Youth groups decry rising harassment of student activists
Two female leaders of Anakbayan were targeted in the latest cases of harassment against activists.
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Two female leaders of Anakbayan were targeted in the latest cases of harassment against activists.
“There will be no dissent if only the government were truthful in serving the people.”
Tireless, hardworking, and dedicated, the educator is greatly missed by students and other teachers.
Asked when the Commission on Human Rights could join the mission to “validate” the rights violations, lawyer Carmelita Rosete of the CHR’s Field Operation Office said that depends on the schedule of their regional counterpart.
Groups gave tribute to a UP alumnus, one of the nine New People’s Army fighters slain in Nueva Ecija.
“The campus security personnel nailed the doors shut, forcibly removed the students and threatened that they will be arrested and brought to the police if they try to assert their rights. Activists are being threatened with expulsion.”
"We plan the protests to be participated in not just by transport groups but by various sectors, too, because commuters stand to pay the higher costs of this fake jeepney modernization.”
“You can come visit our lands, interact with us, do business with us, but we will resist if you encroach on our lands.”
The Lakbayan camp is like a river junction from where water rushes stronger towards a new direction.
“Be afraid, Digong because this is not the last.”
Thousands braved the heat and rain in other parts of the country yesterday to protest what they called as ‘Duter-tyranny.’
“We oppose all tendencies toward Martial Law, toward totalitarian rule, toward tyranny, toward a decreasing democratic space.”
“The truth will soon come out. Nothing is ever hidden.”
“The people are fed up with the killings and continuing plunder of the country’s resources.”
“He can threaten the people with Martial Law using the Left as scapegoat, like what Marcos did, but it still will not deter the people from gathering in public places to voice their indignation.”
The interests of national minorities are in place in the NDFP proposal for social and economic reforms.
Stories of courage and perseverance of Lumad students and teachers poured out at the gathering.
Obello Bay-ao's father Benjo called on President Rodrigo Duterte to punish those involved with the extrajudicial killings, disband paramilitary groups, lift the martial law in Mindanao and resume peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.
The Meranaws of Marawi City are eager to return to their homes and get back on their feet without the encroachment of big business.
“Duterte continued the War on Terror policy which carried terrorism in our country and the whole world.”
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