2023 barangay and SK elections ‘generally peaceful’- Comelec
Monday’s polls, the result of which, according to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is “crucial” to national politicians, was the first since 2018.
Veteran photojournalist Bullit Marquez will be sharing with VERA Files images he has captured about happenings that matter to the Filipino people.
Monday’s polls, the result of which, according to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is “crucial” to national politicians, was the first since 2018.
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.” -Photos and video by Bullit Marquez for VERA Files
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. Photos by Bullit Marquez for VERA Files.
Rallies were held at places which were traditional venues for protest gatherings: Liwasang Bonifacio, Mendiola Bridge near Malacañan Palace in Manila and University of the Philippines in Quezon City.
On Sept. 1, Filipino marine wildlife advocates, fisherfolk and environment activists, in solidarity with Japanese people staged a protest rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Manila to protest the Taiji dolphin hunt and the dumping of the Fukushima radioactive wastewater dumping into the Pacific Ocean.
Fishermen belonging to the PAMALAKAYA and environment advocates rallied in front of the Japanese Embassy in Manila on Aug. 26 to protest the release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean.
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.”
The protesters also made a symbolic “hosing down” of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s portrait.
It’s the sad story repeated all over again: A super typhoon, overloaded boat, and alleged negligence of
government authorities. Result: tragedy. — Photos and videos by Bullit Marquez for VERA Files.