Aeta barricade at Mt. Pinatubo. On April 18, the Aeta community in Mt. Pinatubo, Sitio Tarukgan, Barangay Santa Juliana, Capas, Tarlac mounted a barricade to assert their right to their land. For several years, state tourism agencies have not been properly paying the indigenous people, and without NCIP support. Police unjustly arrested and charged some of them with obstruction of public passage and unauthorized entry into a protected area.

Return to work in Bataan. Workers pushed the FCF Manufacturing Corporation management to reinstate those it had placed on “forced leave” status on April 19. The group called on the company to stop the so-called “work speeding” and other schemes of stockpiling finished products because these fuel the forced leave policy.

Fluvial parade against offshore wind farm in Ilocos. Fisherfolk in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte held a parade on April 20 to oppose the planned construction of the BuhaWind Offshore Windfarm along the coast of Pasuquin, Burgos, Bangui, and Pagudpud. During the three-year construction of the wind farm, fisherfolk will be banned from fishing near the area.

Action against Prime Water in Bulacan. Various groups held a noise barrage on April 25 to condemn Prime Water for its poor water service in San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan. Since the establishment of the joint venture between Prime Water and the San Jose Del Monte Water District in 2018, residents have faced numerous problems such as infrequent and weak flow of murky and non-drinkable water, and extremely high service charges.