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FEU Advocate
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April 24, 2025

Makabayan cites red-tagging on elex raps vs. NTF-ELCAC head

Makabayan Coalition slammed the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) Executive Director Ernesto Torres Jr.’s series of red-tagging and defamatory statements against progressive leaders and candidates by filing an election offense complaint to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) yesterday, April 23.

FEU Advocate
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April 23, 2025

MMK comeback marks new storytelling era

Various student media took part in a roundtable discussion with host Charo Santos-Concio, celebrating the comeback of the hit TV series ‘Maalaala Mo Kaya’ (MMK), which features a new beginning of storytelling, at the Dean & DeLuca, Diliman, Quezon City, last April 12.

FEU Advocate
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April 14, 2025

2 Cordillera desaparecidos’ protective writs preliminary conference begins

Nearly two years after their reported enforced disappearances, the preliminary hearings of the writs of amparo and habeas data for indigenous people’s (IP) rights and environmental defenders Dexter Capuyan and Gene Roz Jamil ‘Bazoo’ De Jesus started at the Court of Appeals (CA) last April 10.

FEU Advocate
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April 02, 2025

Women workers heighten demands for Menstrual Leave Act passage

Amid societal expectations for women to work through the pain, women’s rights advocates intensify their calls to pass the legislation of House Bill (H.B.) No. 7758 or the ‘Menstrual Leave Act,’ seeking to support women’s reproductive health without financial repercussions.

FEU Advocate
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March 31, 2025

Masungi conservation at risk as DENR cancels agreement

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) cancelled its 2002 Supplemental Joint Venture Agreement (SJVA) with Masungi developer Blue Star Construction & Development Corporation, putting the conservation efforts in the sanctuary at risk of losing protection in the area.

FEU Advocate
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March 29, 2025

Human rights groups decry enforced abduction pattern on Lumad activists arrests

Following the results of their fact-finding mission, human rights groups KARAPATAN and Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas (KATRIBU) underlined the military’s intent to paint Lumad leader Michelle Campos and her three companions as ‘rebel returnees,’ intensifying enforced abduction cases in the country during a press conference last March 24.

FEU Advocate
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March 28, 2025

From Manila to The Hague: What led to Duterte’s arrest and why the world is watching

Following years of calls for accountability, former Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s arrest marks the culmination of years of investigations that led to his transfer to the custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, the Netherlands to face charges of crimes against humanity last March 12.

FEU Advocate
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March 18, 2025

FEU dormers trouble with living expense over bills spike

Far Eastern University (FEU) students residing in dormitories fear financial strain due to higher living expenses caused by the upward hike of utility rates imposed by Meralco and Maynilad Water Services, Inc. at the start of 2025.

FEU Advocate
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March 16, 2025

Student councils call on CHED to junk ‘excessive financial burden,’ TOFI

Various student councils from private higher educational institutions (PHEI) submitted a position paper to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), urging the implementation of a moratorium on tuition and other fees increase (TOFI) and junk ‘redundant, dubious, and exorbitant’ school fees for S.Y. 2025-2026 last March 10.

FEU Advocate
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March 14, 2025

Call for justice, due process of drug war victims continue amid Duterte’s arrest

Families of extrajudicial killing (EJK) victims during the Duterte administration’s war on drugs along with progressive multi-sectoral groups, called for justice and the upholding of due process following former President Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest for crimes against humanity last March 11.

FEU Advocate
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March 12, 2025

P4,000 buwanang bawas-kita mula Enero, pasakit sa mga drayber—PISTON

Dagdag-pasanin sa mga drayber ng Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) ang tinatayang mahigit P4,000 kaltas sa kanilang kita kada buwan dulot ng sunod-sunod na pagtaas sa presyo ng langis mula Enero, ayon sa PISTON.

FEU Advocate
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March 12, 2025

Nexperia labor strike success sparks hope for workers

After four days on strike, Nexperia Philippines Inc. workers achieved a feat in lobbying labor rights after the reinstatement of two of the four dismissed workers and the proposed P50 daily wage increase was granted last March 8.

