Three years into office, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has yet to address several key issues affecting the common Filipino such as ineffective flood control projects, disruptions in basic services, rising prices of necessities, and worsening education crisis—all amid political pivots such as Duterte in ICC, impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte, and the convening of the 20th Congress.

Sa paglipas ng araw ay saka lamang tayo manghihinayang, sapagkat may pamilyang nalipasan ng gutom, may problemang ‘di nasolusyunan....

the government frames mining and mega-infrastructure as necessities for progress, yet what they advance is the same imperialist agenda that has historically treated the Philippines as nothing more than a resource colony.