Memory as defiance: Remembering RJ Ledesma
Death is used as a warning but memory becomes a form of defiance.
Sep
2025
16
Students denounce red-tagging in ‘security awareness’ seminar
The incident at DHVSU reflects a wider, long-standing pattern of repression against progressive youth organizations.
Sep
2025
16
Groups oppose airport privatization
"NAIA is a strategic public service that the Philippine government must manage and operate to serve the interests of the traveling public – not to become a profit center for elite corporations.”
Sep
2025
16
People’s protest to flood Luneta, call out corruption and hypocrisy
“Return the people’s stolen money! Seize the luxury cars, expensive watches, signature bags, and designer clothes of corrupt contractors, officials, and politicians."
Sep
2025
15
‘Food Delivery’ documentary brings the West Philippine Sea conflict closer to our stomachs
“Our small wooden boats against China’s massive steel ships. Through the lens, we wanted to show courage and Filipino bravery despite the enormous risks.”
Sep
2025
14
Person living with HIV fights stigma and discrimination
The negative HIV result of Ardemil’s significant other proved her being untransmittable—something to be emphasized, she said, to stop the stigma and discrimination. They have been together for five years now.
Sep
2025
13
AFP abducts former UP CMC student
Human rights group Karapatan Southern Tagalog criticized the Marcos Jr. administration, linking Tallow’s abduction to a broader pattern of attacks against peasants and activists in Southern Tagalog and Bicol.
Sep
2025
13
Groups form alliance for child victims of militarization
Increased militarization and attacks on human rights defenders can cause longstanding effects on children’s growth and development like displacement, forced early participation in the labor force, hunger, and trauma.
Sep
2025
13
UST high school paper struggles against censorship
“The rejection of a press freedom-themed cartoon is a blatant act of censorship, stripping student journalists of their editorial independence and exposing the contradictions of institutions that claim to uphold critical thinking while silencing dissenting voices.”
Sep
2025
11
Trans woman seeks probe on police violence in protest
Several bruises and wounds have been discovered upon inspection of her injuries at the Quirino Memorial Medical Center. Bausing
Sep
2025
11
Ramon Ang as flood savior? Communities, science groups disagree
But local community accounts and scientists’ groups tell another story: SMC’s reclamation and airport projects are not saving lives, they are deepening the disaster.
Sep
2025
10
14 years after, Sendong survivors struggle for survival in relocation site
The resettlement site is commonly referred to as 722 Relocation because of the number of housing units that were supposed to be built here. This resettlement site is just one of several for Sendong survivors.
Sep
2025
10
KMP blames Marcos Jr for flood control projects corruption
"It is not enough to blame contractors and low-ranking officials. If Marcos Jr. were serious about fighting corruption, he should go after the big fish, including himself."
Sep
2025
10
Kin of drug war victims undeterred to hold Duterte accountable amid ICC postponement of hearing
For the families left behind by the brutal anti-illegal drug campaign of Rodrigo Duterte, the prosecution of the International Criminal Court is ‘their court of last resort’. The recent postponement of the hearing about the confirmation of charges, for them, is a delaying tactic.
Sep
2025
10
Western Visayas groups criticize tax hikes, new transport routes
The Konsultahang Bayan marked a step toward collective dialogue, with youth and grassroots groups pledging to continue to watch over Iloilo’s tax and transport policies.
Sep
2025
10
De Leon’s closing credits
De Leon’s film throughout time is beyond inspirational. It is freeing.
