Return the Navotas mussel farms! Fisherfolk and mussel growers belonging to Pamalakaya trooped to the Navotas city hall on March 14, to demand the local government to allow them to rebuild their mussel farms. On this same day last year, the government demolished their mussel farms along the coast under the guise of Manila Bay “rehabilitation”. More than 200 mussel farms were demolished last year to give way to the San Miguel Corporation’s 650-hectare reclamation project in Navotas.

Justice for Balubad residents. Residents of Sitio Balubad, Barangay Anunas marched in Angeles City in Pampanga on March 12 to call for justice for the violent and illegal demolition in their community on March 12, 2024. In the demolition last year, 600 families and 48 farmer beneficiaries of certificate of land ownership award were evicted from their land.

Consumers against high prices. Various groups under the Samahan at Ugnayan ng mga Konsyumer Para sa Ikauunlad ng Bayan (Suki Network) staged protest actions on March 14 in various markets across Metro Manila to call for the lowering of prices of food, commodities and utilities. Youth students together with workers also held a separate protest to oppose train fares increase.