Displaced Marawi survivors still long for justice
"It feels as though we have been permanently driven out of Marawi."
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"It feels as though we have been permanently driven out of Marawi."
Tatay Elmer commuted alone to Tarlac to participate in a protest and caravan against Pax Silica even if he was already suffering from lower back pain.
“We cannot condemn the genocide in Palestine without also condemning the imperialist United States."
"Farmers have been promised land reform for decades, yet actual tillers remain excluded from the land they cultivate,”
Kabataan Partylist Rep. Renee Co condemned attempts to silence students who have been at the forefront of the fight for social justice and against corruption, especially since the onset of the flood control scandal.
Cherry May Ricafort instructed the workers to keep quiet and not talk to anyone about their working conditions.
Salinlahi called on the government to strengthen investigations into online sexual abuse and exploitation, require platforms to detect and remove abusive content, improve reporting and rescue mechanisms, and provide survivors with psychosocial and legal support.
“Justice here in the Philippines is hopeless.”
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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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