Why are energy corporations resisting household solar power generation?
“It is fundamentally about access, affordability, and transparency in the energy system. As interest in rooftop solar continues to grow among Filipino households and businesses, the response should be to enable informed and responsible adoption, not constrain it,” ICSC said.
Expose the true military nature of Pax Silica
“The fact that they even dared to ask for such sweeping extraterritorial privileges reveals their true colors: Pax Silica is not about economic development, but about securing a military beachhead to counter China.”
SC denies Bato’s TRO bid vs warrant
In a special session on Wednesday, the High Court voted 9-5-1 (denial-agreement-abstention) rejecting dela Rosa’s appeal, clearing the way for law enforcement agencies to arrest the fugitive senator.
The Senate’s credibility problem and why the mass movement matters
Let the people in their thousands weigh in on the trial and push the Senators to do their jobs. Let the political demands for justice and accountability be heard inside the halls of the Senate.
RICH PRESIDENT, POOR COUNTRY: Marcos’ wealth breaches billion peso mark amid economic crisis
While President Marcos’ personal wealth soared, IBON said his presidency has completed a stagflationary (stagnation and inflationary) hat trick: soaring prices, worsening jobs and slowing growth.
Cayetano’s Senate pigpen
With what happened at the Senate, kahit lumuhod pa si Cayetano sa asin at ingudngod niya ang noo niya sa sahig habang nananalangin hanggang ito ay dumugo, walang tataya sa kanya.
Group denounces Marcos’ ‘gift’ of 4k acres to US’ Pax Silica scheme
The Marcos government’s Economic Security Zone effectively grants extraordinary and extraterritorial foreign jurisdiction, operational control, and long-term legal privileges over a vast area of Philippine territory, ILPS-Philippines said.
Schools, students call out alumni who bring ‘shame’ to their alma mater
Two University of the Philippines (UP) student parties joined growing calls for accountability from political leaders, demanding that Alan Peter Cayetano resign as Senate President following allegations he allowed fugitive Senator Ronald de la Rosa’s escape on Thursday.
Cebu Court dismisses terror financing charges against humanitarian network
The dismissal of charges against Community Empowerment Resource Network, Inc. (CERNET), its officers, and council members is a blow to the continuing weaponization of laws against activists and development organizations, NUPL said.
No mercy for Bato: Berberabe
“[W]hether the law exists merely as a shield for the powerful when accountability finally reaches them, or whether it still carries its highest purpose which is the attainment of justice. The law was never intended to provide an excuse for evasion, nor to become a weapon wielded only by those with power. It exists so that even the voiceless dead, whose cries never reached a courtroom, are not forgotten by justice.”