Mark Saludes

COCOPEA drops NTF-ELCAC membership amid student-led pushback

The Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) has formally withdrawn from the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), citing the need to uphold academic freedom. In a statement issued on Feb. 2, COCOPEA announced that after consulting its...

UN expert to gov’t: Frenchie deserves prompt and just trial

UN expert to gov’t: Frenchie deserves prompt and just trial

United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, Irene Khan, has voiced strong concerns regarding the protracted pre-trial detention of Filipino journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio. “Today, 11 November, Frenchie has finally had an opportunity to take...

CCTV footages suggest state forces behind abduction in Albay

CCTV footages suggest state forces behind abduction in Albay

A new CCTV footage has emerged indicating that state forces may have been involved in the recent abduction James Jazmines and Felix Salaveria Jr. in Tabaco City, Albay. Jazmines and Salaveria Jr. were abducted on August 23 and August 28, 2024, respectively. Karapatan...

Where is climate agenda in Marcos Jr’s SONA, groups ask

Where is climate agenda in Marcos Jr’s SONA, groups ask

Pro-environment groups in the Philippines have expressed dismay over what they claim is a lack of a concrete climate justice agenda in President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s third State of the Nation Address (SONA). On July 22, Marcos Jr. highlighted the country's role on...

Land distribution in Tinang: a fruit of collective action 

Land distribution in Tinang: a fruit of collective action 

The installation of 93 farmers on the 68.1-hectare piece of land Hacienda Tinang in Concepcion town, Tarlac province is a result of the community’s collective action and “not due to anyone’s goodwill”, a peasant leader said.   “We owe this installation to...

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