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For the upcoming Duterte's State of the Nation Address on July 27, 2020, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) Secretary-General Renato Reyes Jr. initially announced on July 21, 2020, that the group opposed the PNP calls to stay at home and protests online and will hold a protests physically on the streets for the SONA protests, [36] but on the ...
(Bloomberg) -- The Philippines’ top court on Tuesday decided to release the initial results of the vice-presidential vote recount, which the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ son said will delay ...
The People's SONA, a protest held by progressive groups including the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, was held along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City. They voiced out issues faced by various sectors, including inflation, workers’ salary, the South China Sea dispute , and human rights violations.
A protest, led by national minority groups, namely SANDUGO and Lakbayan ng Pambansang Minorya para sa Sariling Pagpapasya at Makatarungang Kapayapaan, gathered in front of the U.S. embassy in Manila. The protest was to demand an end to the Oplan Bayanihan, a counterinsurgency campaign and the pulling out of troops and militias from indigenous ...
A Chinese coast guard ship came within a meter (3 feet) of colliding with a Philippine patrol ship it was trying to block in the South China Sea, in an alarming incident that intensified fears ...
The protest, dubbed the "Black Friday Protest for Freedom", calls for freedom of the press in the administration. [62] January 24: Transportation group PISTON holds a protest against the planned jeepney phaseout. [63] January 25: Kadamay gathered at a market in Manila to protest against the TRAIN law. [64] January 26
The so-called "Pork Barrel Scam" was first exposed in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on July 12, 2013, [12] with the six-part exposé of the Inquirer on the scam pointing to businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles as the scam's mastermind after Benhur K. Luy, her second cousin and former personal assistant, was rescued by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation on March 22, 2013, four months ...
Protests have been mostly conducted by progressive and opposition groups due to the violent and plunderous legacy of the Marcos family during the martial law era and throughout the rule of his father, former President Ferdinand Marcos; [1] unpaid real-estate taxes; [2] alleged electoral fraud during the 2022 presidential elections; [2 ...