ROME, Italy — Security forces were deployed in force across Italy on Saturday as thousands of people took to the streets despite a sweeping security crackdown following violent clashes the previous weekend. Police said nine people were…
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) assured the public on Monday morning that no Filipinos were injured in the recent protests in France and Italy. “Per the latest reports from the Philippine Embassy in…
Paris, France—French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday slammed the “unbridled” violence that erupted in cost-of-living demonstrations across the country, as police battled protesters and looters in new clashes in Paris. Nearly 2,400 people were arrested Saturday in unrest…
MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Several residents of Zone Ahos in Barangay Paknaan, Mandaue City, have complained about the alleged blocking of housing materials from entering the area, which is being claimed as privately owned property. Residents said…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Hundreds of protesters from labor, peasant, fisherfolk, urban poor, and student groups marched from the Cebu Provincial Capitol to downtown Cebu City on Monday morning, carrying calls for higher wages, land reform, and…
Urban poor residents, students, and progressive organizations called for the repeal of the Anti-Terrorism Act as they marked its sixth year of its implementation on Friday, July 3.…
MANILA, Philippines — Tensions escalated Tuesday morning after buses carrying members of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) blocked the northbound lanes of Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) and the EDSA Carousel bus lane, triggering a confrontation…
MANILA – Nearly 900 police officers were deployed to the People Power Monument along EDSA in Quezon City on Tuesday after a religious group staged what appeared to be a surprise protest. The Philippine National Police (PNP) said…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — While brass bands and official ceremonies marked the country’s 128th Independence Day across Cebu City, a different kind of patriotism unfolded a few blocks away. Under the growing heat of the midmorning sun,…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu police admitted that authorities had “no time” to apply maximum tolerance during the arrest of Greenpeace activists who staged a protest near the 48th Asean Summit venue in Cebu. During the a…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police took several Greenpeace Southeast Asia activists to a police station on Friday after they staged a protest during the opening day of the 48th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — It was supposed to be food on the table that Richard Sumampong would bring home after every daily run, but with rising fuel prices, it now goes straight to gasoline. “Ang ginansya kay…
