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“A justice system that favors grafters and plunderers over those who fight for accountability is one that runs on impunity and dispenses injustice."
It is atrocious for the second-highest official of the land to make such generalizations on journalists and media workers who remain committed to reporting on the truth despite continuing attacks.
Terrorism laws like the Anti-Terrorism Law and Terrorism Financing along with the insidious use of military assets to fabricate narratives are weaponized to persecute the likes of Frenchie and Marielle.
"The threat of El Niño is predictable. What is unacceptable is the government's refusal to act decisively despite years of warning."
For Enggo, it is important to involve not just their community but also other Filipinos to stand with them as the harm caused by mining affects the whole country.
Through arts and psychology-guided open-ended questions, facilitators learned about the story behind their drawings.
"The government must respond with the same urgency and resolve."
“Justice and respect to our rights must be given to us and not the military carrying chairs who deprived us to learn."
More than 8,000 soldiers from the United States, the Philippines, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and Canada are participating in consecutive “war games” this year.
These arrests only serve to worsen the already worrisome state of human rights.
Seven detainees were taken in groups to a conference room and questioned without the presence of lawyers.
“Marcos Jr., mahiya ka naman.”
“They are going house to house just to intimidate us."
After dinner on the evening of the interview, the couple prepared once again to head to the sea, cast their nets through the night, and sell what they caught at dawn. They will repeat the cycle the next day.
"An assertion that US personnel must enjoy impunity no what their alleged crimes."
“It [Sugar] comes with the price of blood and exploitation of workers both in the Philippines and the Bay Area.”
The Marcos Jr. administration's push to expand mining for critical minerals, alongside partnerships with foreign governments through initiatives such as Pax Silica, could further open biodiversity hotspots and Indigenous territories to extraction in response to foreign demand.
“For decades, land ownership on Negros Island has remained concentrated in the hands of a small number of elite families."
Six years after the Ahunan Pumped-Storage Hydropower Project began in Pakil, the promised renewable energy has brought environmental degradation, displacement, dwindling water sources, and threats to the residents’ livelihood.
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