Walk-out at UP Baguio. An estimated 1,200 University of the Philippines (UP)-Baguio students, teachers, and employees participated in a walk-out on February 26 to demand higher funding for education, budget transparency, and the administration’s accountability. This was the largest demonstration in recent years at UP Baguio. Led by the Alliance of Concerned Students (ACS), they denounced the misuse of university funds, which the Commission on Audit exposed in December 2024 in its 2023 Annual Audit Report.

Dance protest by women. Around 1,000 women workers from Southern Tagalog gathered in Laguna to hold a dance protest on March 2 as part of the One Billion Rising movement. Women Workers United (WWU) led the activity that called for an end to workplace violence, living wages, regular and decent work, access to public services, and workers’ right to unionize.

The Philippine Mining Act’s 30 years. Environmental groups under Kalikasan PNE and other progressive groups protested at the foot of Mendiola in Manila on March 3 to call for the repeal of the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 on its 30th anniversary. The protesters carried a map of the Philippines showing the locations of the largest mines in the country and the political dynasties that own them.

The 15-kilometers is ours. Over 100 fishermen, academics, students, and church people in Iloilo came together to form the Aton ang Kinse Kilometro alliance on March 3 to defend the rights of small fisherfolk to the 15-kilometer municipal waters. Members of Pamalakaya from Panay attended and participated in the gathering.