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“Women will not hesitate to unite and smash a leadership that will make us suffer the same crooked governance as the current administration.”
“We will not allow both the Marcoses and the Aquinos to reshape our history…”
“We used to grow our own source of income. But now we have to work for others.”
“As children, we have the right to participate and be heard.”
“After almost six years, the cry of the people, particularly of women, for jobs and justice, food and freedom persists.”
The management wants to implement a two-tier wage increase, with only 50 percent being guaranteed and the other half dependent on the company’s and employee’s performance.
“Land monopoly and peasants’ landlessness, agricultural trade liberalization, militarization, and privatization of social services are the main causes of peasant women’s suffering.”
“Shameless environmental criminals like DMCI remain unpunished or lightly penalized for their violations under the Mining Act.”
“With the national elections, it is crucial to convey to candidates the role of science and technology in national development and progress.”
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“It’s better to die fighting, than to die helplessly.”
Environmentalists are making the Mining Act an issue in the 2016 elections.
“They will ‘turn aside justice’ and ‘deprive the people of their rights’ just as long as their wanton greed is fed, though not even sated.”
“What was restored 30 years ago and continues to this day are only the trappings of elite democracy – periodic elections, Congress and a Constitution that guarantees civil liberties. The people demand more than that. They demand genuine freedom and democracy that goes beyond the mere holding of elections.”
Why did not the administrations after Marcos ensure an accurate account of the Marcos dictatorship in history books ?
“We, Bangsamoros, cannot forgive because those responsible for Martial Law have never been brought to justice.”
“Assessing the evidence on record, as well as the current state of GMO research worldwide, the court finds all the three conditions present in this case -- uncertainty, the possibility of irrevocable harm and the possibility of serious harm.” – Supreme Court
Progressive groups condemned the torching of the Lumad evacuation center in Davao City.
"The more than 72 workers who died certainly deserve better.”
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