The revolutionary movement, human rights and progressive organizations and broad sectors of the people condemned the killing of Randy Felix Malayao, 49. Malayao was a consultant to the peace negotiations of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. He wast shot twice while asleep in a bus on pitstop in Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya last January […]

The revolutionary movement, human rights and progressive organizations and broad sectors of the people condemned the killing of Randy Felix Malayao, 49. Malayao was a consultant to the peace negotiations of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. He wast shot twice while asleep in a bus on pitstop in Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya last January […]

The coconut industry is important to the country’s agricultural sector. At present, almost 26% of all farmlands are planted with coconut trees, and provide livelihood to around four million coconut farmers. The country’s coconut industry, however, is in a slump. According to reports, the income of 60% of coconut farmers and farm workers are below […]

The US-Duterte regime’s attacks are worsening against the people of Mindanao, especially peasants and national minorities, under martial law. In Northern Mindanao, in particular, cases of extrajudicial killings, illegal arrests and detention, intimidation, harassment, forced surrender and militarization of entire communities have risen. These aim to silence the people’s struggles for land, ancestral land and […]

Four farmers were killed by agents of the US-Duterte regime this past two months, while its attacks and harassments against the church and other sectors critical to state fascism continue unabated. In Surigao del Sur, two Lumad farmers were killed by 36th IB soldiers. This is part of the worsening attacks against the people of […]

CHILD RIGHTS advocates protested in front of the Senate during its hearing of the lowering the minimum age of criminal responsibility last February 4. The proposal was earlier approved by the Congress. Prior to this, Gabriela Partylist and Salinlahi Alliance for Children’s Concerns launched a series of protests against amendments to the Juvenile Justice and […]

RAFAEL BAYLOSIS (Ka Raffy), NDFP consultant, was ordered released in January 15, almost a year after he was detained, after trumped-up charges of illegal possession of firearms and explosives against him were dropped. He was freed, together with Roque Guillermo Jr., in January 18. According to Pre­si­ding Jud­ge Edit­ha Mi­na Agu­ba of the Re­gio­nal Tri­al […]

NAGDAOS NOONG ikalawang linggo ng Enero ng isang linggong selebrasyon sa Germany upang gunitain ang 100-taong anibersaryo ng pagtortyur at pagpatay kina Rosa Luxemburg at Karl Liebknecht, kapwa nanguna sa tagapagtatag ng Partido Komunista ng Germany noong 1918 at mga lider ng mga pag-aalsa noong Nobyembre 1918 sa pagwawakas ng emperyo ng Germany noong World […]

NAPAGTIBAY ANG BANGSAMORO Organic Law (BOL) sa plebisitong ginanap noong Enero 21 sa Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Alinsunod sa BOL, bubuuin sa ilalim ng GRP ang Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) kapalit ng ARMM. Mapapabilang sa BARMM ang Cotabato City, gayundin ang ilang bayan ng North Cotabato habang tumanggi namang mapabilang […]

MATAGUMPAY NA naipagtanggol ng mga manggagawa ng Sumifru, sa ilalim ng Nagkahiusang Mamumuo sa Suyapa Farm (NAMASUFA) ang kanilang kampuhan sa Liwasang Bonifacio, Maynila noong Pebrero 4. Mahigit nang dalawang buwan ang kampuhan na nagsimula noong Nobyembre 27 upang igiit sa DOLE at Sumifru na kilalanin ang kanilang unyon at gawin silang regular, ikinasa ng […]