In a country ranked as the eighth most dangerous country in the world for journalists, the murder of broadcaster Juan Jumalon, early Sunday morning while he was on a Facebook live-stream, still raised shock and fear.
On Nov. 1, Filipinos trooped to cemeteries and columbaria with candles and flowers to remember their departed loved ones.
Monday’s polls, the result of which, according to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is “crucial” to national politicians, was the first since 2018 — Photos and videos by Bullit Marquez for VERA Files.
Supporters of former senator Leila de Lima’s freedom are hoping to see her out of detention soon after two more witnesses recanted Oct 16 saying they are “bothered by their conscience.”
Members of several organizations concerned about China’s aggressive activities in West Philippine Sea are organizing a trip Christmas time to Ayungin Shoal where the rusting BRP Sierra Madre manned by Marine soldiers stands, asserting Philippine sovereignty in the waters also claimed by China.
The protesters demanded that the confidential funds be channeled to social services instead.
Filipinos who went out to the streets to mark the 51st anniversary of the darkest period in the history of Philippine democracy last Sept. 21 were mostly in their 20s and 30s, and some in their 50s. They were either not yet born or too young when then president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. declared Martial Law on Sept. 21, 1972.
The rallyists dramatized their protest by wearing dolphin costumes and mock anti-radiation gear.
‘No to Fukushima nuclear waste water’- protesters
Aquino’s daughter, Ballsy, thanked those who remember their father and those who continue to support them even when they are no longer “in fashion.”
