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Dipolog City Cathedral Welcomes New “Baby Jesus”
Servers of the Dipolog City Cathedral, canonically recognized as Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral Parish, bring a “new-born statue of Baby Jesus” around the city on Dec. 25, 2023. Catholics all over the world believe that Jesus Christ was a gift to redeem mankind. (Photo by Jimmy…
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Christmas convoy to the West Philippine Sea: A CIVILIAN MISSION OF FIRSTS
PRESS RELEASEDecember 10, 2023 At 1:00 am on December 10, coinciding with the international celebration of Human Rights Day, the ATIN ITO campaign network officially commenced its “Christmas convoy” to the West Philippine Sea. Setting sail from the San Fernando Port in El Nido, Palawan, the mission aims to deliver…
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Civil Society Groups Join Global Day of Action for Climate Justice on December 9
PRESS RELEASEDEC 7, 2023 Civil society groups in the Philippines are preparing mobilizations in key cities on Saturday, December 9 as part of more than 300 actions all over the world to demand urgent climate action while governments are meeting at the 28th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework…
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IN PHOTOS: Activists Stage Global Day of Action in Solidarity with the People of Palestine
PRESS RELEASENovember 23, 2023 Hundreds of activists belonging to civil society groups and student movements held an indignation rally and candle-lit march in UP Diliman today to amplify the growing worldwide clamor for an immediate permanent ceasefire in Palestine, where the brutal occupation by Israel-led forces has caused the countless…
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PCP Commemorates Maguindanao Massacre
Members of the Photojournalists’ Center of the Philippines (PCP) conducting a workshop in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, light candles together with the participants to commemorate the Maguindanao massacre, November 23, 2023. Fourteen years ago, November 23, 2009, a convoy of 58 people– 32 of whom were media workers covering local…
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Asia Days of Action for Tax Justice: Groups Call Out DOF’s BEPS Framework, Confidential Funds
Multisectoral grassroots organizations and peoples’ movements call for tax justice in the Philippines and in Asia region in a rally in front of the Philippine Senate on November 22, 2023. The protest is part of the Asia Days of Action for Tax Justice, a coordinated set of actions by civil…
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Renewed Uproar: Martial Law Survivors Refuels Condemnation of Marcos Sr.’s Burial at Libingan ng mga Bayani
Members of Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA), Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses and Martial Law (CARMMA), First Quarter Storm Movement (FQSM) and Project Gunita gathered at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani today November 18, 2023 to reinstate their strongest condemnation of Ferdinand Marcos’ burial…
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CSO leaders call to support UN Tax Convention, end corporate tax abuses, and reject OECD’s Tax Agenda
NEWS RELEASE13 November 2023 Support for a UN Convention on inclusive and effective tax cooperation resounded in an international conference on tax justice here as the Convention is being deliberated at the UN. Independent experts and CSO leaders from the Philippines, Indonesia, Zambia, Argentina, Canada and other parts of the…
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Asia Groups Rally Against IMF-World Bank and G7, Demands Justice and Reparations for Debt, Climate and Economic Crises
Members of the Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD) took to the streets today, scoring the World Bank (WB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and G7 governments for worsening economic conditions in Global South countries and for further exacerbating the climate crisis. In the Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan,…
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