The campaign to wipe out the bitter memories of the 14-year military rule by the US-Marcos I dictatorship have been stepped up now that their family has reclaimed state power. Ferdinand Marcos Jr chose the National Museum in Manila City as venue for his inauguration on June 30 as the 17th president. He said that […]

  Anti-mining barricade in Benguet. Officials and tribe leaders in Bulalacao, Mankayan, Benguet set up a barricade against ongoing operations of Crescent Mining Development Corporation last June 18. The groups pointed out that the agreement between the company and the local government expired last year. Defending sovereignty. Progressive groups in Davao and Cebu launched rallies […]

Environmental defender Vertudez “Daisy” Macapanpan, 68, was illegally arrested in Barangay Burgos, Pakil, Laguna last June 11. About 40 elements of police units surrounded her house. Macapanpan had just given a talk in an assembly against the destructive Ahunan Pumped-Storage Hydropower Project which will be built in Mt. Inumpog, Sierra Madre. Four cases of arrest, […]

Stephen Corilla, a worker of Universal Robina Corporation (URC) in Tabok, Mandaue City, Cebu, was added to the long list of victims of violations of occupational safety and health standards in workplaces. Corilla died last June 2 when the company’s pulverizer machine malfunctioned while he was in it. According to workers and a report by […]