Justice demanded on Day of Departed. Families of victims of the bogus war on drugs, led by Rise Up for Life and for Rights, gathered at a convent in Quezon City on November 2 to commemorate the Day of the Departed. On the same day, families of the disappeared gathered at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani in Quezon City. Families and Karapatan chapters in various regions and provinces visited the graves and lit candles for the victims of political killings.
On October 28, these groups joined a picket before the Senate to demand the indictment of Rodrigo Duterte, then the main speaker at the hearing on his regime’s “war on drugs”.
Farmers protest oil palm plantation in Negros. Negros Occidental farmers, led by KMP-Negros and NFSW-Negros, staged a picket on October 30 before the provincial capitol in Bacolod City. They called on the governor to stand against the oil palm plantation in the town of Candoni and demanded support for those affected by the “tiempo muerto” or “dead season”.
Hundreds of Filipino youth gather in US conference. Filipino youth from various parts of the United States gathered for their third Kabataan Magkaisa Conference and the Kabataan Alliance general assembly on October 5-6 at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA. More than 450 individuals from 113 organizations participated in the gathering. The conference discussed social issues and the situation of Filipinos in the Philippines and abroad.
