Category: Philippines
Iraynon Bukidnon women prepare relief goods to be distributed in their community. With the inefficient (and in many cases politicized) delivery of government aid, NGOs such as LILAK (Purple Action for Indigenous Women’s Rights) and peoples’ organizations have initiated efforts to extend support and solidarity in their communities. Antique Province, Philippines. 2020 April 16. Photo by Jhona Vicente.
COVID-19 exposes twin crises of Neoliberalism and Authoritarianism in Philippines
by Bianca Martinez* 29 April 2020 Under the Luzon-wide lockdown imposed on March 17 and the...
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PRESS RELEASE: Workers are not Virus-Proof
Advocacy groups call for expanded massive testing before economic restart As the nation...
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Democracy and Charisma: A Dangerous Liaison
Democracy in the Era of Charismatic Politics in India and the Philippines Talk delivered to...
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Farmer groups stage a protest at the gates of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) to call on the government to repeal the Rice Liberalization Law. 2019 November 20. Pasig City, Philippines.
Farmers demand government to repeal Rice Liberalization Law
On Wednesday, November 20, around 100 farmers, farmworkers, rural youth, women, urban poor, and...
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We demand Trade Justice: Reject RCEP and Corporate Trade Deals!
Workers, farmers, fishers, indigenous peoples, rural women, and health and trade justice advocates...
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Farmers, fishers, rural women, indigenous peoples, and civil society organizations come together to organize a press conference that aims to raise the alarm over the severe crisis in food, land, fisheries, livelihoods, and natural resources precipitated by the Duterte administration's neoliberal economic policies. [2019 October 15. Quezon City, Philippines. Photo by Galileo de Guzman Castillo.]
Resist the corporate takeover of agriculture, lands, waters, and natural resources
Statement on the World Food Day, 2019 October 15 We are in the midst of a food crisis. This is a...
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DUTERTE, THE SERPENT. His strongman rule ultimately serves the administration’s authoritarian and neoliberal agenda. United Peoples’ SONA. Quezon City, Philippines. 2019 July 22. Photo by Galileo de Guzman Castillo.
A Period of Consequences: The Era of Violence, Hardships, Betrayals, and Perversions under Duterte
Focus on the Global South’s Statement on President Rodrigo Duterte’s midterm State of the Nation...
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Young farmer killed in Bataan over agrarian land
Press Release/Statement 10 JUNE 2019 Hermosa, Bataan – Tensions broke out in Barangay Sumalo after...
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Adyenda ng Taumbayan, hindi Chacha ng iilan! Ika-labing walong araw ng Lakbay mula Marawi hanggang Maynila. Photo by Del Bañares
The Election Challenge: Stopping Duterte’s Authoritarian Agenda
FOCUS ON THE GLOBAL SOUTH The midterm elections come at very critical conjuncture. The series of...
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Armoured Dove of Peace. Graffiti art by Banksy; photo by Pawel Ryszawa. Retrieved from English Wikipedia (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Banksy_-_Peace_Dove_-_2008-03_-_close-up.jpg), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode
Kalinaw sa Mindanao: Just and Lasting Peace in the Land of Promise
Galileo de Guzman Castillo Halina’t ating pag-usapan ang kapayapaan (Come, let...
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Women's rights advocates from different organizations converge on Rizal Park to demand respect for women's rights and the recognition and resolution of their issues. International Women's Day. 2019 March 8. Manila, Philippines. Photo by Galileo de Guzman Castillo.
Misogyny, Neoliberalism, and Despotism: Shoring up Duterte’s Anti-Women Agenda
Bianca Martinez Even before Duterte became President, women were already burdened with multiple...
Read MoreSelective Transparency, Inconsistent Accountability:Unpacking Duterte’s Anti-Corruption Campaign
Raphael Baladad “Kung walang corrupt, walang mahirap” (If there is no corruption, there is no poverty) was the rallying call behind Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s Presidential campaign in 2010, with the promise of...
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