LOOK: Hundreds of volunteers and conservationists gather at the newly launched 'Masungi Defense Camp' to attach bells to the fence of Masungi Georeserve and walk in solidarity against eviction threats faced by the site's current caretaker from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), following the final day of the eviction notice issued by the DENR on Masungi Georeserve’s developer Blue Star Construction & Development Corp., on Tuesday, April 1.
The eviction and cancellation notice was issued due to Blue Star's alleged failure to deliver 5,000 housing units under the Supplemental Joint Venture Agreement, which Blue Star defended by citing the DENR’s failure to clear the sites of the housing units of illegal occupants and claimants prohibiting them to comply to the contractual project timeline.
Masungi, part of the Upper Marikina Watershed and the Soutern Sierra Madre, serves as a natural defense against extreme weather, landslides, flooding, water shortages, and land degradation. Environmentalists stress that preserving these protected areas is crucial to safeguarding the country’s resilience against climate disasters.
📸: Santi San Juan | MB
In the Philippines, athletes in lesser-known sports are only noticed after winning, while their training is met with little support or resources. Success is celebrated, but the hard work behind it remains overlooked.
Congrats! Alex Eala #MiamiOpen
Sabay-sabay na nagsindi ng kandila at nagpailaw ng cellphone ang mga dumalo sa multi-sectoral rally sa Welcome Rotonda, Quezon City, Martes ng gabi, Marso 11. | via @jessiecruzat
Photos I took in 2017 at the wake of Kian delos Santos, 17-year old victim of Duterte’s bloody drug war.
Para kay Kian, at napakarami pang biktima ng Oplan Tokhang—
Makunat ang hustisya sa bayang ito. Pero hindi ibig sabihin na hindi tayo pumapalag.
#DuterteIkulong
BREAKING NEWS: The Philippine National Police arrests former president Rodrigo Duterte for his alleged crimes against humanity.
Duterte had been the subject of International Criminal Court investigations for the thousands of people killed in his brutal war on drugs waged when he was mayor of Davao City and later when he became Philippine president in 2016.
The names of Jory Porquia, Randall Echanis, Zara Alvarez, Randy Malayao, Eugenia Magpantay, Agaton Topacio, Bloody Sunday victims, Tumandok massacre victims, Kian Delos Santos, Carl Arnaiz, and all other EJK victims will claim Justice today!
#JailDuterteNow
PANOORIN: Nakiisa ang Anakbayan Southern Tagalog sa pagdiriwang ng ikalawang anibersayo ng pagkakatatag ng samahan ng maralitang lungsod ng Sitio Silangan sa Cavite.
#JoinAnakbayanST
This is why Filipinos MUST stand with Palestine. The same bombs used on Palestinians are also used to bomb peasant and indigenous communities in the Philippines.
From Palestine to the Philippines, stop the US war machine! 🇵🇸🇵🇭