FEU Advocate
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March 11, 2025

Former FEU-IL Dean on Duterte arrest: ‘Allowing ICC to handle the case is not unpatriotic’

Former Far Eastern University Institute of Law (FEU-IL) Dean Atty. Melencio ‘Mel’ Sta. Maria stated that there are “practical reasons” in letting the International Criminal Court (ICC) handle former President Rodrigo Duterte’s crimes against humanity case after being arrested today, March 11.

FEU Advocate
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March 09, 2025

2 Lumad leaders reported missing

Human rights groups KARAPATAN and Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas reported that military forces arrested Lumad leaders Genasque Enriquez and Michelle Campos, whose whereabouts remain unknown as of writing.

FEU Advocate
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March 03, 2025

FEU studes bid early class suspension amid 3-day high heat forecast

In light of the three-day heat index forecast by the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO), Far Eastern University (FEU) students urged the University admin and Manila Local Government Unit (LGU) to suspend classes early, highlighting the ‘inconvenient’ late announcement today, March 3.

FEU Advocate
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March 02, 2025

Mindoro communities displaced amid AFP’s aerial artillery strikes

Multiple aerial artillery strikes by the 203rd Infantry Brigade and 76th Infantry Battalion of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) forcibly displaced residents of Barangay Misong, Pola, Oriental Mindoro, starting last February 19.

FEU Advocate
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February 27, 2025

Terror-tagged journo slams terrorism-financing law: ‘Pattern to silence critical reporting’

Amid escalating attempts to suppress critical reporting, community journalist Deo Montesclaros denounced the weaponization of the ‘terrorism-financing law’ following the complaint issued against him alongside four activists, known as the ‘Cagayan Valley 5.’

FEU Advocate
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February 26, 2025

Kabataang Tamaraw, nagsanib-puwersa upang buhayin ang diwa ng EDSA

Iginiit ng mga estudyante ng Far Eastern University (FEU) ang kahalagahan ng kanilang kolektibong presensiya at pakikibaka sa paggunita ng ika-39 na anibersaryo ng EDSA People Power Uprising sa People Power Monument sa Lungsod ng Quezon kahapon, ika-25 ng Pebrero.

FEU Advocate
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February 26, 2025

FEU alum missing since December 2024; whereabouts unknown

Far Eastern University (FEU) alum Gabriel Luke J. Castro from the Institute of Accounts, Business, and Finance (IABF) was reported to be missing since December 30, 2024.

FEU Advocate
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February 24, 2025

Several campus pubs unite to denounce press freedom violations

With recent attacks on the campus press documented in the first quarter of 2025, College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) amassed at least 87 signatories from various student publications across the country in unison to call for the end of campus press repression released today, February 25.

FEU Advocate
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February 19, 2025

Two women held hostage in Recto

Two women were hostaged by a male suspect inside an ID lace shop along Recto Avenue cor. Rizal Avenue, Manila yesterday, February 18.

FEU Advocate
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February 07, 2025

SC urged to reject P89.9B PhilHealth fund transfer

As oral arguments over the petitions questioning the P89.9-billion PhilHealth fund transfer to the National Treasury commence, various health workers and advocates called on the Supreme Court (SC) to denounce the transfer as ‘unjust’ in a protest action held in front of SC last February 4.

FEU Advocate
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February 02, 2025

Today’s Carolinian eviction spells ‘weak’ campus press freedom, lawmaker says

Kabataan Party-list (KPL) Rep. Raoul Manuel deemed that the Today’s Carolinian (TC) office eviction ordered by the University of San Carlos (USC) demonstrates that the existing Republic Act No. 7079 or Campus Journalism Act (CJA) of 1991 falls short of ensuring campus press freedom.

FEU Advocate
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January 26, 2025

‘The time is now’: LAYAS Duterte Network, inilunsad ng kabataan

Iginiit ng mga progresibong kabataang lider ang kagyat na impeachment ni Bise Presidente Sara Duterte sa pormal na pagbubukas ng Leaders and Advocates of the Youth for the Accountability of Sara (LAYAS) Duterte Network sa Vinzons Hall ng University of the Philippines (UP) noong ika-23 ng Enero.

FEU Advocate
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January 20, 2025

Proposed LRT-1 fare hike, unjust amid socioeconomic decline—commuters

Struggling under different socioeconomic constraints, commuters asserted that Light Rail Manila Corporation’s (LRMC) proposed LRT-1 P7.48 average fare increase is unwarranted.

