Akbayan to Sara: You don’t have to be president to speak vs China

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - @inquirerdotnet 03/28/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Party-list group Akbayan said on Thursday that Vice President Sara Duterte does not have to be a president of the country for her to call out China’s intrusive actions over the West Philippine Sea…

Etta Rosales asks SC to cite DENR for contempt over Manila Bay dolomite dumping

Tetch Torres-Tupas - Reporter / @T2TupasINQ 09/24/2020

MANILA, Philippines — A cause-oriented group has asked the Supreme Court to cite the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for contempt for dumping dolomite sand at the Manila Bay as part of its P389-million beautification…

Akbayan Youth lay wreath at Martial Law marker to remember atrocities at that time

Gerard Vincent Francisco USJ-R Intern 09/08/2018

Members of a militant youth group, the Akbayan Youth Cebu, laid a wreath at the Martial Law marker in Plaza Independencia in Cebu City on Saturday to remember the killings and the human rights violations during the…

Akbayan Youth to tie yellow ribbons to commemorate Ninoy

Rosalie Abatayo 08/20/2018

To commemorate the death of former Senator Ninoy Aquino, members of the Akbayan Youth in Cebu will tie yellow ribbons on trees and electric posts to remind people about his heroic deeds. The group will also jog…

Refund of P60M an ‘admission of guilt’; DOT chief must resign – Akbayan

Inquirer.net 05/07/2018

Akbayan Partylist has sought for the resignation of Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Wanda Tulfo-Teo especially after her lawyer announced that BITAG Media will return the P60-million payments it received for the tourism ad placements on its…

‘Creative protests’ vs EJK, Marcos LNMB burial set today

Dominic D. Yasay, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/10/2016

IT will be a creative protest this afternoon by members of the Cebu Citizens Assembly to commemorate International Day of Human Rights. A nativity scene will be used during their march from Sto. Rosario Parish Church to…

Anti-Marcos groups hold simultaneous noise barrage in Cebu

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/06/2016

To reiterate their stand against the burial of the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) , militant groups held simultaneous noise barrage in seven different areas in Cebu on Tuesday noon.…

CEBU HONORS YOU

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/29/2016

It will be a different way of remembering Gat Andres Bonifacio as seven Cebuanos will be honored today as heroes and martyrs of the martial law regime at the Plaza Independencia. In an event organized by the…

‘Bury Marcos at the Inayawan Landfill’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/13/2016

Bury former president Ferdinand Marcos at the Inayawan Sanitary Landfill in Cebu City? It is an outrageous proposal but it succinctly expresses exactly how the anti-Marcos groups feel about the burial of the ousted strongman at the…

Militants insist Marcos not a hero

07/24/2016

MILITANT groups yesterday urged Pres. Rodrigo Duterte to reconsider his plan on allowing former president Ferdinand Marcos to be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. The groups, led by Akbayan, donned Filipino superhero costumes as they…

Students get a taste of Martial Law

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/18/2016

Six millennials got a taste of what martial law must have been like when at least 20 tanods, police and security aides of Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. ganged up on them and threatened to arrest them…

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