Central Luzon
Metro Manila from different regions, APEC Economic Leaders Meeting
Filipinos–mostly peasants, workers, and indigenous peoples–from different regions converged in Manila from November 17 until the last day of the APEC Economic Leaders Meeting to protest.
By Edward Alipio | Baretang Bikolnon Daet, Camarines Norte — “Serbisyo sa tao, ‘wag gawing negosyo.” This was the chant of various consumers, labor workers, and youth representatives in front of the Camarines Norte Electric Cooperative, Inc. (CANORECO) building in...
Farmers and fisherfolk groups are demanding the immediate release of government assistance as worsening El Niño conditions threaten crops, fisheries and rural livelihoods across the country. The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said government agencies must...
By Alexandra S. Demaisip Content warning: This article mentions suicide. According to 2022 Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) data, 80% of suicide deaths in the country are among men, and in 2024, it found that men aged 15 to 29 years old are “four times more...
By Frenchie Mae Cumpio You would find her at her usual spot even in detention. A five-by-three-meter parcel of land designated as the garden for political prisoners in the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) in Mandaluyong City, now filled with vegetable...