FEU Advocate
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January 19, 2025

What lies ahead for Palestinians amid long-overdue ceasefire

After 467 days of relentless bombardments, death, injuries, displacement, and starvation among Palestinians in Gaza, a long-awaited ceasefire has been agreed upon to end the Israeli assault to be implemented in three phases starting today, January 19.

FEU Advocate
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January 17, 2025

EJK victims’ kin fight for justice in disbarment complaint vs Rody

Families of extrajudicial killing (EJK) victims and human rights advocates remain determined to pursue justice for their slain loved ones by filing a disbarment complaint against former President Rodrigo Duterte for his misconduct as a lawyer and his bloody war on drugs, with the Supreme Court (SC) today, January 17.

FEU Advocate
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January 10, 2025

Makabayan slams illegal assembly charges: ‘BP 880 is already a violation’

Makabayan Coalition asserted that the repeated use of Batas Pambansa (BP) 880 against protesters violates basic rights and freedom, following the Manila Police’s illegal assembly charges against 10 of 11 Makabayan senatorial candidates and three other progressive leaders.

FEU Advocate
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January 07, 2025

KPL FEU chair elected as nat’l outfit’s deputy sec-gen

Chairperson of the Kabataan Partylist (KPL) Far Eastern University (FEU) chapter Ryan Ferrer has been appointed as the deputy secretary-general (DSG) of the National Executive Committee Council of KPL, announced last January 3.

FEU Advocate
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January 04, 2025

Bloody Sunday Massacre: 200-week elusive progress towards delayed, denied justice

Two hundred Sundays after the crackdown, the tragic Bloody Sunday Massacre remains unaccounted for. While there had been some developments over the years, progressive human rights defenders and family of victims continue to decry the slow and inconsistent progress of obtaining justice.

FEU Advocate
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December 23, 2024

Paglaho ng kabuhayan sa mga alaalang tinupok ng apoy

Sa tipikal na isang linggo sunod-sunod na sunog ang naranasan ng mga residente ng Maynila nitong mga nakaraang buwan. Sa bawat pagwang-wang ng mga bumbero, ang isa’y mapapaisip kung saang usok ng lungsod ito papunta. Ngunit, ang kaakibat na epekto ng sunog ay patuloy pa ring dumadagdag sa paghihirap at pinagdaraanan ng mga biktima tuwing mayroong ganitong uri ng sakuna.

FEU Advocate
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December 22, 2024

KARAPATAN: Duterte bids to deflect probes in ethics case against Rep. Castro

Human rights alliance KARAPATAN asserted that the ethical malpractice case filed against Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT-Teachers) Partylist Rep. France Castro is merely the Duterte camp’s attempt to divert public scrutiny from the recent investigation of Vice President Sara Duterte’s gross misappropriation of confidential funds.

FEU Advocate
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December 19, 2024

Pagtaas sa presyo ng langis, daing ng PUV drivers sa ilalim ng Oil Deregulation Law

Bitbit ang bigat ng presyo ng langis at ang kalakip na epekto ng Oil Deregulation Law sa kanilang kita, kinondena ng mga drayber ng Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) ang sunod-sunod na pagtaas sa presyo ng petrolyo.

FEU Advocate
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December 19, 2024

Mary Jane Veloso now in PH custody, urges Marcos Jr. to give clemency

Mary Jane Veloso called upon President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. to grant her absolute clemency for her illegal possession of drugs charges upon her long-awaited arrival in the Philippines after nearly 15 years of Indonesian custody and death row yesterday morning, December 18.

FEU Advocate
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December 19, 2024

Atom Araullo’s civil suit win against red-taggers: ‘landmark victory’

Movement Against Disinformation (MAD) asserted that broadcast journalist Atom Araullo’s civil case win against Lorraine Badoy-Partosa and Jeffrey Celiz is a landmark victory for victims of red-tagging, especially for journalists and activists, in a press conference at Quezon City today, December 19.

FEU Advocate
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December 07, 2024

75 Progressives cite ‘betrayal of public trust’ in filed impeachment vs Sara Duterte

Noting her failure to account for the anomalies observed in her office, 75 petitioners from various sectors filed the second impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte for “betrayal of public trust” in the House of Representatives last December 4.

