BARMM polls plagued by militarization, fraud, violence
A highly militarized environment may create a “climate of fear” that could result in voter disenfranchisement.
Feb
2023
6
Sibuyan folk score initial win against mining company
The 11-day barricade of Sibuyan folk has forced the government's environment agency to temporarily stop mining exploration activities in the island.
Feb
2023
6
Arrest of UP professor violates UP-DILG agreement
The arrest of professor Dr. Melania Flores in her house inside the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City is in violation of the UP-Department of Interior and Local Government Accord.
Feb
2023
6
Groups urge DA to take over Batangas sugar mill
The call comes from concerns of “possible bankruptcy of 4,584 sugarcane planters [and] less work for more than 10,000 sugarcane field workers."
Feb
2023
4
Balik-Tanaw | Letting the Light Shine Through
Saints are persons whose “light shines through.” This understanding of who saints are reminded me of the symbolic lanterns we carried during the Martial Law @ 50 Day of Remembrance last year.
Feb
2023
4
Vantage Point | Corazon Aquino’s legacy
Should Congress decide to either convene itself into a constituent assembly or to call for elections for delegates to a constitutional convention, the citizenry must closely monitor the process — not because the 1987 Constitution is Corazon Aquino’s most outstanding legacy, but because, at this critical stage in the country’s history, it is among the people’s few remaining means of defense against the return of authoritarian rule and the further ruin of this country.
Feb
2023
4
Is the US preparing for war, or deterring it?
Considering all these revelations from the US and NATO, one may ask: What is the world’s lone superpower thinking? Is the US flexing its military muscles and consolidating its regional and global alliances to deter an impending war with China? Or are these actions meant to prepare for war?
Feb
2023
3
Groups slam US defense chief’s visit, call for the junking of VFA, EDCA
Progressive groups said the Filipino people will not benefit from the increased US military presence in the country, urging the public to never forget the horrors that the American troops have committed under the lopsided military deals.
Feb
2023
2
Ilocos development worker charged with trumped-up rebellion
Renz, as his colleagues and friends call him, is a development worker who has led several relief operations to communities in the Ilocos region that were most affected by disasters .
Feb
2023
2
Groups condemn heightening U.S. military intervention in PH
"Filipinos must not allow our country to be used as staging ground for any US military intervention in the region. The US is engaged in provocations with China using the issue of Taiwan. Allowing US use of our facilities will drag us into this conflict which is not aligned with our national interests" -- Bayan
Feb
2023
2
Rights group calls on courts to release sick and elderly political prisoners
According to Karapatan, these political prisoners were wrongfully arrested and rights have been violated in the course of their arrest.
Feb
2023
2
Marcos Jr. urged to remove tax on oil
A group of Filipino farmers asked Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to remove the value-added tax on oil to provide immediate relief to poor families as prices surge anew.
Feb
2023
1
Creativity and the broad united front
...creativity is a response to the urgent question of “How do we get across our struggles despite material limitations thaw we face? What strategies of organizing, educational activities can be done overcome the same limitations?” As for building the broad coalitions with multi-class character, she stresses that "being honest and open about difference and not turning a blind eye to contradictions create a healthy space of cooperation and criticism; and where people will be encouraged to exercise political maturity to overcome a common enemy.”
Feb
2023
1
Investigate Durante for other killings – rights group
“History shows that the state’s army and police officers are plagued by a culture of machismo, fascism, corruption, and a lack of respect for international humanitarian law. We remember names like Jovito Palparan, Hermogenes Esperon, Eduardo Año, Debold Sinas, Jonel Nuezca, among others."
Jan
2023
31
Terrorist designation of red-tagged doc ‘baseless and malicious’ – rights group
Human rights group Karapatan assailed the terrorist designation of red-tagged community doctor Natividad Castro per the Anti-Terrorism Council Resolution No. 35.
Jan
2023
31
It’s hunger era, not economic growth for ordinary Filipinos — groups
For ordinary people, the supposed economic growth of the country means nothing as they continue to suffer from the impacts of food inflation.
