Prison officials accountable for P7 million missing fund
The Bureau of Corrections should investigate its erring personnel, file the necessary charges and demand that she return what she embezzled instead of squeezing the PDLs dry.
Jul
2025
26
Progressive groups in Iloilo gear for People’s SONA protest, cite ‘worsening conditions’ under Marcos Jr.
Days ahead of Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA), progressive organizations under the banner of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan)-Panay held a press conference Friday, July 25, denouncing what they called worsening economic and social conditions under the current administration.
Jul
2025
25
Lower House, Bayan thumb down SC decision derailing impeachment of Sara Duterte
“It is infuriating that unrepentant plunderers occupying high positions in government can maneuver and invoke bureaucratic rules and technicalities to escape punishment, even as they continue to commit serious crimes against the Filipino people,”
Jul
2025
25
Farmers call for transparency in calamity fund
“These funds exist for emergencies like this. The government’s failure to release them quickly and transparently is costing lives and livelihood,”
Jul
2025
25
Greed in Green: Marcos Jr.’s ‘green agenda’ masks profit-driven plunder
Across the Philippines, many communities are losing their livelihoods and homes in the name of so-called development projects causing environmental destruction. With Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s presidency already at the halfway mark, the state of the Philippine environment is caught between lofty climate pledges and worsening ecological destruction.
Jul
2025
25
‘Civic space continues to shrink 3 years into Marcos Jr administration’
Three years into the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the human rights situation in the Philippines is still bad.
Jul
2025
25
‘VP Sara’s impeachment trial should push through’
"We must not allow impunity to trump accountability."
Jul
2025
25
State of the nation? State of subservience, says groups
"If the ‘iron-clad’ alliance comes with selling out the [Philippine] economy in exchange for ‘military aid’, then that’s not really an ‘alliance’ and that’s not really ‘aid’. That’s neocolonialism.”
Jul
2025
25
Rights group slams self-serving ‘Duterte bill’
In a statement, Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said that the bill is “thoroughly self-serving and is a slap in the face of the tens of thousands of victims of Duterte's drug war as well as those who suffered other injustices committed under his regime.”
Jul
2025
25
‘Historic’ | World Court reinforces environmental protection as State obligation
In the ruling, the World Court said that the climate change treaties set forth binding obligations for State parties to ensure environmental protection. Among these treaties are the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), the Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement. In the Philippines, all these legally-binding treaties are ratified, therefore, the government is responsible for failure to uphold the much needed environmental protection.
Jul
2025
24
Groups vow to hold Marcos Jr accountable amid economic, political crises
SONA ng paniningil is this year's theme of people’s state of the nation (People’s SONA) as Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is midway in his term as president. For progressive groups, the three years of his administration has not made a significant difference to the lives of the Filipino people.
Jul
2025
23
Feeding the Philippines quietly: The overlooked power of municipal catch
Fishing families consistently rank among the poorest in the Philippines. Where meat is not accessible, gleaned shellfish and variable catches under “Others” offer a vital bridge: diverse, accessible, and nutritionally relevant, as shown in data from the Philippine Statistics Authority.
Jul
2025
23
Surigao del Sur broadcaster shot dead after hosting radio program
“To silence a journalist is to deny the people their right to truth. We will not allow fear to win.”
Jul
2025
23
Through shattered lenses: Palestine’s unyielding resistance in Burnat’s Five Broken
As protests erupt against the construction of the separation wall, Burnat documents not just the political resistance but the emotional and personal toll it takes on his family and community. Burnat captured how resistance becomes a way of life. His brothers are arrested one by one. Children, if not killed, are unjustly detained. Protesters on the frontlines like Aldeeb suffer injuries but remain unyielding. The film showcases how villagers respond to land theft not with retreat, but with creative acts of defiance, like laying concrete structures to block the military. Even as violence escalates, the people of Bil'in adapt, protest, and persist.
Jul
2025
23
Trafficking victims in Cambodia decry abuses, lack of government assistance
Joanna Concepcion, chairperson of Migrante International, said that the Filipino trafficking victims in Cambodia were able to come home because of the persistent efforts and constant follow-ups of their families with various government agencies. Concepcion criticized the government’s process of providing assistance to the victims and how it delayed their return to the Philippines.
Jul
2025
20
Rights group calls on authorities to probe harassment of journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, colleague
“Kapatid expresses grave concern over mounting reports of neglect, discrimination, and abuses against political prisoners Frenchie Mae Cumpio, Marielle Domequil, and other inmates at TCJFD under Warden Eva Naputo and Senior Jail Officer 1 Dalmacio Canayong."
