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  • Pride March 2025 at UP Diliman

    Pride March 2025 at UP Diliman

    Filipinos from various sectors, members of LGBTQIA++ community, and progressive groups colorfully gathered to march and celebrate the annual Pride March at the University of the Philippines – Diliman in Quezon City, June 28, 2025. Organized by Pride PH, this year’s “Lov3 Laban sa Diliman” prioritizes safety and inclusive spaces…

  • [Media Release] AKBAYAN Party joins 2025 Pride March at UP Diliman

    [Media Release] AKBAYAN Party joins 2025 Pride March at UP Diliman

    Hundreds of members of Akbayan Partylist joins this year’s Pride march at the UP – Diliman. The progressive groups join the call for equality and diversity showcasing its Equality Champs for this 20th Congress–Rep. Perci Cendaña, Rep. Chel Diokno, Rep. Dadah Kiram Ismula, and Dinagat Islands Rep. Kaka Bag-ao. The…

  • Protest in US Embassy in Manila calls for overhaul of global financial system

    Protest in US Embassy in Manila calls for overhaul of global financial system

    Spearheaded by the Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD), members of various economic, finance, and climate justice organizations, hold a protest march along Kalaw Avenue in Manila on June 27, 2025.  The demonstration calls for urgent and sweeping reforms to the global financial and economic systems ahead of…

  • Pagsa-San Juan in Bibiclat

    Pagsa-San Juan in Bibiclat

    Every year, on June 24, Catholics in the farming village of Bibiclat in Aliaga, Nueva Ecija, 150 kilometers north of Manila, celebrate the feast of Saint John the Baptist with a unique cultural-religious ritual that has attracted religious devotees and cultural tourists in recent years. The devotees emulate the saint’s…

  • Groups slam Japan’s megabanks for being “villains of the climate crisis”

    Groups slam Japan’s megabanks for being “villains of the climate crisis”

    PRESS RELEASE. June 24, 2025 — Climate advocates gathered in Manila today to confront what they called the “villains of the climate crisis” – Japanese megabanks and energy companies fueling the “unprecedented wave” of fossil fuel expansion across Asia.  Makati’s business district became the site of a symbolic protest where…

  • Climate groups call out Japan’s dirty energy agenda on the eve of the Japan Energy Summit

    Climate groups call out Japan’s dirty energy agenda on the eve of the Japan Energy Summit

    PRESS RELEASE. June 17, 2025. Climate groups gathered in front of the Japanese Embassy in Manila today to condemn “Japan’s fossil fuel obsession” and its promotion of false solutions, which are endangering the climate and harming communities across Asia. The climate advocates- coming from the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice…

  • Rediscovering Asin Tibuok — a cultural salt of Bohol

    Rediscovering Asin Tibuok — a cultural salt of Bohol

    In a quiet coastal town in Bohol, a flame burns gently—not on clay pots where asin tibuok is formed, but in the hearts of a few who are driven to carry a tradition. Asin tibuok is a rare, centuries-old type salt known for its earthy, smoky flavor and distinct shape.…

  • Halalan 2025: Scenes from the Ground

    Halalan 2025: Scenes from the Ground

    Images from May 12, 2025 as voters exercise their democratic right in shaping the country’s political future. (Photos: Jimmy A. Domingo, Joel Mataro, Elmer Valenzuela)

  • Student Councils representing half a million youth voters back Kiko, Bam, Heidi and Akbayan Party List

    Student Councils representing half a million youth voters back Kiko, Bam, Heidi and Akbayan Party List

    Student council and organization leaders from over 100 universities, colleges, and schools nationwide, representing at least half a million youth and student voters, today formally endorsed former Senators Bam Aquino and Kiko Pangilinan, former Commission on Audit (COA) Commissioner Heidi Mendoza, and Akbayan Partylist for the May 12, 2025 midterm…