September 17, 2019 Human rights group Karapatan condemns the Duterte regime for the incessant attacks against activists and human rights defenders. Recently, a farmer activist and a village watchman were killed; and a peasant leader was abducted. “The human rights situation in the country is reaching a critical level. The…
Las Navas, Northern Samar September 16, 2019 The Samar Island Partnership for Peace and Development (SIPPAD), a partnership compose of different sectors – church, government, academe, civil society organizations, youth and media in the provinces of Northern Samar, Eastern Samar and Western Samar held their 42nd General Assembly on September…
Human rights group Karapatan questioned and opposed the PhP 8.2 billion budget of the Office of the President (OP) for the year 2020, which was swiftly approved in less than 7 minutes. On Friday, September 6, 2018, at a hearing before the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, even without…
September 21, 2019 The People’s Choice Movement (PCM), an ecumenical Christian group of individuals, joins all the democratic groups and forces in commemorating the 47th Anniversary of the declaration of the brutal Marcos Martial Law. We remember this day in 1972 when Marcos and his cronies, with their armed goons…
We call on all people to leave their homes, walk out from their schools and take a break from their workplaces to join the Global Climate Strike on September 20th. Why join the Global Climate Strike? There is a “Climate Emergency” and we need to act now. Climate scientists said…
September 16, 2019 Peace flowing from the heart of Mother Earth and from the Source of all being! Our Holy Father has actually declared our current situation as a climate emergency. Through this declaration of Pope Francis, our Loving Creator summons all of us to seriously act now, individually and…
United People’s ActionUnity Statement for the September 20, 2019 People’s Assembly We, leaders of civil society and faith based organizations, believers in the enduring value of democracy, are one with young leaders in the meaningful commemoration of the 47th year since the declaration of Martial Law on September 21, 1972.…
September 11, 2019 Your Excellencies: Warm greetings! In the afternoon of September 20, 2019, the last working day before the 47th anniversary of the declaration of the Marcos Martial Law, idealistic young Filipinos shall lead fellow citizens in collectively resolving to never again allow a dictatorship to take place in…
Sa umagang ito gusto kong ipahayag ang tiwala at paninindigan ng mga Laiko para sa ating mga kabataan! Ang kanilang ipinaglalaban sa kasalukuyan ay isang malinaw na pangarap para sa kanilang kinabukasan! Ang kanilang adhikain na labanang muli ang diktadura ay kahalintulad noong mga dekadang nanahimik ang mamayang Pilipino sa…
The people of Escalante City in Negros Occidental never once failed to remember that fateful day of September 20, 1985, each and every year for more than three decades now. At that time, the Filipino people would not suffer any longer under the rule of the fascist dictator Ferdinand Marcos.…
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