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Filipino youth groups condemned Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte for her statement regarding the use of Confidential and Intelligence Funds (CIF) for the country's “security and peace.” Inday Sara Duterte/Facebook Progressive group Anakbayan, in a statement issued Oct. 6,...

The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) stated that it will seek an increase in the National Food Authority's (NFA) palay procurement fund for 2024 as the approval of the proposed national budget for 2024 is drawing near. File photo / MANILA BULLETIN  In a statement dated Sept. 24, KMP...

Progressive group Gabriela on Thursday, Sept. 21 denounced the plan of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) to file perjury charges against two women human rights defenders, Jonila Castro and Jhed Tamano. (Gabriela) This came after the NTF-ELCAC’s press...

Various groups in the Philippines publicly condemned the National Telecommunications Commission’s (NTC) order for internet providers to block websites that are allegedly “affiliated, linked, and supporting terrorist organizations.” (Karapatan / Manila Bulletin) Among the groups who denounced...