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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.
SIM Registration Law did not address the incidence of cybercrime after it was enacted into law under Ferdinand Marcos Jr’ s administration
“The purpose and message of the warning is also clear, particularly to the organizations they belong to and to Bicolanos in general, that Marcos administration is ready to suppress free organizing, legitimate criticism, and just resistance."
One mining exploration has brought all eight barangays of this town together in opposition, with local councils warning that disturbance in one part of its subwatersheds could cascade the effect on water sources, farming, and other local livelihoods.
The continued failure to integrate time allowances earned by prisoners while under BJMP custody into their official Bureau of Corrections records has contributed to prolonged detention and forced some inmates to seek costly legal remedies simply to secure their release.
The mountains are not simply places where minerals can be extracted.
Institutional authority should not become a license to silence criticism
The Society of Trans Women of the Philippines (STRAP) raised this point at the launch of Project Kierra, a trans-led initiative that seeks to document the killings and campaign for justice.
Her death should serve as a stark reminder: a feminism that aligns itself with the empire is no feminism at all—it is merely the soft edge of oppression.
My grandchild was traumatized because he saw how soldiers killed his father.
The Marcos Jr. administration relies on unrealistic standards defining who is poor
Bayan Central Visayas characterized the incident as a targeted attack on progressive leadership intended to stifle dissent and intimidate grassroots activists.
More than a decade has passed but justice remains elusive.
Progressive groups condemned what they described as worsening state violence against the anti-mining community in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya.
“We must prioritize the people, not foreign profits.”
“There are still genetically modified crops that are still being forced to be introduced and tried to plant in our farms even though for several decades it has been proven that it poses many risks and diseases."
“DHL is clearly punishing us for daring to stand up for our constitutional rights, the right to organize and collectively bargain."
I urge young journalists to never stop writing — our pens have once toppled down a dictatorship.
“Not a single success story, not one was recovered even with orders from the court."
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