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“Our winning in the case filed before the international tribunal has been disregarded not only by China but by the Philippine government itself.”
“One year and a half, hundreds of broken promises and fourteen thousand drug-related deaths since Duterte took oath, the biggest surprise is that we’re no longer surprised with what’s going on.”
Resolving the drug problem; curbing corruption; peace talks; an independent foreign policy; and concern for the plight of the poor and the ordinary masa fired up the imagination and hope of the electorate.
But now, in what direction does the wind blow?
“We fear that the President wants to use martial law to escalate his bloody anti-illegal drug and counterinsurgency campaigns, crack down on dissent and intimidate the public into submission.’
They came with torches and a mural effigy for a night rally, with some protesters in costumes depicting the horrors of worsening rights violations.
“Progressives and even those not in their group are alluded to in the terrorist-tagging because the president doesn't want any dissenter to government policies.”
“We live in a time where truth is being undermined and where lies reign. In order for reason to triumph, we must fight for it.”
Karapatan said the looming extension and expansion of martial law nationwide makes the human rights situation "more urgent and dangerous."
The honoring of heroes and martyrs took place amid President Rodrigo Duterte’s threats of crackdown on activists and declaration of a so-called “revolutionary government.”
Bonifacio fought for a society that's truly serving the people; President Duterte is seeking to serve only himself and a handful of exploiters and oppressors, Labog said.
The Duterte administration intends to use, for the first time, the anti-terror law of the Philippines, the Human Security Act.
“The quest for just peace is a complicated process that requires perseverance amidst difficulties, wisdom in handling disagreements and a sincerity to bring about significant reforms as the people demand.”
Dubbed as the International Solidarity Conference to resist US Imperialist-led War and Build Just Peace, panelists from the International League of Peoples Struggle (ILPS) tackled the different faces of militarism and war.
“Trump represents the worst aspects of US imperialism. His visit to the Philippines will bring more harm than good.”
“We challenge and resist tactics like red baiting that undermine our critical practice as teachers, scholars, artists and writers,” they said. “We stand with our colleagues who refuse to be silenced or censored for their critical beliefs.”
“What is not being explained fully to the public is the component of corporate takeover and imminent threat of fare hikes in the government's so-called jeepney modernization program.”
“Be afraid, Digong because this is not the last.”
Progressive solons said the Duterte administration has "unraveled as a fascist, pro-imperialist and anti-people regime."
A Mindanao peace group reports killings, disappearances and torture of Marawi civilians by government troops since the its military offensives began in May.
Many protesters’ faces were set in a grim likeness, smiling-but-not-smiling, a kind of general resignation that this day, like so many others before it, might simply be another day of disappointment for all.
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