Tag: Marcos administration

CWS raised concerns about the continuation of repressive policies initiated by Duterte, including the Anti-Terror Law

During the time of Marcos Sr., the 1973 Constitution was overwhelmingly ratified by 35,000 barangays gathered into “citizen’s assemblies.”

Fifty percent of Filipinos are poor, and 30 percent are near poor – all willing to exchange democratic rights for some cash handout

Migrante-International called on the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. government to speed up and increase support for the laid-off workers

Marcos raised the need for a paradigm shift after noting "very little progress" in the WPS issue in terms of traditional method of diplomacy

The government is indifferent to the plight of drivers, operators, and commuters and instead is more concerned with private sector interests

The expression of support was made a day after Vice-President Sara Duterte publicly opposed the peace initiative of the Marcos administration. 

Karapatan announced a series of protest actions across the country to mark the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Advocates said the National Security Policy is essentially a reiteration of the government’s long-standing “whole-of-nation” approach

“The time is not right for a sovereign wealth fund especially since there is no surplus or extra funds that can be allocated to it.”