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While the island’s economy relies heavily on its famous white-sand beaches and natural attractions, locals and conservation advocates worry that unmanaged tourism growth could lead to environmental degradation.
“A teacher should only be teaching and giving out grades to their students. But no, they do everything.”
For the organizers, the impeachment trial is not simply another political battle in Manila—it is a test of democratic institutions and the Filipino people's capacity to demand accountability from those in power.
Pamalakaya urged the Department of Agriculture to immediately mobilize their calamity assistance fund to provide economic aid to small-scale fisherfolk struggling from the impacts of Habagat.
There are at least 20 political prisoners in Eastern Visayas, and most of them are farmers and human rights workers slapped with trumped-up criminal charges due to their political beliefs.
“Allowing a convicted perpetrator of grave human rights violations to receive extraordinary accommodations sends the wrong message—that accountability may be evaded by those with power or connections."
While the government celebrates independence, many fishermen are losing their livelihood due to reclamation projects, and poor families face dislocation and demolition.
"Every time there is someone who knocks on our door, I feel nervous. If I hear some voices of men outside our home, I start to worry."
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“That is my only wish. I just want to be given the chance to be a daughter and take care of my aging parents, and to be a mother to my children who have been separated from me for almost fifteen years.”
“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.
After over 70 years of cultivating the land and staying in the community, the members of the Portico Banasi Household Farmers Association (PORBAHFA) and other residents are facing threats of eviction and worries about their livelihood.
On January 4, 2026, Ana Brizuela, 64, was forced to return home in Sitio Portico, Barangay Fabrica, Bula, Camarines Sur from Manila after receiving phone calls that she was among the residents ordered to evacuate their residence by virtue of a local court ruling.
Of the 210 cases, eight media workers were killed under the Marcos Jr. administration as of October this year.
Karapatan stated that these legal victories not only granted freedom and protection to activists, but also emphasized the resistance against abuses and weaponization of counter-terror laws.
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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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