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  March against Ahunan dam. Residents of Pakil, Laguna marched to the town center on July 1 to voice their opposition to the Ahunan and Belisama Hydropower projects. The Ahunan Dam will be built on Mount Ping-as, in the said town. The mass action was held after a forum and consultation on the same day […]

The National Solidarity Mission (NSM) composed of representatives from the church, farmers, farm-workers, women, indigenous people, and youth conducted an investigation on June 24 into the Fausto Family massacre in Himamaylan, Negros Occidental. In the June 26 press conference, the NSM reported the results of their investigation not only on the case of the massacre […]

Breaking chains, Reclaiming freedom from Marcos Sr to Marcos Jr,” an activity demanding the immediate release of all political prisoners, was held on June 27 at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani in Quezon City. It was led by the Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) and joined by 13 organizations and some […]

Wage increase, defense of rights and protection of gender minorities, defense of national sovereignty and human rights are a few of the prominent calls during the Pride March last June 24. Bahaghari, the national-democratic organization that promotes LGBT+ rights in the country, led the campaign. The group led the protest in the Southern Tagalog Pride, […]

Grave violations of human rights and international humanitarian law were recorded over the past two weeks. In Masbate, soldiers shot and killed Randy Dionan Mahinay at Sitio Abanggan, Barangay San Carlos, Milagros on June 21 while working on a road construction in the area. The military implicated him in the ambush launched by the New […]

To mark the third year of the Anti-Terrorism Law (ATL), various progressive groups protested in front of the National Security Council office in Quezon City on July 3. They lambasted the state’s continued use of the law to openly suppress and silence critics of the regime and progressive organizations. In Southern Tagalog alone, 15 individuals […]

Palalang pang-aapi at pagsasamantala ang dinaranas ng sambayanang Pilipino habang lalong lumulubha ang mga saligang problema ng imperyalismo, pyudalismo at burukratang kapitalismo sa ilalim ng rehimeng US-Marcos. Walang kapantay na korapsyon, terorismo ng estado, pangangayupapa sa mga dayuhan at mga patakarang pahirap sa bayan ang tiyak na haharapin sa susunod na limang taon. Walang ibang […]

Ginunita ng mga progresibong grupo sa pamamagitan ng protesta sa Maynila ang unang taon ng ilehitimong presidente na si Ferdinand Marcos Jr noong Hunyo 30. Bago nito, inilunsad nila ang isang People’s Summit kung saan kinundena ng iba’t ibang sektor ang kainutilan, pasismo at pagpapakatuta ng kanyang rehimen. “Mahal sa Pilipinas,” pahayag ng mga raliyista […]

Mula’t sapul, tutol ang mga guro sa pagtatalaga kay Sara Duterte, ilehitimong bise presidente, bilang kalihim ng Department of Education (DepEd). Anila, walang puwang sa kagawaran ang isang militarista, ignorante sa kasaysayan at lutang sa katotohanang katulad ni Duterte. Wala rin siyang bakgrawnd o kasanayan para pamunuan ito. Matapos ang halos isang taong panunungkulan, litaw […]