Memory as defiance: Remembering RJ Ledesma
Death is used as a warning but memory becomes a form of defiance.
Sep
2025
10
Batangas farmers push back against red-tagging by 59th IBPA
“Our livelihoods were destroyed by the storm. Now, they want to destroy our lives too. If something bad happens to us, it is the 59th IBPA who must be held accountable.”
Sep
2025
4
Nawaya: bringing Baybayin back to the masses, breaking colonial lies
“Language has the power to unite us, to divide us. And language, when we use it regularly, also gives strength and support to those who rely on land.”
Sep
2025
4
Filipino comfort women suffering persists
“Even in their death bed, even when they could no longer walk, many of them only have fragments of memories of war, but every time we mention the Japanese embassy and Lila Pilipina, they remain eager in pursuing justice and accountability."
Sep
2025
4
Church volunteer becomes farmers’ rights advocate
Her commitment to volunteering for farmers’ rights was vilified by the government and she became one of the targets of its counterinsurgency programs.
Sep
2025
3
Filipinos express solidarity with ongoing Indonesian protests
“Politicians are taking money from the workers and the people that should be spent for social services, social protection and social justice programs that advance labor and human rights."
Sep
2025
3
KMP slams corruption in Bicol flood control projects, demands full probe
Farmers’ group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) demanded a full investigation on the flood control projects in the Bicol region.
Sep
2025
3
Navotas fishers seek reversal of court ruling on mussel farm demolition
The fishers stressed that the mayor is obliged to process their permits, that police power cannot override rights, and that the LGU’s refusal is meant to clear the way for reclamation projects.
Sep
2025
1
Int’l community flags PH impunity in enforced disappearances
"Every mother, every family of the disappeared lives in a prison of uncertainty. Our loved ones are gone but our fight for them is not."
Sep
2025
1
Bill filed to stop child pregnancy increase
The youngest recorded case involved an 8-year-old who gave birth at the age of 9.
Sep
2025
1
Rights violations a major concern for people living with HIV
The fear of being discriminated against has been the usual reason why there are still PLHIVs who are afraid to disclose their status even to their families.
Aug
2025
30
The long-overdue ratification of UN convention on enforced disappearance in PH
"They told us that there is already a law in place. But we have repeatedly told them: it does not work,” said Edith Burgos, mother of disappeared activist Jonas Burgos and the chairperson of International Coalition Against Enforced Disappearances (ICAED).
Aug
2025
30
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Aug
2025
28
Beyond borders, a mother paints the injustice that stole her son
At the People's Tribunal, art emerged not just as expression but as a form of defiance.
Aug
2025
27
Marcos Jr. urged to address concerns affecting banana industry
He is one of the around 1,500 workers who became jobless after a banana exporter company in Bukidnon ceased operations this month.
Aug
2025
27
La Union gov’t silent on casino controversy, infra failure
"With public outrage over questionable DPWH flood control projects in San Juan, this incident underscores the urgent need for deeper investigation and lifestyle checks on officials handling infrastructure and land approvals.”
