Filipino groups defy China’s ‘unilateral’, ‘baseless’ fishing ban in South China Sea
“There is no better way to assert fishing rights in our exclusive economic zone than to conduct a collective economic activity,” Pamalakaya said.
Lawyers hail conviction of 4 tokhang police in 2016 homicide
“In terms of scale, [Tuesday’s] legal victory is just a footnote in a bloody chapter that has yet to end as bodies continue to pile up until today,” NUPL-NCR said.
VP Sara resigns from Cabinet; move ‘open break’ with BBM
“VP Sara Duterte’s resignation from the Cabinet as education secretary and as NTF-ELCAC vice chair marks an open break with the Marcos administration and signals an intensification of the factional strife in the current regime,” Bagong Alyansang Makabayan president Renato Reyes Jr. said,
Groups condemn ‘evil’ US anti-vax campaign among Filipinos
“How absolutely diabolical is US imperialism to engage in such activities at the height of a global health crisis, targeting Filipinos when they were most vulnerable,” P1NAS spokesperson Antonio Tinio said.
NUPL wins int’l fair trial award
The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers received an international award for contributions to the campaign for the right to a fair trial given by colleagues representing 100 legal organizations across the world.
Media group to reporters, protesters: You are not each other’s enemy
“Colleagues are encouraged to go beyond the narrative of traffic and disruption and report on why protests are held in the first place. These inputs will help better inform the truth that we report,” the NUJP-MMC said.
Hunyo 8, 2024 (Bagyo)
Habang nagbibingi-bingihan ang Maykapal,/habang nagbubulag-bulagan sa karahasan,/habang nakapinid ang puso sa kabulastugan,/masa ang tanging bibigwas sa kabalbalan!
Mensahe sa sambayanang Pilipino sa okasyon ng Araw ng ‘Kalayaan’
Nanawagan ang Bayan sa sambayanang Pilipino na ilantad at tutulan ang imperyalismo, pangunahin ang imperyalismong US, at ipaglaban ang tunay na kalayaan at demokrasya sa Pilipinas. Nakikiisa kami sa mga mamamayan ng mundo na lumalaban sa makinarya ng digmaan ng US, mula sa Palestina hanggang sa Pilipinas. Pinaparangalan namin ang lahat ng ating mga bayani na nakipaglaban para sa tunay na kalayaan laban sa kolonyalismo, mula sa mga rebolusyonaryo ng Katipunan hanggang sa mga rebolusyonaryo ng kasalukuyang pakikibaka.
‘Bagong Pilipinas’ hymn an old tune, bad song, gimmickry—artists, teachers
CAP said the new “Bagong Pilipinas (New Philippines) hymn recalls Ferdinand Marcos Sr.’s “Bagong Lipunan” (New Society) motto and hymn in the 1970s “when songs and artistic endeavors were used to whitewash plunder and widespread poverty.”
‘Lipunan, hindi lang sarili’
Tao bago pera. Lipunan at hindi lang sarili. Pursuing your dreams and ambitions is important. Still, this should not come at the expense of societal responsibility.