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"If this space is threatened, this raises the alarm for civil society and peoples’ organisations for their democratic participation in these multilateral spaces."
Fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) held a protest in front of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Monday, Feb. 25, to demand significant reforms on the law governing fisheries amid the legal battle over the municipal waters.
Both Neri Colmenares and Carlos Zarate are working as pro-bono legal counsels for victims of human rights violations in the current and past administrations. Both of them were lawmakers and three-term members of the House of Representatives, representing the marginalized sector under the Bayan Muna Partylist.
Following the three-consecutive oil price hikes after new year, Bayan Muna held a protest in Petron gasoline station in Philcoa, Quezon City today, Jan. 20.
"In the midst of the intensifying economic crisis and the worsening poverty and hunger faced by Filipinos, the old ways will no longer suffice. We need progressive politics to craft a progressive development program that a progressive national budget will support,"
Mary Jane Veloso’s accounts reveal the realities of Filipino migrant workers who are victimized by human traffickers. Mary Jane’s family and supporters call for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to grant her clemency, a conditional release of a person deprived of liberty (PDL), mitigating the consequences of criminal liability.
“The imperialist powers of the United States force our country to remain semi-colonial and semi-feudal, with Marcos Jr. acting as a willing puppet. Foreign companies, in collusion with big-business oligarchs, plunder our natural resources, receiving a green light from the government through the enactment of neoliberal policies."
Rural women condemned the Department of Agrarian Reform's complicity in massive land-grabbing by the Villars, Aranetas, Cojuangcos, Ayalas, and foreign investors.
The Al Aqsa Flood is a significant moment in the Palestinian resistance against Israel's ongoing occupation and genocide.
“Oh Shux Despotiko: Gabi ng Banda, Blooms, at Bb. Bagong Pilipinas”, a concert organized by the Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP), was held to reflect the state of the nation through arts and cultural performances.
SELDA said there are currently 27 documented victims of torture under the Marcos Jr. Administration and 700 political prisoners in the country.
Progressive groups gathered in front of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court today, June 19, to express their support to Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Chairperson Emeritus Carol Araullo as the case she filed against Jeffrey Celiz and Lorraine Badoy Partosa over their persistent red-tagging continues.
Dubbed as People's March and Prayer Against Charter Change, protesters stressed that Ferdinand Marcos Jr. should instead prioritize urgent issues faced by the Filipino people.
The Friends of the Filipino People in Struggle submitted a copy of the findings and verdict of the recently concluded International People's Tribunal on the War Crimes of the U.S.-supported Marcos Jr. and Duterte governments in Brussels on May 17 to 18.
During the protest, Filipino activists decried that the Philippines is next only to India in terms of purchases of armaments from Israel amounting to billions. Last year alone, a $114 million contract between the Philippines and the Israeli government was forged for refurbishing two planes for intelligence gathering. Such contracts, the group said, help fund Israel’s genocidal wars against the Palestinian people.
For the progressive groups, the trilateral summit is among the series of efforts to leverage the Philippines’ strategic geo-political location for economic and military benefit as tensions rise between the U.S. and China, “at the expense of the sovereignty of the Philippines, the economic conditions of Filipino workers, and the health of the environment.”
Women activists gathered in front of the United Nations Headquarters in New York City on March 21, 2024 to express their support for Palestine.
Filipino activists marked the 125th anniversary of the Filipino-American War with a protest against the expansion of US military bases and the US role in genocide in Palestine, Feb. 4.
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