At least 14 soldiers and police of the US-Duterte regime were killed and 10 others were wounded in successive tactical offensives mounted by the New People’s Army (NPA) from June 8-16. In Neg­ros Occi­den­tal, 12 elements of the 15th IB were killed in an ambush by the NPA-Southwest Neg­ros (Arman­do Su­ma­yang Jr. Com­mand) in Ba­ra­ngay […]

With a vote of 70-11, the Congress finally decided to kill the franchise bid of ABS-CBN, the biggest radio and television broadcast network in the country. Thirteen hearings were held to deal with various issues hurled by Duterte’s minions in congress against the network. Among the issues discussed were the network’s alleged tax evasion schemes, […]

Every evening, since July 10, employees and artists of ABS-CBN have been converging in front of its Quezon City station to conduct a noise barrage to protest the decision of Congress to deny the network’s bid for franchise renewal. On July 18, ABS-CBN supporters held a caravan from Makati and converged in front of the […]

In his upcoming State of the Nation Address (SONA) this July 27, expect Rodrigo Duterte to once again aggressively push for the implementation of neoliberal economic reforms to further squeeze the already overburdened Filipinos. As what happened with the Anti-Terror Law, these schemes will surely be railroaded by his majority as Congress resumes its sessions. […]

The San Miguel Corporation has been boasting of its huge contributions to the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. Behind its humanitarian facade, however, is its oppressive treatment to people to further squeeze profits through their misery. While its president Ramon Ang is busy with its donation drives, other personnel are also busy evicting thousands of […]

In July 8, the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Emerging Infectious Diseases allowed the opening of barbershops, parlors and salons up to 50% of their regular clientele in Metro Manila. Among the IATF’s requisites is for all costumers to use contact tracing applications like the StaySafe.Ph. StaySafe.Ph is a phone application which registers the location […]

Three barangay watchmen were abducted by police and soldiers on July 4 at midnight and were massacred in the boundary of ba­ra­ngays Ba­gacay and Ma­rin­toc in Mobo, Masbate. The victims, identified as Edgar Mingoy, Marlon Bajar and Rolly de la Cruz, were all falsely presented before the media as members of the New People’s Army […]

The order of Sec. Eduardo Año of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to the Philippine National Police (PNP) to do “house-to-house” to search and “apprehend” and bring Covid-19 positive individuals to quarantine facilities is another militarist measure. Año’s new order will further trample on civil rights. This goes against even the reactionary […]

A former official of the Supreme Court asserted that the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New People’s Army (NPA) cannot be declared terrorists under the new Anti-Terror Act (ATA). Former Associate Justice Antonio Carpio shared this view in reaction to Duterte’s declaration that “the CPP is terrorist because I declare it to […]

The Movement Against Tyranny and Concer­ned Law­yers for Civil Li­ber­ti­es protested in front of the Commission on Human Rights in Quezon City last July 11 to oppose the Anti-Terror Act. The said groups are among those that filed the 10th petition at the Supreme Court demanding to junk the law. On July 16, the Catholic […]