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Bayan Central Visayas characterized the incident as a targeted attack on progressive leadership intended to stifle dissent and intimidate grassroots activists.
More than a decade has passed but justice remains elusive.
Progressive groups condemned what they described as worsening state violence against the anti-mining community in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya.
“We must prioritize the people, not foreign profits.”
“There are still genetically modified crops that are still being forced to be introduced and tried to plant in our farms even though for several decades it has been proven that it poses many risks and diseases."
“DHL is clearly punishing us for daring to stand up for our constitutional rights, the right to organize and collectively bargain."
I urge young journalists to never stop writing — our pens have once toppled down a dictatorship.
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“She ultimately chose to travel to the Philippines to volunteer with marginalized communities because she was so moved by the plight of migrant workers and understood that to truly understand and solve this, the answers are in the Philippines itself.”
Consumers expect their items to arrive in a snap. But this is not simply because of technology – but because of the women workers’ labor inside those massive warehouses.
"We hope there will be no more mining projects and that these mining companies will leave, because I know that mining is not the only way a community can achieve progress."
"Marcos is at the top, and those at the lower levels cannot be the only ones held accountable."
From the island and mountains of Rizal to the watershed of Samar Island, wind energy projects are being built on the forests that protect communities from floods and landslides.
“As researchers and members of alternative media groups, we do not confine ourselves to social media, secondhand, thirdhand information. We do not confine ourselves to desks."
“This success in Dupax del Norte is a success against mining all over the Philippines."
“The more we speak, the more they target us,” Sheerah Escudero, sister of drug war victim Ephraim Escudero, told Bulatlat in Filipino. “Even the dead were not spared. They tell me, ‘How about the victims of drug addicts like your brother?’”
Cordillera’s rich natural resources have attracted local and international companies eager to profit from them. But for the Indigenous Peoples of the region, everything is interconnected. The destruction of their land means the destruction of their life, culture, and identity. Their resistance to so-called development projects has spanned many decades.
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Balikan natin kung bakit tinawag na ‘perfect failure’ ang pag-atake ng United States sa Bay of Pigs sa Cuba.
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