“Once totally fed up, farmers could actually lead a peasant uprising in the countryside that is directed at Duterte,” said Danilo Ramos, chairperson of Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas.
Sa panahong pinipiga ang mga ahensya ng pamahalaan na nagbibigay serbisyong panlipunan sa mga mamamayan sa pambabarat sa kanilang badyet, pati na ang di pagbibigay ng umento sa mga guro at pagtatanggal sa mga kontraktwal na mga nars at kawani dahil sa kulang sa perang pampamahalaan – patuloy pa rin ang mararangyang piging at mga byahe Pangulo at ng mga kaalyado nito.
“In these times, those who do good and stand for what is right are persecuted. It [this administration] is sowing fear because it rules by fear. This must be opposed in whatever form and whenever it occurs.”
“If we don’t fight now, when we grow up, we won’t have anything to fight for because it’s already too late.”
Kabataan Partylist Cebu pointed out that this is the right time to review Cebu’s environmental policies as government pushes the purported ASEAN-backed Mega Cebu Vision 2050.
“Duterte cannot even promise members of the police and military that they will not go to prison because even he himself cannot escape criminal accountability once he steps down from office.”
“Equality and social justice are worth all of our collective efforts.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Colleagues, friends, supporters and clients commended what they call as lawyers for the people as they hold their fifth national congress with the theme “Conquering Challenges in People’s Lawyering” on Oct. 19, Saturday at the Rizal…
“He stood for human rights, good governance, and national sovereignty.”
Karapatan-Southern Mindanao fears that the defense budget would be used to bomb more communities, rather than to defend the country’s territorial defense against China’s incursion.
“Even darak (ground rice bran used as pig feed) sells higher than the actual grain.”
“I urge the lawyers here to continue genuinely fighting for the people. Ben would always say there is nothing wrong with organizing and there is nothing wrong in defending the oppressed.”