The search for missing Lumad activist Genasque Enriquez has entered its tenth day, with human rights groups condemning the military’s refusal to acknowledge inquiries regarding his whereabouts. Enriquez, a prominent Lumad leader, was reportedly arrested on March 2, 2025, but his location...
Sa tuwing eleksyon, lahat ng mga kandidato ay langit at lupa ang ipinapangako. Pero may mga kandidatong hindi ipinapangako ang langit at lupa kapag naupo sila sa puwesto: dahil sa totoo lang, anila, imposible ito sa loob ng kasalukuyang sistema ng gobyerno. Sila ang...
“Ang kandidatura ko ay hindi akin. Ito ay ang kolektibong tindig ng mga mamamayan na sukang-suka na sa pulitikal na dinastiya.” Ito ang sagot ni Fr. Walter Cerbito nang tanungin kung bakit tatakbo siya bilang gobernador ng Northern Samar, upang kalabanin ang...
Hindi "tayo-tayo" ang tunay na dahilan ng pagkakawatak-watak ng mga Pilipino, laluna tuwing eleksyon. Nagmula ang "tayo-tayo" sa sistemang "sila-sila" o ang ekslusibong pananaig, pagpapayaman, pamumuno at pagpapatakbo ng iilang pamilyang Pilipino – nagmumula sa...
Gaano kalaking pera nga ba ang kailangan para tumakbong pangulo ng bansa? Ayon sa ulat ng Rogue Magazine, umaabot ng dalawa hanggang tatlong bilyong piso ang kailangan ng isang kandidato para manalo bilang presidente o bise-presidente. Samantala, 400 milyong piso...
Health workers, employees and patients of Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital denounce the Department of Health (DOH) decision to close the national maternity facility. On April 25, Fabella Hospital Director Esmeraldo Ilem announced that employees should...
Around 100,000 workers and their families from different parts of the country are expected to join Labor Day protests to push the next administration to implement a P750 daily National Minimum Wage and end contractualization. They slammed President Aquino for not...
Narsing Nayer, wife of the late datu: "I want justice for my husband." (Contributed Photo) Lumad killings continue as Pres. Benigno Aquino III’s term comes to an end, with the strafing of six Lumad Mamanwa civilians and the murder of Datu Arnel Nayer in Brgy....
IBON Features-- Peasant and indigenous people’s groups in the region mark March 29 as the Global Day of the Landless. Initiated by the Asian Peasant Coalition (APC), it highlights the rural communities’ continuing struggle for land. In the Philippines, such struggle...
“The world is in turmoil." This was what Uma Tanuku, festival director of the 12th IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival, told me upon arriving in New Delhi to present my documentary, Daughters of Cordillera. It was understandable—the past few weeks in Delhi had seen the...
So they don't call it “US bases.” But the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) upheld recently by the Supreme Court does allow the US military to build and operate structures, train and deploy forces, preposition and launch war material from practically...
IN THE FACE of serious impacts of climate change, leaders of over 130 nations have come together in Paris, France for the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) Climate Talks. But according to civil society organizations, much of what is happening inside the COP,...
Tudla Productions, an AlterMidya-member film collective, presents the 4th Truth Cinema. The 4th Truth Cinema delivers the latest human rights films and videos to urban poor communities around Metro Manila. This year, two documentaries--Tudla Productions'...