FEU Advocate
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December 04, 2024

Bonifacio Day commemoration turns into raps against activists

Some activists face criminal charges from the Philippine National Police (PNP) after the mobilization in remembrance of Bonifacio Day and Day of the Toiling Masses erupted when anti-riot police barred them from reaching the Mendiola Peace Arch last November 30.

FEU Advocate
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November 27, 2024

Mary Jane Veloso to return in PH custody, charges undropped

After more than 14 years under Indonesian custody and death row, human trafficking victim Mary Jane Veloso will be back home in the Philippines and detained until clemency is given, President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. confirmed last November 20.

FEU Advocate
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November 24, 2024

Educ sector denounces gov’t’s low priority to increase wages, budget

Progressive education sector groups decried the lack of prioritization to the education sector for the indecent working conditions that teachers and students are subjected to in a protest along Recto Avenue last, November 22.

FEU Advocate
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November 23, 2024

Panunupil ng rehimeng Marcos Jr. sa katubigan, patuloy—mga mangingisda

Iniinda ng mga mangingisda mula sa iba’t ibang rehiyon ang mga inisiyatibang walang-tinag na nananalasa sa mga karapatan ng sektor ng pangisdaan sa ilalim ng kasalukuyang administrasyong Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr.

FEU Advocate
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November 16, 2024

Hacienda Luisita farmers face undistributed, stolen hectares by giant corps

Two decades since the Hacienda Luisita Massacre, farmers experience continuous delays in land distribution, as well as simultaneous land-grabbing and conversion by big corporations of the 7,000-hectare estate in Tarlac.

FEU Advocate
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November 12, 2024

LRT-1 Cavite extension phase one, set to operate this November

Consisting of five new train stations located in Pasay and Parañaque City, Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) is set to open the Light Rail Transit 1 (LRT-1) Cavite extension phase one this November 2024.

FEU Advocate
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November 11, 2024

Pag-asang mapalaya ang Tacloban 5, nananaig sa gitna ng mabagal na usad ng kaso

Sa loob ng halos limang taong pagkakakulong, patuloy na umiigting ang pag-asang mapalaya at maibasura ang mga kasong isinampa laban kay Frenchie Mae Cumpio, at iba pa nitong kasama na tinaguriang ‘Tacloban 5,’ kasabay ng pagharap niya sa witness stand sa unang pagkakataon sa Leyte Regional Trial Court Branch 45 ng Tacloban City ngayong ika-11 ng Nobyembre.

FEU Advocate
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November 08, 2024

Amid farmers’ resistance, militarization persists in Lupang Ramos

Despite the farmers’ efforts to guard the community, Lupang Ramos continues to be militarized and placed under state surveillance as Task Force Ugnay personnel reportedly reside in a private establishment near the 59-year farmland in Dasmariñas, Cavite.

FEU Advocate
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November 02, 2024

Vanished under Marcos Jr.: Heightening enforced disappearances reflect state’s sharpeye on progressives

Numbers of enforced disappearances within the country continue to grow, with at least 14 reported cases by KARAPATAN since President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. assumed presidency last 2022.

FEU Advocate
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October 29, 2024

Krisis ng edukasyon unahin, MROTC tutulan—mga grupo ng kabataan sa U-belt

Nanawagan ang mga progresibong grupo ng kabataan sa University Belt na agarang tugunan ang krisis ng edukasyon, kabalikat sa minamadaling pagsasabatas ng Mandatory Reserve Officers Training Corps (MROTC) ng administrasyong Marcos Jr. sa isang kidlat-protesta sa tapat ng FEU Gate 4 ngayong ika-29 ng Oktubre.

FEU Advocate
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October 22, 2024

Isinampang kaso laban sa Makabayan senators, ipinababasura

Kinondena ng Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (PISTON) at KADAMAY ang isinampang kaso laban sa mga senador sa ilalim ng Makabayan Coalition KADAMAY Secretary-General na si Mimi Doringo at PISTON National President na si Mody Floranda nang makatanggap ng abiso noong nakaraang ika-16 ng Oktubre.