Amsterdam sex workers protest red light closure plans

Agence France Presse 04/01/2023

Wearing masks to hide their identity and waving red umbrellas and banners including “Save the Red Light,” dozens of demonstrators walked to city hall where they confronted the mayor. Amsterdam authorities said they want to move the…

Montealto amid protests for his removal: ‘I shall continue to serve’

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 03/30/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in Central Visayas (LTFRB-7) Director Eduardo Montealto Jr. remains unfazed by the series of protest actions demanding his ouster as LTFRB-7 head in the region. In a…

NBA: Mavericks plan to protest loss to Warriors–report

Reuters 03/23/2023

The Dallas Mavericks are planning to file a formal protest to the NBA after claiming a mistake by referees late in the third quarter led to their 127-125 loss to the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night,…

Thousands protest in Portugal over cost-of-living crisis

Reuters 02/26/2023

LISBON — Thousands took to Lisbon’s streets on Saturday to demand better living conditions at a time high inflation is making it even tougher for people to make ends meet. Portugal is one of Western Europe’s poorest…

Protesters in Cebu City hold rally in line with EDSA anniversary

Pegeen Maisie Sararana 02/24/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Protesters held a rally here to call for justice to the killings and highlight the inflation in the country on Friday morning, February 24, 2023, a day before the 37th EDSA People Power…

Indian man burns himself to death in language protest

Agence France Presse 11/27/2022

NEW DELHI — An octogenarian man burned himself to death in southern India in protest at what he called New Delhi’s attempts to impose nationwide usage of Hindi, a language mostly spoken in the north, police said…

Thousands take to streets of Paris to protest soaring prices

Reuters 10/17/2022

PARIS — Thousands of people took to the streets of Paris on Sunday to protest against soaring prices as weeks of strikes for higher wages at oil refineries spurred demands for a general strike. The leader of…

Progressive groups protest Marcos’ questionable lead in unofficial tally

Pegeen Maisie M Sararaña and Morexette Erram 05/10/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Some members of progressive groups here staged a protest in front of the Cebu Provincial Capitol on Tuesday, May 10, questioning the partial and unofficial results of the national and local elections, particularly…

Progressive groups stage peaceful rally vs rising fuel prices

Mary Rose Sagarino 03/18/2022

  MANDAUE CITY, Philippines- Several progressive groups in Cebu led by BAYAN Central Visayas staged a rally in front of the Petron Oil Depot on Friday, March 18, 2022, to protest the series of oil price hikes.…

PISTON-Cebu, other transport groups protest series of oil price hikes

Mary Rose Sagarino 03/08/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (PISTON)-Cebu Chapter and Panaghugpong Kadamay Cebu, on Tuesday, March 8, staged a protest beside a gasoline station in Barangay Paknaan Mandaue City, to object…

Protests mark Martial Law’s 49th anniversary in Cebu City

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 09/21/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 50 individuals staged a protest along the Colon area in downtown Cebu City on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, the day the country commemorates the 49th anniversary of the declaration of Martial…

Calls to junk Anti-terror Law continue a year after ‘Cebu-8’ arrest

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 06/05/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 20 members of militant groups aired their collective call to junk the Anti-Terror Law with a protest rally today, June 5, at the entrance gate of the University of the Philippines-Cebu.…

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