PULSO HAN MAG-AARAM

20/09/2026

𝗣𝗔𝗛𝗔𝗬𝗔𝗚 𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗨𝗟𝗦𝗢 𝗛𝗔𝗡 𝗠𝗔𝗚-𝗔𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗠 𝗨𝗞𝗢𝗟 𝗦𝗔 𝗜𝗞𝗔-𝟱𝟰 𝗡𝗔 𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗥𝗬𝗢 𝗡𝗚 𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗔𝗦 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗥

Limamput-apat na taon na mula ng sumailalim ang Pilipinas sa Batas Militar na tinaguriang pinakamasalimuot na pangyayari sa buong kasaysayan ng Pilipinas: mga aktibistang pinaslang, mga mamamahayag na pinatahimik, at mga inosenteng sibilyan–bata man o matanda, ay hindi nakaligtas sa madugong rehimen ni Marcos Sr. Ang masalimuot na kasaysayang ito ay hindi parin tuluyang nawawala sa kasalukuyan. Apat na taon na mula ng mahalal na pangulo ang anak ni Marcos Sr. na si BongBong Marcos. Magkaibang paraan ng pamamasista nungit magkaparehong dugo at apelyido.

Kailanman ay hindi makakalimot ang hanay ng masa: ang mga winasak na buhay ng mga inosenting sibilyan, dugo ng mga magsasakang pinaslang, mga aktibista, mga pamahayagan at mamamahayag na pinatahimik at mga desaparacido—anumang sektor ng lipunan, biktima ang lahat sa malagim na sinapit ng bayan noong kapanahunan ng Batas Militar. At habang nakaupo si Bongbong Marcos, walang tunay na mapapanagot sa ektaryang kasinungalingan, pamamatay, at pagkabaon ng bayan sa utang.

Kung kaya ngayon Lunes, sa pagpatak ng ika-54 na anibersaryo ng madugong kasaysayang ito, bitbit ng Pulso Han Mag-Aaram ang panawagag mapatalsik at pagbayarin ang pasistang rehimen na kumukulong sa tunay na kalayaan ng bansa. Dahil ang paggunita sa madilim na kasaysayang ito ay pagbabalik-tanaw sa nakaraan—mga ala-alang dala dala pa rin hanggang hindi tuluyang napapatalsik ang mga buwayang nakaupo at pahirap sa bayan.

Never again, Never forget!
Iskolar ng Bayan, sumama sa walkout!

18/09/2026

𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐎𝐅𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐑! 𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐎𝐌 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐔𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒' 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒!

Pulso san Mag-aaram strongly condemns the brazen act of censorship committed by the University Security Force (USF) yesterday, September 17, 2026, in forcibly taking down The Pillar’s advocacy banner during Balik Kampus 2026.

Acting on directives issued by the Office of University President Dr. Cherry I. Ultra, USF Chief Kim D. Marquita enforced the takedown of the banner which carried the legitimate calls "Junk HB 9414, 9861" and "Defend Press Freedom" from the third floor of the Academic Circular Building.

This directive constitutes a direct assault on campus press freedom, artistic expression, and the fundamental right of student journalists and the entire UEP Studentry to take a public stand on crucial state policies.

It is glaringly clear that this entire heavy-handed shutdown and security response were triggered simply by the message printed on a banner. 𝐈𝐬 𝐔𝐥𝐭𝐫𝐚'𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐄𝐏 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝟗𝟒𝟏𝟒 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟗𝟖𝟔𝟏?

This repressive directive manifests an escalating pattern of administrative overreach under the leadership of President Ultra. Issued through Memorandum No. 1, s. 2026 by Vice President for Administration and Finance Atty. Regine Ann A. Garcelazo, acting as Officer-in-Charge of the Office of the University President, this shutdown and security enforcement reflect an administrative posture that prioritizes repression over proper dialogue.

The resulting physical confrontation at the stairwell, where a security officer recklessly pushed a member of the official student publication who nearly fell down the stairs, demonstrates an alarming disregard for student safety. University personnel are entrusted with protecting students, not inflicting physical hazards on campus journalists and council leaders.

We strongly question the unwarranted presence and deployment of police officers inside campus grounds when no crime was committed. Suppressing critical student advocacy without a valid, transparent basis signals an attempt by the Ultra administration to silence student dissent rather than maintain order on campus grounds.

