RENE SAGUISAG: Human Rights Defender and Freedom Fighter
Focus on the Global South joins the nation in mourning the passing of one of the icons of the...
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PH, Germany agree to enhance trade, investments cooperation The Philippines and Germany have discussed ways on how to enhance the trade and investment cooperation of the two countries during the second day of the three-day working visit of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in Berlin. March 12, 2024. Photo release from Presidential Communications Office.
REJECT EU-PH FTA AS SERIOUS CONCERNS CONTINUE TO HOUND AMBITIOUS CORPORATE TRADE DEAL
Trade talks with the European Union that were suspended during the time of President Duterte...
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Power Dynamics and Progressive Movements: Lessons from Latin America to the Philippines
by Bianca Martinez Across the globe, peoples and communities continue to reel from the impacts of...
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LOYUKAN TO DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY: Protect Rights and Ensure Participation of Non-Moro Indigenous Peoples In Peace and Development Efforts In BARMM
by Joolia Demigillo (Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center), Isaak Heller (Focus On The Global...
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10 December 2023 — “March-Parade for Human Rights” in Quezon City led by the In Defense of Human Rights and Dignity Movement (iDEFEND)
KAGYAT NA TULONG PARA SA GAZA
#StopGazaStarvation Sa harap ng digmaang patayan ng lahi (genocide) na inilunsad sa pananakop ng...
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Itigil ang Carbon Offsetting! Ngayon na!
English | Bahasa Indonesia | Hindi | Thai Press release, Ika-4 ng Disyembre 2023 — Ang carbon...
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Philippine groups form No to War network, call for permanent ceasefire and an end to genocide in Gaza. Quezon City, Philippines. 28 November 2023. Photo by Del Bañares/SENTRO
PHILIPPINE GROUPS FORM ANTI-WAR NETWORK — Call for Permanent Ceasefire, End to Genocide in Gaza
PRESS STATEMENT NO TO WAR 28 November 2023 Contact: Wilson Fortaleza 09452182693 PHILIPPINE...
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Senator Leila De Lima listens to a PNP-CIDG officer who served the warrant for her arrest at the Senate grounds in Pasay City Friday morning (Feb. 24, 2017). (PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan)
CELEBRATE THE FREEDOM OF LEILA DE LIMA, SEND RODRIGO DUTERTE TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
By Walden Bello* After 6 years, 10 months, and 21 days, former Senator Leila de Lima is finally...
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The Marcos-Duterte Dynastic Regime in the Philippines: How Long Will It Last?
by Bianca Martinez and Raphael Baladad Southeast Asia Political Dynasties Project II: Philippines...
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On World Food Day, small-scale food providers demand real and people-centered solutions to the food crisis. Quezon City, Philippines. October 16, 2023. Photo by Neca Reyes of Lilak.
People-centered solutions, not importation, needed to address food crisis groups say
QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES — On October 16, in observance of World Food Day, different groups of...
Read More[PRESS STATEMENT] SUPPORT AND DEFEND PEOPLE-CENTERED SOLUTIONS TO THE FOOD CRISIS!
The 16th of October is recognized globally as World Food Day to commemorate the establishment of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 1945, with the goal of ending global hunger. However, 78 years since...
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Joseph Purugganan delivered the intervention at the IPEF Fifth Negotiating Round: Bangkok In-Person Stakeholder Listening Session, which was held on Thursday, 14 September 2023 at the Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok. Photo by: Galileo de Guzman Castillo.
IPEF and the battle for critical minerals: Implications on environment and human rights
by Joseph Purugganan* Thank you for this opportunity to speak at this stakeholder listening...
Read MoreCSR is not enough, we need legally binding mechanisms on corporate accountability– IDEFEND
Position Paper of In Defense of Human Rights and Dignity Movement (iDEFEND) on the proposed law on Corporate Social Responsibility. In Defense of Human Rights and Dignity Movement (iDEFEND) humbly submits to the Senate Committee...
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PBBM hosts a luncheon for Her Excellency Ursula von der Leyen and her delegation. Photo from Presidential Communications Office. 31 July 2023
Look behind the Veil of Normalization : An Open letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen from Trade Justice Pilipinas
H.E. Ursula von der Leyen President European Commission Dear President von der Leyen: ...
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SONA Moblizations on 24 July 2023 along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City, Philippines.
2023 Civil Society Mobilizations for the State of the Nation Address (SONA)
SONA Moblizations on 24 July 2023 along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City, Philippines. ...
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Ahead of President Bongbong Marcos’ State of the Nation Address (SONA) farmers raise doubts whether the recently signed new agrarian emancipation law that seeks to condone agrarian debts will indeed benefit farmers or favor instead landowners who have managed to regain control over agrarian lands. 21 July 2023. Quezon City. Photo by J. Purugganan
Emancipating Farmers, or Land Owners? The New Agrarian Emancipation Act needs a revalidation of ownership in agrarian lands
PRESS STATEMENT: Emancipating Farmers, or Land Owners? The New Agrarian Emancipation Act needs a...
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Joseph Purugganan speaking at the Roundtable discussion Reality vs Expectation: BBM’s 2023 SONA.
Civil Society under the Marcos-Duterte Administration
By Joseph Purugganan [1] It is important to start by looking at a way to frame the relationship...
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Amid heavy rains in the morning of July 17, more than 70 families from Barangay Sumalo located in Bataan Province in the Philippines were forcefully displaced by local police from their makeshift shelters in the village evacuation site. This happened against the backdrop of the Sumalo farmers' struggle for agrarian justice.
70 families forced out of evacuation site amid agrarian dispute in Sumalo
17 July 2023 PHILIPPINES—Amid heavy rains, more than 70 families from Barangay Sumalo located in...
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1SAMBUBUNGAN Statement on the Designation of IPs as Terrorists
Indigenous Peoples are under attack. Again. Using the Anti-Terror Law, the all-powerful...
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Mayor Joy Belmonte greets marchers at the Quezon City Pride March 2023. Photo from the facebook page of the Quezon City Government. https://www.facebook.com/QCGov/posts/pfbid02L5ogDw12QT2sv8arw6XrRmpkLD1eCcNKEiZQC2YZEsykYsfdrMdzqa2Zk2EWoF4kl
Pride 2023: Celebrations and Protests in the Philippines
Pride 2023 in the Philippines was marked with simultaneous actions and events across the country,...
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