Veteran photojournalist Bullit Marquez shares with VERA Files images he has captured about happenings that matter to the Filipino people.
Feature
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51 years after Martial Law: Never too young to care
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.
Coverage
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Filipino environment activists support protests against dolphin hunting
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.
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‘No to Fukushima nuclear waste water’- protesters
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.
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Ninoy Aquino’s martyrdom remains relevant 40 years after
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.”
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Protesters renew call for China to get out of West Philippine Sea
The protesters also made a symbolic “hosing down” of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s portrait.
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The tragedy of M/B Princess Aya
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.
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Ang SONA sa kalsada
Sabi ni Pangulong Marcos, ang kalagayan ng bansa ay “sound and improving.” Dumating na raw ang Bagong Pilipinas. Pero sa Commonwealth Avenue, iba ang sigaw ng libu-libong nagra-rally.
