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Zarate stressed that the ultimate stakeholder in this accountability mechanism is the Filipino people, as they did not elect public officials to have unexplained wealth, questionable expenditure of funds, or to issue threats.
“It is deeply concerning that a legitimate educational activity and those who participated in it have been subjected to red-tagging.”
“They should return the land they borrowed.”
"Our primary call remains a salary increase since our GDP grew by four percent, so we are expecting that wages should also be increased."
"His legacy lives on in the continuing struggle to free farmers from landlessness."
“What the 93rd Infantry Battalion did is equal to hostage-taking,"
"He was instead confronted by a certain Simon who later grabbed him by the collar, hit him with a piece of chopped wood, and threatened that he will be hanged or electrocuted if he does not cooperate with them."
Transportation costs are rising, but household incomes do not necessarily rise at the same pace.
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“It spits in the face of the victims of human rights violations whose lives were robbed while the Marcoses lived an extravagant lifestyle."
The Lumad community used to occupy more than a hectare only of the 2,000 hectares of Sëzukadang. However, they were able to reclaim a total of seven hectares now through reforestation.
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?’”
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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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