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One Taft holds human chain, candle-lighting vs corruption
Academics, students, and church members formed a human chain along Taft Avenue in Manila, September 19, 2025, holding candle-light prayers and calling for action against corruption. The protest was organized by One Taft and came amid mounting public outrage over alleged misuse of funds in government flood control projects. The…
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PMCJ joins global call to change the system; highlights national fight against corruption, failed flood control projects
Quezon City, Philippines — The Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ), together with Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD), Sanlakas, Oriang, and other progressive organizations, march through España towards Mendiola on September 19, 2025, in solidarity with global mass mobilizations to denounce multiple crises worldwide. PMCJ believes September…
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No place in the future: PMCJ demands anew urgent coal phaseout, just energy transition ahead of UN General Assembly
On September 9, as world leaders gather in the United States for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ) joins the global call to phase out fossil fuels once and for all. Coal and other fossil fuels remain the biggest drivers of climate change.…
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Takbo Laban sa Korapsyon sa UP Diliman
More than a thousand runners participate in the “Takbo Laban sa Korapsyon” at the University of the Philippines Diliman on September 7, 2025. Organized by thea College of Science Student Council, the event aimed “to call for accountability amidst revelations of corruption in government-contracted flood control projects.” There were segments…
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IN PHOTOS: Higalaay Festivals 2025
Cagayan de Oro celebrates its annual fiesta celebration every August 28, in honor of its patron Saint Augustine of Hippo. Called the City of Golden Friendship, its annual festival is aptly called Higalaay. There have been many iterations of the festival until the city adopted Higalaay, a Bisaya word that…
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PHOTOS: Indignation rally vs Sara Duterte impeach case archiving by Senate
Bayan, Sanlakas, Bukluran ng Manggawang Pilipino, Philippine Movement on Climate Justice and allied groups stage an indignation protest on August 7, 2025 in Quezon City, over the decision of the Senate to archive the impeachment case of Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte, daughter of former President Rodrigo Duterte who is…
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PHOTOS: Tindig Pilipinas protests Supreme Court ruling Sara Impeachment unconstitutional
“TAKSIL SA MASA, TAKSIL SA HUSTISYA!” Tindig Pilipinas, Akbayan Party and other groups condemn the Supreme Court’s ruling that declared the Vice President Sara Duterte impeachment proceedings unconstitutional in a protest at the Boy Scouts Circle, Quezon City, July 26, 2025. Full statement of Tindig Pilipinas released on July 25,…
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Protest calls for termination of PrimeWater contracts, against privatization
Members of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan hold a protest in Quezon City on July 18, 2025 to demand the release of the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) probe into the operations of PrimeWater. They are calling for the termination of PrimeWater contracts “because of the company’s failure to deliver adequate service…
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Pakil residents rally vs Ahunan Dam construction
Residents of Pakil, Laguna joined by civil society groups, environmental defenders, church members, youth advocates, and neighboring communities took to the streets on Saturday, July 5, 2025 on an indignation rally demanding an immediate halt to the construction of the Ahunan dam. The protest came to a head following a…
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