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“Instead of responding with climate justice and urgency, ADB is rushing through a policy review that risks locking Asia into the very systems driving these disasters.”
The court said that the prosecution's own witnesses denied knowing the accused or naming her as a suspect in the 2007 Cagayan ambush.
“There are a lot of vested interests here, particularly powerful people. They are trying to block the restoration efforts because there is something else that they want to do, especially with the lands."
“The Ombudsman may have dismissed the cases, but it cannot dismiss the truth.”
The deaths of Espe and Mulabay add to a growing list of activists who have been killed in recent years, including Antonio Diwayan, Elioterio Ugking, and Ali Macalintal.
Jaime Paglinawan, one of the complainants said “…some of the accused had long died before the case was filed.” The resolution, filed by the sued DOJ prosecutors, indicted the deceased Geraldin Labradores and Merlin Logronio, among CERNET 27, for alleged terrorist financing.
Without warning, Umaaligid just shook us out of stupor and indifference not just on a personal level but on how these struggles relate to societal ills. Umaaligid resonates with the victims of tokhang, extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, torture, police brutality, illegal arrests, indefinite detention, sexual assault, betrayal, redtagging, etc.
The court affirmed on July 31 that IP defender Niezel Velasco was not the same person as the accused, Mary Jane Velasco or Mary Jane Someja, and did not use those aliases, and vice versa.
“He talks about corruption, but refuses to hold the most corrupt accountable. Look at Vice President Sara Duterte—clear evidence of fund misuse, yet nothing has happened.”
Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas assailed Marcos’s claim of success of his administration’s P20/kilo rice program, saying that it is artificial, limited, and only resulted in farmers' difficulty.
By siding once again with Meralco’s coal project, it’s nothing less than a death sentence for the people of Quezon,” said Fr. Warren Puno, regional coordinator of the South Luzon Eco-Convergence of Caritas Philippines and parish priest of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage Parish in Atimonan.
The Commission reminded the state of its obligations under the United Nations Convention Against Torture and its Optional Protocol, which require humane treatment of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) and safeguard against inhumane or degrading conditions.
The Court found that the Philippine National Police (PNP) failed to properly investigate the case and did not exercise the required extraordinary diligence, making them responsible and accountable for Salaveria's continuing disappearance.
Marcos Jr.'s clean energy agenda faces growing scrutiny, as soaring LNG costs, environmental damage, and community concerns expose stark contradictions in the Philippines’ energy transition.
APARSUK co-head Angel Sarmiento embraces Molbog resident Tarhata Pelayo after injunction hearing. Photo by Francessca Abalos/Bulatlat
Twelve years have passed but Ofelia and her family continuously felt the trauma, especially if there’s a typhoon or a strong weather disturbance nearby the Davao region.
Angelica Nasiron, the latest victim of the criminal charges filed against the indigenous residents of Sitio Marihangin, said that the cyberlibel cases are attempts to “intimidate and silence my fellow indigenous people still fighting for our place in Marihangin [sic].”
Based on monitoring by the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has reached only 14 percent of its target beneficiaries for distribution of Certificate of Condonation with Release of Mortgage (COCROM), covering six percent of total registered farmers.
Inside Batasan, Marcos Jr. identified accomplishments in infrastructure, health care, and food subsidy. But activists said that the speech was marked more by omissions than solutions.
“There was no mention of the elephant in the room—the corruption and impunity,” said Renato Reyes Jr., president of BAYAN.
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