We salute the unwavering courage of The Pillar, the University Student Council, the College Student Councils, and the student body who immediately mobilized to defend the banner and rightly called out this act as blatant oppression. The forcible takedown of this banner confirms that recent restrictive measures, including the sudden shutdown of Balik Kampus 2026, form part of a broader, systematic campaign under the current administration to shrink student spaces and stifle critical voices within the university.

In light of these events, Pulso san Mag-aaram demands full accountability and an immediate public explanation from President Ultra's administration, the Office of Student Affairs, and the USF leadership regarding the directive to dismantle the banner. We further demand a formal investigation and appropriate sanctions against the security personnel involved in endangering the physical safety of students.

Above all, the university administration must explicitly guarantee academic freedom, campus press freedom, and the right of all student organizations to freely display advocacy art and publish critical commentary without fear of administrative interference, intimidation, or violence.

We call on all students, faculty members, and progressive allies across the region to remain vigilant and united against all forms of campus repression. Censorship and violence have absolutely no place in an institution of higher learning dedicated to truth, freedom, and democratic participation.

HANDS OFF OUR CAMPUS PRESS!

DEFEND PRESS FREEDOM!

UPHOLD STUDENTS' RIGHTS!

REJECT HOUSE BILLS 9414 AND 9861!

15/09/2026

It was 45 years ago, on September 15, 1981, when a brutal slaughter of 45 men, women, and children in Barrio Sag-Od, Las Navas, Northern Samar occurred.

On that day, a group of armed men from the Special Forces-Integrated Civilian Home Defense Force—a paramilitary troop which served as private security for San Jose Timber Corporation, a logging company owned by the then-defense minister Juan Ponce Enrile—entered the barrio and forced the residents to gather in the lawn of the barangay captain. They separated the men from the women and children, and had the women and children march away. Those who were left behind were massacred, but even the marching mothers and their children were neither spared. From that, forty-five lives were taken.

But this was not just a random act of cruelty; it reflected the wider pattern of violence during the Martial Law, where military and paramilitary forces operated with impunity, and even serving the interests of economic players was part of their job. State forces and private wealth worked together to crush a group of ordinary citizens because they were “protecting” the state from rising insurgency, as well as “preventing” insurgent activities from meddling in business matters. But we all know, these were just to cover up the real motives and intentions of the administration.

Now, Marcos Sr. is dead. Enrile is dead. But the horrors of that tragic event remain, especially that another Marcos has taken the seat.

Today, we remember the Sag-Od massacre not just as a part of history, but as a living demand for justice never delivered, for accountability never rendered, and for reparation still owed to the survivors who have carried the grief for more than two decades.

We honor the 45 who were killed. The Nortehanons stand with the survivors, and remain committed to the struggle against state violence and oppression. The atrocities that happened in that period will never be forgotten. We will continue to make the Marcoses ashamed. We will make Marcos Jr. responsible for his father’s actions.

We remember them. We honor their memory. We commit to never forgetting.

14/09/2026

STATEMENT | KATUNGOD - SB on the red-tagging of 8th CMO during a symposium at the Leyte Normal University

Katungod–SB condemns the reported red-tagging of students and activists during an NSTP symposium at Leyte Normal University

According to students' reports, during a National Service Training Program (NSTP) symposium, a military officer from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) discouraged students from participating in rallies and mass mobilizations, as well as study groups on social issues, as if these were illegal activities. Further, they exposed students to horrific photos that showed cadavers of slain rebels, inhumanely displaying them as trophies. The personnel were identified as being from the 8th Civil Military Operations "Dangpanan" Battalion.

This is not an isolated incident. It reflects a deeply alarming pattern in which the AFP militarizes educational spaces to advance its counterinsurgency narrative, vilify dissent, and instill fear among young people who dare to question corruption, poverty, and injustice.

Last January 25, the 8th CMO posted a video that spread disinformation about already incarcerated journalist Frenchie Cumpio, lay worker Marielle Domequil, and paralegal Alexander "Chakoy" Abinguna, who were among the five Tacloban-based activists who were arrested on false charges in February 2020. The video maliciously juxtaposes the Tacloban 5 activists with armed rebels and shamelessly instrumentalizes the trumped-up cases that they are facing to "warn" students about the legal consequences of activism.

