The Kalikasan-People’s Network for the Environment and AKAP KA-Manila Bay said SMC has again created another environmental disaster Manila Bay and its communities in the sinking of Motor Tanker (MT) Terra Nova carrying 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel.
“This morning, I filed a case against Pulong Duterte and other members of the Davao group smuggling syndicate. This is the result of the Senate investigations conducted in 2017, in which we have identified Pulong, Charlie Tan, and Mans Carpio, as the masterminds behind the Php6.4 billion shabu shipment that was allowed to slip through Customs in collaboration with its Commissioner Nic Faeldon and former Presidential Adviser Allen Capuyan who was known as the ‘Big Brother,’” Trillanes said.
BAYAN said the US$500 million military aid is self-serving since it will be used to build more US military facilities within the country. The funds will also be used to procure surplus weapons from the US itself, it added.
The NPA said three government troopers belonging to the 203rd Brigade of the Philippine Army (PA) were killed while a NPA guerilla was wounded.
In its 2024 Press Freedom Index, RSF categorized the Philippines to be under difficult conditions with Eastern Vista’s Frenchie Mae Cumpio listed as an ongoing press freedom violation by the government.
The victims (journalists and information officers) are not members of the NPA. The trumped-up charges against them are meant to harass the media practitioners in the province,” the NUJP alert said.
UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression Irene Khan said the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. government’s adoption of Administration Order 22 (AO22) relegates the role of CSOs to mere “coordination and/or consultation.”
Activists hounded former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque in Canada they said is out on a disinformation tour about former president Rodrigo Duterte’s mass-murdering “drug war.”
In his dying days, Rimando told his supporters: “I am happy with the life I led and the rich experiences I gained in the struggle.”
“The maneuverings of those in power, who are seeking to remain in power, take place amid rising prices, low wages, widespread poverty, landlessness and unemployment,” BAYAN said.
