“Our fight goes on and we won’t bring down our banners.”
People’s SONA | Progressive groups from all over Ph rally for change
Day: July 26, 2016
Progressives turn to Duterte to revoke Edca
“As an executive agreement, it is now within the power of President Duterte to terminate the agreement.”
Farmers tell Duterte to fulfill promise of land reform
“Presidential commitments, if delivered, will be a big leap for change.”
CPP reciprocates, NPA on active defense mode
“As we welcome the unilateral declaration of ceasefire as a boost to peace talks, we must remind ourselves that it is not so much the absence of war than the presence of justice and freedom that makes peace,” the CPP said.
The change the poor need: education, housing, right to due process
Many urban poor pin their hopes on President Duterte’s plan to improve the country.
Festive, militant march greets Duterte’s first SONA
Some 40,000 activists from Metro Manila, Southern Tagalog, Central Luzon and as far as Mindanao marched along Commonwealth Avenue, June 25 to bring their demands to President Rodrigo Duterte.
Promise of change draws in rally first-timers
They went to the rally alone or with some like-minded friends with high hopes that finally the promise of a better life for the ordinary Filipino will come to fruition.
Police chief ‘Bato’ surprises SONA rallyists at Batasan
“That is what is maximum tolerance.”
‘Unilateral ceasefire must come with pullout of soldiers, dismantling of paramilitary groups’
“It is one step, but government should also pull out soldiers, hold human rights violators accountable, and allow evacuees to go home and reestablish their livelihood, schools and communities.”