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Pulis, tila namimihasa na sa paghaharass sa media workers. Hindi ito ang unang beses na ang mga pulis ay nang-harass ng media workers.
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Ngayong buwan ng magsasaka, ilan sa hiling ng mga magsasaka ay reporma sa lupa, itigil ang pangangamkam ng lupa, at itigil ang land-use conversion. (Video by Aizel Mae Tugalon)
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For months, workers have been demanding an end to a multinational beverage corporation’s alleged unequal treatment of its workforce in Mindanao. bulatlat.com/2026/10/23/mind…
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In a statement, the Campaigners of the Peoples Global Campaign (PGC) Against IMF and World  expressed concern over IMF-WB’s push for new technologies, including the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in Global South economies. bulatlat.com/2026/10/23/intl…
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Pax Silica, para sa sambayanan o para sa iilan lamang? Ang Pax Silica ay inisyatiba ng United States para kontrolin ang Artificial Intelligence supply chain. Sa pagsali ng Pilipinas dito, sino ba talaga ang makikinabang? #WhatThePaxseries
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Cultural group Sinagbayan performs to open the program in the Mendiola Peace Arch, as part of the National Day of Action for Farmers. (via Dominic Gutoman/Bulatlat)
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WATCH: Peasant leader Danilo Ramos of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas honors farmers from various regions who traveled for at least 15 hours to reach Manila and assert their rights and demands through a week-long campout.
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He emphasizes that state violence paves the way for corporate land-grabbing and resource plunder. (via Dominic Gutoman/Bulatlat)
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IN PHOTOS: Striking farmers from various regions in Luzon reach the Mendiola Peace Arch, declaring a successful week-long campout in asserting their right to land, livelihood, and life. (via Dominic Gutoman/Bulatlat)
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WATCH: Farmers and progressive groups march to Mendiola, calling on the government to address the impacts of Super El Niño on the agricultural sector and end the country’s subservience to the United States by rejecting Pax Silica. (via Dominic Gutoman/Bulatlat)
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IN PHOTOS: Farmers and activists prepare for their protest march here in front of University of Santo Tomas. They will march toward Mendiola for the National Day of Action for Farmers, October 21. (via Dominic Gutoman/Bulatlat)
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Stop lying, QCPD! Bulatlat condemns the outright lies being peddled by the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) in relation to the incident yesterday in front of the Department of Agrarian Reform.
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“Before, our bakwit would only last for three days. This time, it feels as though we have been permanently driven out of Marawi,” Baiminang Madale, a displaced Maranao survivor living in Manila, said in vernacular. bulatlat.com/2026/10/20/disp…

Displaced Marawi survivors still long for justice

"It feels as though we have been permanently driven out of Marawi."

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For those who remember Tatay Elmer know that his legacy must live on. The transport sector, commuters, youth, artists, and fellow activists would take the same road as he did. bulatlat.com/2026/10/20/reme…

Remembering a driver’s activist route

Tatay Elmer commuted alone to Tarlac to participate in a protest and caravan against Pax Silica even if he was already suffering from lower back pain.

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Father Rudy Abao of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart holds a mass in front of the Department of Agrarian Reform today, October 19, in solidarity with farmers holding a campout.
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The mass concludes with a speech from the mother of Alyssa Alano, one of the victims killed in the Negros 19 massacre. She condemns the violence during counterinsurgency operations that led to the killing of 19 individuals by the Philippine Army on April 19, 2026.
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Various progressive groups protest in front of Camp Aguinaldo today, October 19, condemning state violence against farmers. They denounce the continued militarization of peasant and Indigenous communities, as well as the violence and threats they face. (via Reachelyn Esona)
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"Ang Marawi ang bumubuo ng pagiging Maranao," says Baiminang Madale, a displaced Maranao survivor of Marawi siege, during the 9th year of the so-called "liberation" of the city. She speaks up during the opening of Alongan sa Marawi (One Day in Marawi).
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Marawi is the center of social, economic, and cultural lives of the Maranao people, Madale emphasizes. She adds that the recovery and compensation process for survivors remain lacking, hurdled by tedious bureaucratic process.
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Madale is a board member of Ako Bakwit, a non-government organization that works for the empowerment of internally displaced persons in the Philippines. (via Dominic Gutoman/Bulatlat)
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