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Israel, US found guilty of genocide and ecocide crimes. The International People’s Tribunal (IPT) on Palestine, held on November 22–23 in Spain, concluded with a verdict finding the Zionist state of Israel and its accomplices in the governments of the US, UK, Germany, France, and others guilty of the crimes of genocide and ecocide.

On November 29, the Philippines-Palestine Friendship Association led pro-Palestinian groups in a gathering to discuss and affirm the IPT’s verdict. A brief action was later held in front of the University of the Philippines-Manila which hosted the gathering.

Cordilleran indigenous people hold 2-day noise barrage in NCR. Cordillera indigenous peoples declared the success of their 2-day noise barrage in the national capital, launched on November 25 and 26. The noise barrage aimed to express the regional indigenous peoples’ grievances to government agencies and departments, as well as Congress. The Cordillera People’s Alliance led the noise barrage.

Planned demolition in Taytay condemned. Residents of Sitio Sapang Gody and Siwang in Barangay San Juan protested in front of the Taytay, Rizal municipal hall on November 26 to call for a dialogue with the local government and denounce the threat of demolition in their area. Their land is being forcibly seized by Sta. Lucia Corporation and Kristina Robles.

Youth oppose Davao Bus Project. Anakbayan-SMR protested in Davao City on November 24 to demand the scrapping of the Davao City local council’s fake modernization and anti-people Davao Bus Project (DBP). Colluding with the Duterte family, the Asian Development Bank is imposing the project on the city. The project aims to dismantle the existing transportation system in Davao, which consists of modern and traditional jeepneys, tricycles, and buses. The DBP will be funded by a ₱54-billion loan from the ADB.

Protests