The AFP’s presence inside schools must not be normalized; it must be exposed, opposed, and rejected. The AFP is not a neutral institution; it wields enormous power and, historically, has supported the interests of those who hold political and economic power in the country. It has time and time again, proven itself to be a violator of human rights. Bringing counterinsurgency narratives into educational institutions creates an inherently coercive environment. They strip away the students' rights to think critically for themselves and criminalize legitimate political participation.

The AFP is not merely attempting to silence those who expose human rights violations but is actively shielding a rotten political situation in the country. It has propagated a culture of violence, showing pictures of cadavers of red rebels, displaying them as trophies of their 'counterinsurgency' efforts.

Universities should be spaces where students are encouraged to think critically, engage in social analysis, participate in democratic discourse, and understand the realities confronting Filipino communities. This criminalization of humanitarian work and dissent is part of the broader and systematic campaign by state forces to suppress civil society organizations and activists. It must be condemned and fought now more than ever as corruption grapples the country, leaving many Filipinos to drown in flood, poverty, and injustice.

The students of LNU have condemned and rejected the incident as an assault on academic freedom and democratic rights. We call on the administration of Leyte Normal University to support its students and take a firm stand against red-tagging and the militarization of its educational spaces. The university must protect its students’ rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, critical thought, and participation in democratic life.

We call on the university administration to investigate the reported incident, ensure accountability where warranted, and establish clear safeguards against the use of its facilities and programs for red-tagging, terror-tagging, or intimidation.

14/09/2026

𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐁𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐀 𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄𝐖𝐀𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓’𝐒 𝐅𝐔𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐘 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐊𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐔𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍?

The DPWH Regional Office 8’s affirmation to continue the 4.48-billion peso Cancabato Bay Causeway in Tacloban sends a powerful message to the fishers, scientists, advocates, and concerned citizens who have been ringing alarm bells for years–𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋!

Despite six of eight contracts being terminated due to various difficulties and association with the massive flood control scandals plaguing the country, the DPWH does not want to save face and intends to continue a project fueled by greed and a genuine intent to kill Cancabato Bay and the communities that depend on it.

Until the DPWH and those complicit in this attempt at ecocide and abandonment answer and are held accountable, we will continue to ask:
- How was this project ever approved in the first place?

- Were proper community and stakeholder consultations conducted before this project was allotted billions from the public’s coffers?

- Where is the rigorous scientific research proving that this project would not devastate Cancabato Bay, its marine ecosystems, and the communities that depend on them?

- We’re not buying its storm surge protection capability, travel time reduction, and contribution to regional tourism. Does this really benefit the general populace or just satisfy the capriciousness of a few?

These are questions the public has the right to have answered before this project was allowed to move forward in the first place; the same questions that sent DPWH officials scrambling to seek certifications of no objection from several barangays in 2025 despite the full-blown construction already happening in the communities’ backyards.

Why were these certifications being sought only then? If community acceptance was necessary, why was it not secured before implementation? Does this not warrant a serious public investigation into how this project was planned, approved, and implemented, especially in the wake of the country’s massive flood-control scandal? Is this not an indicator of the DPWH and local officials’ complicity and corruption?

Lest we forget, 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐞. It is a breeding ground for fish and other marine products that make up a significant part of the Taclobanons’ diet and drive Tacloban’s economy. Warnings on endangering the city’s food stocks and the environmental harms resulting from the causeway project have been raised way before the project was underway and have become impossible to ignore.

Earlier in August,a massive fish kill occurred in the bay, prompting a BFAR investigation. The incident occurred amid concerns over restricted water circulation associated with the Real Street shoreline protection project, a relatively small project compared to the multibillion peso 2.55-kilometer four-lane causeway cutting across the Cancabato Bay.

If a much smaller coastal infrastructure project can do so much damage, how can anyone sanely dismiss the impact of a project that’s many times more massive?

Cancabato Bay, along with other key marine landscapes, serves as an important temperature regulator for its immediate surroundings and the world at large. In fact, the United Nations stresses that a global temperature increase of more than 1.5°C is unavoidable given the rate of environmentally-damaging construction like the causeway project. Continuing the causeway will contribute to increasing temperatures that will endanger the health, life, environment, property, livelihood, and the future of our children. This causeway only exacerbates climate change and endangers future generations.

