Protests

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Earth Day: Protest against reclamation. Fisherfolk, environmental groups, church people and residents of communities around Manila Bay gathered for a forum and protest in Caloocan City and Navotas City on April 20, as part of the commemoration of Earth Day last April 22. They demanded an immediate stop to the destructive Navotas Bay Reclamation Project and other reclamation and dredging projects in Manila Bay and other parts of the country.

Surface William Lariosa! In a protest last April 25 in Davao City, Kilusang Mayo Uno-Southern Mindanao Region (KMU-SMR) and Anakbayan-Southern Mindanao reiterated their call for the immediate surfacing of missing labor organizer William Lariosa, 63. He was abducted by agents of the 48th IB on April 10 in Barangay Butong, Quezon, Bukidnon.

Picket for CBA. Workers of PhilFoods Fresh Baked Product Inc protested anew before the National Conciliation and Mediation Board Region IV-A in Calamba, Laguna on April 24 to condemn the negotiations deadlock or refusal of the capitalist to grant workers demand for wage increase and benefits.

31st World Press Freedom Day. Journalists and journalism students staged a protest on May 3 to mark the 31st International Free Press Day. They carried out the action in UP Diliman and the Boy Scout Monument in Quezon City and called for justice for all murdered journalists and victims of violations of the right to free press in the country. In the first 22 months in power of the Marcos regime, the groups recorded 135 incidents of violations of press freedom.

Protests