Makabayan on Sara’s TRO bid: Desperate, grasping at straws
“The public has the right to know the truth, and public officials—especially at the highest levels—have the duty to answer for their actions,” Makabayan said, urging Duterte to submit to the constitutional process and allow herself the chance to belie the accusations.
PH sourcing majority of energy requirements from solar far from realization
Tropical Philippines may potentially source all its daily requirements from solar power, but it remains a pipe dream as production contracts approved by the government are embroiled in political patronage, controversy, corruption and predation.
‘Imperialist madman’: ILPS Philippines hits Trump’s genocidal threats, welcomes 2-week ceasefire
The US-Israel war machine stands today as the most dangerous force undermining global peace and stability, not Iran’s legitimate right to resist foreign aggression and exercise control over its territory, including on the Strait of Hormuz.
Bayan on Bayanihan 3 relief proposal: ‘Stop the pretense’
“[B]oth houses of Congress should focus on alleviating the people’s suffering amid the ongoing crisis in West Asia instead of legislating band-aid measures that boost patronage,” BAYAN said.
NAP-UPDL: Pormula ng karahasan, hindi ng kapayapaan
Dahas ng estado sa mamamayan ang pangunahin nitong tugon sa pagkakaroon ng anumang kilusang naglalayong baguhin ang anumang hindi makatwiran sa lipunan. Napatunayan ito sa kasaysayan at batas nang maituturing sa anumang lipunan.
No quick relief from fuel price increases from Iran passage deal
DOE secretary Sharon Garin announced that while the Philippines secured “a safe and preferential access” to the Strait of Hormuz, Filipinos should manage their expectations and accept the likelihood of more fuel price increases while the Middle East war rages.
Hinggil sa ehersisyong militar na ‘Salaknib’
“Gutom ang mahihirap na Pilipino, pero napupunta ang buwis natin sa pagpaypay ng gera sa Asya gamit ang exercises na ito. Mas malaki pa siguro ang gastos sa Balikatan. Gera ng U.S. ang dahilan ng krisis ngayon, pero pinopondohan pa ni Marcos na maging playground ang Pilipinas ng tropang Kano at mga alyado nito.”
From Rome to Manila, Catholics on Easter urged to pray for peace
“Let those who have weapons lay them down…Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace!” Pope Leo XIV said in his first-ever Urbi et Orbi message.
Arrests of elderly Iloilo activists ‘arbitrary, illegal,’ rights lawyer asserts
Cortez underscored that the police’s implementation of the warrant of arrest was illegal and the so-called pieces of evidence were “fruits of the poisonous tree which cannot be used as evidence in Court.”
Instead of importing oil, the country should shift to renewable energy
“Instead of scrambling for diplomatic assurances from conflict zones, the government should be investing massively in community-based mini-hydro power plants, and installing solar facilities on one million or more rooftops nationwide.”