The Philippines has already filed a total of 47 diplomatic protests this year against China’s aggressive and dangerous actions in the contested South China Sea, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro revealed on Tuesday, Oct. 14. The number does not include the...
The Philippines will file a diplomatic protest after China Coast Guard (CCG) and Chinese militia vessels rammed and water cannoned Philippine vessels near the highly contested Pag-asa Island this week. “Yes, a diplomatic protest will be filed,” Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) spokesperson...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has been placed on alert ahead of the planned series of anti-corruption protests set to take place every Friday, Acting PNP Chief Police Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez Jr. announced. The move came after the Trillion-Peso March movement, the organizer of a...
What is usually a day of celebration for World Teachers’ Day (WTD) turned into a rain-drenched protest as teaching and non-teaching staff in various schools walked out of their classes on Friday, October 3, to denounce corruption, low wages, and government neglect of the education sector. Led by...
Filipino teachers and education workers are set to walk out of classrooms on October 3, marking World Teachers’ Day (WTD) 2025 with a nationwide protest to demand higher pay, address persistent shortages, and denounce alleged corruption in the education sector. The Alliance of Concerned Teachers...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Tuesday, September 23, underscored that students must never be silenced, threatened, or intimidated for speaking out against corruption, stressing that their voices are vital in building a just and transparent Philippines. “The voices of our students...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) found an ally in Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr., who challenged the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Tuesday, Sept. 23, to take the place of civil disturbance management (CDM) personnel during protests so they could...
A Filipino-Chinese allegedly financed a violent group that clashed with police and caused widespread property damage during the Sept. 21 anti-corruption rally in Manila, according to Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso. In a press interview on Monday, Sept. 22, Domagoso revealed that initial...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. criticized militant groups involved in the Mendiola protest that turned violent on Sunday, Sept. 21, saying they cannot be trusted to act responsibly within the country’s democratic systems. Teodoro’s remarks came after Bagong...
The Manila Police District (MPD) announced that a group of so-called “hip-hop gangsters,” allegedly influenced by a rapper, were among those arrested during the Sept. 21 protest action in Manila. While the main program in Luneta pushed through peacefully, disturbances later spread to Ayala...
Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said that the group clad in black who caused unrest in Mendiola and at Ayala Bridge in Manila were not genuine protesters but paid troublemakers. Castro said this amid ongoing anti-corruption protests across the country on Sunday, Sept. 21, the...
Motorists were advised to avoid White Plains Drive in Quezon City, which has become impassable since Sunday afternoon, Sept. 21, as protesters filled the road during the mass demonstration calling for accountability over alleged irregularities in flood control projects at the EDSA People Power...
