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“As the ‘tribune of the people,’ the OSG has a duty to ensure that sham and fabricated cases, like the cases against Frenchie and Marielle, should not be allowed to prosper.”
An additional 1.34 million Filipinos are pushed to poverty due to the oil price shocks since the United States and Israel’s aggression on Iran, a study revealed.
“Semiconductors and advanced electronics are central to contemporary warfare, embedded in drones, missile systems, surveillance networks, and communications infrastructure."
Piston said fuel prices and maintenance costs have become significantly higher than in October 2023, when current fares were set, widening the gap between operating expenses and daily earnings.
“It is costly, disruptive to local communities, and endangers the local population by recklessly allowing foreign troops to use our land and water territories as war playground."
The Philippines is not merely caught between powers, but incorporated into a hierarchy of production and control in which labor, land, and resources are subordinated to US imperialist interests.
"Our children have been shaped by their experiences and by history. They think critically and deeply. That awareness may be unsettling to some, but it is also transformative."
“[One rebel returnee’s] assertions as a ‘single cooperating insider’ must be received with extreme caution. Unless it is supported by independent and unbiased evidence, her narration of the events deserves scant consideration."
“It further cites that the same provision also makes it unlawful for candidates to receive contributions from such prohibited sources, naming President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte as recipients of the contributions reflected in official campaign finance disclosures."
“Placing ancestral domain administration under the DENR will only fast-track corporate access to indigenous territories — streamlining plunder, not stopping it."
The Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center selected NUPL for nearly two decades of coordinated legal work defending civil liberties amid documented cases of extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, and political persecution.
"It appears that the authorities want to shortcut processes in favor of landowners and do away with holding proper consultations, providing relocation areas, among others."
“We followed their procedures but they backed down. This is long overdue."
“The pursuit of truth, accountability, and justice should not stop with Co. His co-perpetrators in Congress and Malacañang should also be investigated and prosecuted."
The union also raised alarm over KFSI’s continued business expansion through new outlets – currently at around 85 outlets – while refusing to honor mandated wage obligations.
The loss of fishing grounds due to reclamation and urban development without community consultation has forced some small-scale fisherfolk to fish outside their municipalities.
“Marcos is increasingly turning our islands into a war playground for US troops and its allies."
Ceeka has been transferred to the San Jose District Jail, where she will remain while her case remains pending.
A subsequent move to intensify US military forces in the country.
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