By JOSH AVENGOZA Bulatlat.com MANILA — Progressive groups from various sectors filled up a section of Commonwealth Avenue and held this year’s SONA ng Bayan despite the declaration of the said main road as a ‘no-rally zone’. The Quezon City Government granted Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) permission to stage a rally along Commonwealth, from Elliptical…
Day: July 25, 2022
Farmers dare Marcos Jr. to include private lands in agrarian reform coverage
“The intent to distribute lands free of charge is ineffective at best and duplicitous at worst, in the absence of a new agrarian reform law that will allow the coverage of new private agricultural lands for distribution after CARP’s mandate to do so expired in 2014.”
Groups foresee more human rights abuses under Marcos Jr. administration
“The form and name is new, but basically, what we were 50 years ago is the same with what we are today.”
‘Envi defenders subjected to intensified attacks in Marcos Jr.’s first weeks in office’
Environmental defenders are under attack.