As a self-declared “City of Hope,” Tacloban’s elected officials’ sustained support for this project is utterly hypocritical. Officials who helped build the causeway and those who keep promoting its completion should be condemned as heavily as those who choose to stay mum on this issue to advance their political ambitions.

Before another peso is spent and another cubic meter of soil from our already denuded and diminishing hills is dumped into the bay, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭’𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬.

How much louder must the public speak before the DPWH and other authorities listen? How many warnings must be raised before they answer? 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲?

If the DPWH, the City of Tacloban, and several other government agencies continue to dismiss our calls and ignore the potential destruction of the bay and the communities that depend on it…

…𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐞𝐲𝐭𝐞?

Cancabato Bay is not an obstacle to development. It is a living ecosystem, a vital source of livelihood, and part of Tacloban’s future.

𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄𝐖𝐀𝐘! 𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐀𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐀𝐘!

𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐁𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐀 𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄𝐖𝐀𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓’𝐒 𝐅𝐔𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐘 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐊𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐔𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍?

The DPWH Regional Office 8’s affirmation to continue the 4.48-billion peso Cancabato Bay Causeway in Tacloban, Leyte sends a powerful message to the fishers, scientists, advocates, and concerned citizens who have been ringing alarm bells for years–𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋!

Despite six of eight contracts being terminated due to various difficulties and association with the massive flood control scandals plaguing the country, the DPWH does not want to save face and intends to continue a project fueled by greed and a genuine intent to kill Cancabato Bay and the communities that depend on it.

Until the DPWH and those complicit in this attempt at ecocide and abandonment answer and are held accountable, we will continue to ask:
- How was this project ever approved in the first place?

- Were proper community and stakeholder consultations conducted before this project was allotted billions from the public’s coffers?

- Where is the rigorous scientific research proving that this project would not devastate Cancabato Bay, its marine ecosystems, and the communities that depend on them?

- We’re not buying its storm surge protection capability, travel time reduction, and contribution to regional tourism. Does this really benefit the general populace or just satisfy the capriciousness of a few?

These are questions the public has the right to have answered before this project was allowed to move forward in the first place; the same questions that sent DPWH officials scrambling to seek certifications of no objection from several barangays in 2025 despite the full-blown construction already happening in the communities’ backyards.

Why were these certifications being sought only then? If community acceptance was necessary, why was it not secured before implementation? Does this not warrant a serious public investigation into how this project was planned, approved, and implemented, especially in the wake of the country’s massive flood-control scandal? Is this not an indicator of the DPWH and local officials’ complicity and corruption?

Lest we forget, 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐞. It is a breeding ground for fish and other marine products that make up a significant part of the Taclobanons’ diet and drive Tacloban’s economy. Warnings on endangering the city’s food stocks and the environmental harms resulting from the causeway project have been raised way before the project was underway and have become impossible to ignore.

Earlier in August,a massive fish kill occurred in the bay, prompting a BFAR investigation. The incident occurred amid concerns over restricted water circulation associated with the Real Street shoreline protection project, a relatively small project compared to the multibillion peso 2.55-kilometer four-lane causeway cutting across the Cancabato Bay.

If a much smaller coastal infrastructure project can do so much damage, how can anyone sanely dismiss the impact of a project that’s many times more massive?

Cancabato Bay, along with other key marine landscapes, serves as an important temperature regulator for its immediate surroundings and the world at large. In fact, the United Nations stresses that a global temperature increase of more than 1.5°C is unavoidable given the rate of environmentally-damaging construction like the causeway project. Continuing the causeway will contribute to increasing temperatures that will endanger the health, life, environment, property, livelihood, and the future of our children. This causeway only exacerbates climate change and endangers future generations.

As a self-declared “City of Hope,” Tacloban’s elected officials’ sustained support for this project is utterly hypocritical. Officials who helped build the causeway and those who keep promoting its completion should be condemned as heavily as those who choose to stay mum on this issue to advance their political ambitions.

Before another peso is spent and another cubic meter of soil from our already denuded and diminishing hills is dumped into the bay, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭’𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬.

How much louder must the public speak before the DPWH and other authorities listen? How many warnings must be raised before they answer? 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲?

