Churches, groups, individuals and people’s organizations gathered at EDSA Shrine for a prayer vigil against the pork barrel system. The event followed the Million People March in various cities in the Philippines and abroad to end corruption in government. Police earlier tried to block progressive groups under the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (New Patriotic Alliance) from…
Filipinos from all walks of life joined the Million People March and expressed outrage against corruption and the pork barrel scam.
Nida and Solomon Naños were farmworkers in Bicol who were forced to migrate to the city after falling victims to a defective agrarian reform program. They now live along Dario Creek in Quezon City where they face constant threat of demolition.
Protesters from various sectors and regions held their own State of the Nation Address, dubbing it as the Sona ng Bayan (People’s SONA) in Commonwealth Avenue as a response to President Aquino’s annual SONA. Led by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN), protesters condemned the worsening economic conditions in the three years of the Aquino regime.
SAN AGUSTIN, ROMBLON—I chanced upon a group of kids gathered on the shore during low tide. At first I thought they were picking shells but as I walked closer I saw that they were gathering some stones. I noticed the smallest among them, a little girl who looked like she was eight. I sat on…
Progressive organizations led by Katribu party list initiated relief operations in far-flung villages in Surigao del Sur hardly hit by supertyphoon Pablo. The groups maintain that the impacts of climate change have been aggravated by the government’s mining policy. Text and photos by POM CAHILOG-VILLANUEVA
Their vividly colored indigenous clothing shout like a blast of dynamite ripping through the mountains they call home. It is Tuesday and they are standing in a busy avenue in the snotty business district of Makati. “It is where the mining companies are, and if they cannot hear our pleading screams while they kill us…
Various groups led by Anakpawis and Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) marked the 149th birth anniversary of Andres Bonifacio with a protest condemning what they call as “puppetry” of the Aquino administration to the neoliberal dictates of US government. Photos by RONALYN V. OLEA and MARYA SALAMAT Produced by BULATLAT MULTIMEDIA
Various media organizations, progressive groups and the academe commemorated the third anniversary of the Ampatuan Massacre that claimed the lives of 58 individuals, of whom 32 are media workers. Photos by POM CAHILOG-VILLANUEVA, RONALYN V. OLEA, ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL, JANESS ANN J. ELLAO and FRED DABU Produced by BULATLAT MULTIMEDIA
Peasants marched to Mendiola to denounce the 40 years since the implementation of to what they refer to as the bogus Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program. Peasants and activists demand for the passing of a genuine agrarian reform that would truly serve their interest and pave the way not just for developing local industries in the…
The school opening last June 4 was greeted by the same problems experienced during the previous school years. It was disastrous as usual. The students were once again greeted by lack of chairs, books, classrooms and most specially teachers. The government’s answer to this perennial problems of shortages and poor quality of the education in…