The Mining Act encourages 100% ownership of mineral lands by foreign corporations that operate based on “unfettered corporate greed” and does not orient the mining industry to extract based on people’s needs,” Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment said.
[The theological bases of my work are based on] the human dignity as enshrined in the creation story and “Liberation Theology” that formed me as a religious. I am strongly convinced about their relevance to the Philippine context, including the Church social teachings from Rerum Novarum up to the latest encyclical of Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium.
“[T]he better question might be aimed at the AFP: What were you not doing there? An even more important question is what the Chinese military was doing in our waters and how the (Rodrigo) Duterte administration plans to address this incident,” the NUJP said.
The CPP’s appeal is directed to all forces, as well as the military and police, opposed to Chinese encroachment into Philippine territory.
“Liliosa Hilao remains relevant today. We look up to her as an icon of empowerment. More than gender emancipation, she exemplifies how the youth can spark important conversations on human rights, equality, and justice,” PLM President Emmanuel Leyco said.
“We are apprehensive that our leaders will now be the subject of vilification, harassment, arrest as they did to other union leaders affiliated with COURAGE (Confederation for the Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees) and, worse, killing which is happening now against unionists,” SENADO said.
By Joseph Cuevas Health workers said hospitals are on the brink of collapse amid the spike in new number of coronavirus cases around the country.
Urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) reported that elderly residents who lived in the demolished houses have been forced out on the streets, raising fears they may later be arrested by the police for curfew and lockdown violations.
Manaog and fellow arrestees were ordered by the local police to perform 100 “pumping” exercises but were told to repeat them twice as they were not in sync.
“The statement of the Chinese Embassy claiming the Julian Felipe Reef as well as dismissal of our exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and the arbitral court decision of the United Nations Convention on the Laws of the Seas (UNCLOS) is unacceptable,” Reyes said.