If the DPWH, the City of Tacloban, and several other government agencies continue to dismiss our calls and ignore the potential destruction of the bay and the communities that depend on it…
..𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐞𝐲𝐭𝐞?

Cancabato Bay is not an obstacle to development. It is a living ecosystem, a vital source of livelihood, and part of Tacloban’s future.

𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄𝐖𝐀𝐘! 𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐀𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐀𝐘!

12/09/2026

WALANG LUGAR ANG MILITAR SA LOOB NG ATING MGA PAMANTASAN. HANDS OFF LNU!

Mariing kinokondena ng Pulso Han Mag-aaram ang iniulat na red-tagging at pananakot ng AFP sa mga estudyante ng Leyte Normal University (LNU) sa isinagawang orientation para sa National Service Training Program (NSTP).

Ayon sa ulat ng Pulso Han Mag-aaram - Paterno, bahagi ng isinagawang NSTP session ang talakayan na tumalakay umano sa mga diumano’y hakbang ng pagrerekrut sa kabataan tungo sa armadong pakikibaka. Sa naturang talakayan, iniuugnay ng militar ang pakikilahok ng mga kabataan sa mga rali at malawakang pagkilos, gayundin ang pagsasagawa ng social analysis, sa umano’y proseso ng pagrerekrut.

Hindi ito edukasyon. Pananakot ito. Hindi ito paglilingkod sa kabataan. Militarisasyon ito.

Walang lugar ang militar sa loob ng ating mga pamantasan upang mag-red-tag, manakot, at magpakalat ng kanilang baluktot na naratibo sa mga estudyante. Kailanman ay wala silang karapatang gamitin ang mga espasyong pang-edukasyon upang ipilit ang kanilang adyenda at diktahan ang kabataan kung paano dapat mag-isip, magsuri, at kumilos.

Ang pagrarali, pag-oorganisa, at pagsusuring panlipunan ay mga lehitimong anyo ng pakikilahok ng mamamayan sa lipunan. Ang paggamit ng karapatang magpahayag, magtipon, at magprotesta ay hindi maaaring baluktutin bilang awtomatikong pagrerekrut sa armadong pakikibaka. Dahil ang kritikal na pag-iisip ay hindi banta, ang pagtutol ay hindi krimen, at ang pagkilos ng mamamayan, lalo na ang kabataan, ay hindi dapat patahimikin sa pamamagitan ng pananakot at red-tagging.

Ang ating mga pamantasan ay dapat maging ligtas na espasyo para sa pagkatuto, malayang pagpapahayag, at kritikal na pag-iisip. Hindi kampo ng militar ang ating mga pamantasan at hindi dapat maging kasangkapan ng estado ang edukasyon sa pagpapalaganap ng takot, panunupil, at red-tagging. Walang puwang ang militar sa ating edukasyon, sapagkat ang pamantasan ay para sa malayang pag-iisip, hindi para sa militarisasyon, pananakot, at pagkontrol sa kamalayan ng kabataan.

Mariin din naming idinidiin na ang pagyakap sa pinakamataas na antas ng pakikibaka ay hindi dapat ituring na kasalanan at lalong hindi dapat gamitin bilang dahilan upang i-red-tag, takutin, o patahimikin ang kabataan. Dahil ang pakikibaka ay bunga ng mga kondisyong nililikha ng isang lipunang hindi makatarungan. Ito ay tugon ng mamamayang tumatangging manatiling tahimik sa harap ng pang-aapi.

Ang aktibismo ay hindi terorismo. Dahil ang tunay na terorista ay ang militar na gumagamit ng kapangyarihan, pananakot, at dahas upang patahimikin ang mamamayang lumalaban.

Nanawagan ang Pulso Han Mag-aaram sa administrasyon ng Leyte Normal University na agarang tugunan ang insidenteng ito, protektahan ang mga estudyante, at tiyaking hindi na mauulit ang anumang uri ng militarisasyon, red-tagging, at pananakot sa loob ng kampus.

Militar sa pamantasan, palayasin!
AFP ngan PNP, hira an terorista!

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07/09/2026

Hinunduman means remembrance or memory in Waray. In an era where history is revised and being rendered as debatable, storytelling becomes an important tool to help us be grounded on our history and to never forget the lessons that come with it.

