The absence of reliable irrigation makes it difficult for farmers to continue planting during periods of extreme heat.
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“It spits in the face of the victims of human rights violations whose lives were robbed while the Marcoses lived an extravagant lifestyle."
The Lumad community used to occupy more than a hectare only of the 2,000 hectares of Sëzukadang. However, they were able to reclaim a total of seven hectares now through reforestation.
Consumers expect their items to arrive in a snap. But this is not simply because of technology – but because of the women workers’ labor inside those massive warehouses.
"We hope there will be no more mining projects and that these mining companies will leave, because I know that mining is not the only way a community can achieve progress."
"Marcos is at the top, and those at the lower levels cannot be the only ones held accountable."
From the island and mountains of Rizal to the watershed of Samar Island, wind energy projects are being built on the forests that protect communities from floods and landslides.
“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?’”
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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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