Dulaang Kalye

20/07/2026

PHOTOS: Sining na Naglilingkod sa Bayan (SINAGBAYAN) and the Defend Negros Network presented the play ‘Tiempo Mu**to: Paghulat sang Dugwak’ on July 18th and 19th, as a tribute to the history and struggle of agricultural workers in Negros Oriental and Occidental.

​In its third iteration, the theater group dedicated the performance to the martyrs of the ‘Toboso 19’ massacre and asserted the call for genuine agrarian reform.

​SINAGBAYAN is currently seeking sponsors and raising funds to re-stage the play in Bacolod, Negros Occidental this August, in commemoration of the fourth month since the Toboso massacre.

​Photo by Marty Apuhin

21/03/2026

Welga

Mahigpit na nakikiisa ang mga artista at manggagawang pangkultura sa mga tsuper, operator, at manggagawa sa pagtindig sa mga Strike Center at Welga sa iba’t ibang panig ng bansa upang kundenahin ang oil price shock na ipinapataw sa ordinaryong konsyumer. Kapag ang presyo ng langis ay katumbas na ng presyo ng gutom, kailangang mangalampag at lumaban para sa buhay at kabuhayan!

Wakasan ang pagsasamantala ng mga monopolyo sa langis. Tumindig at ipanawagan ang sumusunod:
🚫 ALISIN ang Excise Tax at VAT sa langis.
📉 IPATUPAD ang kagyat na rollback sa presyo ng petrolyo.
🔥 IBASURA ang Oil Deregulation Law.

Ang bawat pagtaas ng presyo ng langis ay tumatama sa bawat tahanan. Hindi natin hahayaang lalong malubog sa kahirapan ang ating mga tsuper habang nagkakamal ng labis-labis na tubo ang mga dambuhalang kumpanya.

Basahin at ipamahagi ang polyeto ng PISTON hinggil sa pambansang protesta kontra VAT.

24/10/2025

✊ “TUMINDIG” – KORAPTOBER PROMPT NO. 24

To stand is to refuse silence. is courage turned collective: an artist’s image can lead to a citizen’s awakening, a people’s rising. Tumindig tayo, dahil ang korapsyon ay masusugpo lamang kapag tayo ay nagpasyang humakbang.

⬛ KORAPTOBER is not just an art challenge. It is a month-long creative uprising.
As October unravels with hearings and exposés, our prompts trace a parallel story: the deluge of scandals, the machinery of power, the people’s resistance.
Each day, we turn these stories into drawings, songs, poems, videos—art that unmasks corruption and pushes us to confront its roots. Artists, after all, don’t just bear witness. Artists fight back.
See the latest art submissions here:

★ Post your entry with .
★ Tag our page!
★ Carry it beyond the screen: on placards, stickers, walls. Submit here → https://bit.ly/Koraptober2025Submit
★ Expand your artistic journey. Join Concerned Artists of the Philippines: https://bit.ly/SaliCAP

24/10/2025

FREE THE HANDS WHO NOURISH THE LAND!
As we celebrate Peasant Month this October, we highlight our peasant defenders, farmers, organizers, and land rights advocates who remain behind bars and continue to suffer from state persecution for standing up for land, rights, dignity, and freedom.
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ALVIN “CHAI” FORTALIZA
FOUNDER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, BOL-ANONG ARTISTA NGA MAY DIWANG DAGOHOY (BANSIWAG) and
VICE-PRESIDENT FOR VISAYAS, SINAGBAYAN

Alvin “Chai” Fortaliza is a cultural artist in Central Visayas, known not only for his talent but for the depth of his commitment to farmers and their rights.His advocacy for farmers’ rights and welfare shines through her powerful choreography and performances, whether on stage, in the streets, or in different communities.

He founded the Bol-anong Artista nga may Diwang Dagohoy (BANSIWAG) Cultural Network in 2010. Chai is also the Vice-President for Visayas of Sining na Naglilingkod sa Bayan (SINAGBAYAN)- a national organization of cultural workers, theater artists, poets, musicians, writers and visual artists aiming to create and popularize people's arts and literature drawn from integration with the people.

On March 4, 2019, while campaigning for Anakpawis Partylist, Chai was unjustly arrested and accused of 2 counts of murder and attempted murder.

To date, all charges against him, except for the attempted murder case have been dismissed by the court.

Despite imprisonment, Chai remains steadfast in pursuing his art and depicting the plight of the farmers through his paintings. His conviction stands as a powerful testament that no prison bar can break the spirit of a true cultural worker and activist.

Free Alvin Fortaliza Now!
Free Peasant Defenders!
Free All Political Prisoners!
Land to the Tillers!

Artwork by Bugz Saavedra
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This Peasant Month, Karapatan Central Visayas reiterates its urgent call for the immediate release of all political prisoners in Cebu, Bohol, Negros, and across the country who suffer unjustly for defending the rights and welfare of farmers, and for standing firm in the struggle for genuine agrarian reform and social justice.

In the region alone, 2 political prisoners remain detained in Cebu, 13 in Bohol, and over a hundred in Negros Island. Many of them are farmers, peasant leaders, and land rights advocates imprisoned for defending their land.

Join our campaign to free the hands that nourish the land!
Your solidarity can make a difference.

You may send your donations through the QR code in the comment section to support our continuing efforts for the welfare and freedom of political prisoners.

Be a human rights defender.
Join Karapatan Central Visayas, click the form below:
https://tinyurl.com/VolunteerForKarapatanCENVIS

17/10/2025

Bicolano youths sing rage against corruption.

14/10/2025

Listen to Mass Bass 🔊🔊🔊 by Misericordia Sound System on

13/10/2025

Pagtataksil sa bayan ang pananahimik.

10/10/2025

Jail the Corrupt! Free Our Unionists!

We call on everyone to WEAR BLACK as we join “Freeverse 3: Cultural Night for Political Prisoners” in the Black Friday protest to demand accountability and the prosecution of corrupt officials!

We condemn the issuance of subpoenas against ordinary citizens who merely express their anger and frustration at our government’s deeply corrupt system. These are clear acts of intimidation—part of the state’s repression against its critics.

Our unionists have long suffered the same attacks: harassed, red-tagged, intimidated, jailed, forcibly disappeared, and even killed for defending workers’ rights and organizing unions.

Corruption and state repression go hand in hand—both are tools to silence dissent and suppress the people’s struggle for justice.

But we will not be silenced.
We will not stop until the corrupt are jailed and all political prisoners are free!