As a way of remembering, Tacloban-based artists with Sinesadya, a mobile pop-up cinema that gathers people for intentional local film discovery in unexpected spaces , will be screening selected short films produced by local film makers.

WHAT: Hinumduman: A screening of selected short films
WHEN: Friday, September 11, 2026 at 5-8 PM
WHERE: Et al. Artspace (Juan Luna St. Downtown Tacloban City; near Gotobevs)

Register: https://cryptpad.fr/form/ #/2/form/view/-M2qi1CCYpwfvfnk0DSV+ktbLXkIGve-iakZe3minzw/

07/09/2026

BUONG-DIWANG INEENDORSO NG PULSO HAN MAG-AARAM ANG PULSO HAN MAG-AARAM - LNU!

Buong-diwang ineendorso ng Pulso Han Mag-Aaram ang mga tunay, palaban, at makabayang hanay ng mga lider-estudaynteng Normalistas mula sa Pulso Han Mag-Aaram - LNU.

Mula noon, ang mga danas ng mga mag-aaral ng Leyte Normal University ay hindi na bago, mula sa mga burukratikong polisiya na naghahadlang sa isang malaya at mapagpalayang pamantasan—isang manipestasyon ng kawalan na may malayang pagpapahayag ng sarili, kulang na mga espasyo sa silid maging ang kawalan ng tubig sa bawat banyo. Saan mang banda, mula sa kakalsadahan ng Youngfield, Independencia, at Paterno, ay hindi nahihiwalay ang bawat danas na nararanasan ng mga Normalista sa loob ng maraming taon.

Dahil kung may tunay man na nakakaunawa sa mga karanasang ito, taos-pusong nababatid ito ng hanay ng Pulso Han Mag-aaram. Ang kailangan ng mga Normalista ay mga lider-estudyante na tunay na may karangalang magsilbi sa sangkaestudyantehan at maging representante na boboses mula sa paglaban sa mga paurong na hindi makaestudyanteng mga polisiya katulad na lamang ng dress code at haircut policy na wala namang siyentipikong katwiran. At higit sa lahat, may tunay na pusong makabayan—puspusang nakikibaka sa mga suliraning kinakaharap ng masang Pilipino, mapa-lokal man o nasyunal.

Kaya naman, bilang parte ng pinakamalawak na alyansa ng sangkaestudyantehan ng Silanganing Bisayas, taos-puso at taas-kamaong ineendorso ng Pulso Han Mag-Aaram ang hanay ng Pulso han Mag-aaram - LNU, sapagkat ang kailangan ng sangkaestudyantehan ng LNU ay mga tunay, palaban, at makabayang lider estudyante na nasa puso at diwa ng hanay ng Pulso - LNU.

02/09/2026

Me lamba Iskolar ng Bayan na lumalaban talaga para sa bayan? 🙂‍↕️✨

Kasi truedafire naman na dapat aksesible, dekalidad, at abot-kaya ang edukasyon. 🤩❤️‍🔥

Truelaloo naman na dapat pag-aralin ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan ang kalagayan ng lipunan, at paglingkuran ang sambayanan. 😔✊

Tara na, tara na! Kasi the baddest iskxs will attend the Mass Orientation of PULSO HAN MAG-AARAM this upcoming September 4, 2026 at 4:30 PM sa Student Council Office, Students’ Lounge! 👀

Register na mga gaes:

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01/09/2026

Taas-kamaong pagpupugay sa bagong konseho ng UP Tacloban! ✊❤️‍🔥

Sa pagtatapos ng Piniliay 2026, may anim na tunay, palaban, at makabayan na mga estudyante ang magsisilbi muli sa kabuuang UP Tacloban komunidad.

Nawa’y hindi matapos sa eleksyon ang paglahad ng serbisyo at lakas, kundi ipatuloy ang laban para sa makabayan, siyentipiko, at makamasa na sistema ng edukasyon.

Patuloy na naninindigan ang Pulso Han Mag-aaram sa kanyang mandato na isulong ang kagyat at kongkretong tagumpay para sa karapatan at kagalingan ng estudyante at ng masang Pilipino.

Kaya, hindi na tayo magr-reverse walk, patuloy na tayo mamartsa papunta sa tagumpay!

ISKOLAR NG BAYAN, PATULOY NA LUMALABAN! STP! HST! ✊