With the recent trend of attacks against environmentalists, victims of enforced abductions face further threat from state security forces under President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr.’s administration.
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As the Duterte Youth party-list’s proclamation remain suspended, progressive youth groups and youth election watchdog Kabataan Tayo ang Pag-asa (KTAP) amplified the call for the party-list’s ‘immediate’ disqualification by filing a petition to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) at its National Headquarters in Intramuros last May 27.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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