Armed forces of the Modi regime secretly detained for more than 10 days and willfully killed two Communist Party of India (Maoist) Central Committee members on September 22. The Modi regime claim the two were killed in an encounter in Abujhmad to cover up its crime and escape culpability. Indian armed forces reportedly captured Comrade […]
The Marcos regime and its armed forces have relentlessly sowed violence against the people in recent weeks. Two cases of killings, shootings, and harassment of mass leaders in the Visayas have been recorded. On the night of October 5, the combined forces of the military and police killed Roberto Cabales and farmer Matteo Suarez in […]
On September 29, 21 organizations of lawyers and human rights defenders asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to impose disciplinary action on Rodrigo Duterte’s lawyer, Nicolas Kaufman, for repeatedly distorting and spreading false information related to Duterte’s case. The groups include Karapatan, the Duterte Panagutin Network, and Rise Up for Life and Rights. They said […]
The Commission Elections (Comelec) postponed for the third time the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary election, which had supposedly been scheduled for October 13. This follows the Supreme Court declaring the unconstitutionality of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Act 77 (BAA 77 or Redistricting Bill) that sought to transfer to other BARMM districts seven […]
Negros recidents recently formed the GMO-Free Negros Coalition, an association of 82 individuals and organizations from the peasants, non-governmental organizations, church people, students, academics, hotel and restaurant owners, and the private sector to oppose and resist the proposed entry of GMO (genetically modified organism) crops into the province. They demand enforcing provincial ordinances prohibiting the […]
The nation marks every October as Farmers’ Month. This year, the Marcos regime is working double time to boost its image after more than three years of failed and burdensome agricultural programs. Farmers consider him the number one pest, worse than the disasters that ravaged their farms and damaged their livelihoods. After September’s successive ravaging […]
The Jose Maria Sison (JMS) Legacy Museum officially opened in Utrecht, The Netherlands on September 19. Ka Joma’s widow and fellow revolutionary Ka Julie de Lima led the inauguration along with friends, supporters, and local city officials. The JMS Legacy Museum is a space that showcases Ka Joma’s life and legacy. It is managed by […]
Eastern Visayas ranks second in having the fewest farmers who own land, and fourth in having the most landless tillers. This indicates the continuing feudal and semi-feudal exploitation of peasants in the area. The region only has an estimated 17.6% of more than 1.89 million farmers, or 209,240, who can be considered “land owners,” while […]
On October 7, the world marks the second anniversary of the historic Al Aqsa Flood, the armed offensive launched from land, sea, and air by Palestinian forces led by Hamas and the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades against the occupying power, Israel. The offensive ignited the Palestinian people’s aspiration to end Israel’s 75-year war of aggression. […]