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Bayan Muna has opposed the fare increase, arguing it will hit low-income earners the hardest, particularly minimum wage workers, students, and daily commuters, who rely on LRT-1 for affordable transportation.
After the dismissal of charges against the Bulacan peasant leader, farmers' groups vowed to continue fighting against human rights abuses.
Red-tagging, the practice of labeling individuals and organizations as communists or terrorists without due process, creates a foreboding environment, which may compromise the safety of candidates as well as their supporters and voters.
In a letter addressed to Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Catapang and Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla, support group Kapatid said that the political prisoners are the only group in the NBP without these basic amenities.
In a position paper submitted to Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero, Neri Colmenares said that the proposal for an impeachment court to convene on June 2, 2025 or in the next Congress, is without constitutional basis or legal basis.
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“Without the OFW remittance that has kept the Philippine economy afloat in the last four years, maybe the Philippines would already be doomed,” said Makabayan senatorial candidate and former Bayan Muna Representative Teodoro Casiño.
“Red-tagging combined with homophobic rants also foments irrational fear, hatred and bigotry and can be a prelude to hate crimes and fascist attacks against the targets."
The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers said that the case of John Griefen Arlegui and Reynaldo Viernes “underscores the dangerous trend of using fabricated criminal charges as a tool to suppress progressive political candidates and their supporters.”
In 2024, the Marcos Jr administration implemented economic policies that favor big businesses and foreign investors while keeping wages at miserable levels.
"If this program is pushed through, the militarization of the schools could have dangerous consequences for the democratic aspects of our country. Given the current political climate, the state might use the militarization of young people for selfish purposes, which would inevitably lead to human rights violations."
Rolan Cagas, who also sits as president of the Claveria Federation of Rice Farmers Associations, shared that their top concern was the rising prices of farm inputs, especially fertilizers, as it would now cost over P1,800 per sack, higher than the less-than-P1,000 price in the past years.
“Time and again, we’ve proven that the union is the strongest weapon and shield that we have against exploitation.”
“Development projects should be planned and implemented in the context of the country's urgent needs and solutions to current dilemmas, and with thorough consideration of its long-term effects on the environment."
Months of investigation by Bulatlat revealed that the booming commercial tuna industry in General Santos City, dubbed the Philippines’ “tuna capital,” favors industrial scale commercial fishing fleets at the expense of the livelihood of thousands of ordinary fisherfolk.
“These people are innocent civilians being tagged by the NTF-ELCAC as NPAs. Out of their desperation, they are using the civilians for their report on the counter-insurgency program."
The warning declared by various groups in 2020 – that the ATA would be used by the government to intimidate and harass human rights defenders, activists and dissenters – has become a reality.
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Four years after its enactment, the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 (ATA) has been used as a weapon against human rights defenders and non-government organizations. In this episode of Teka, Sandali, we explore how the ATA, alongside the Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act of 2012 is being wielded by the state to stifle dissent.
