While the Marcos regime refuses to give the people even the slightest relief by removing the VAT and other burdensome taxes, it is rushing to grant incentives and tax breaks- the privilege of not paying taxes- to large foreign corporations. One of the regime’s schemes is the 2026 Strategic Investment Priority Plan (SIPP), an investment […]

On June 15, Forbes magazine reported Enrique Razon Jr.’s net worth at $18.8 billion—ranking him as the 143rd richest person in the world and the richest Filipino. His wealth is equivalent to ₱1.27 trillion, earning him the title of the Philippines’ first “trillionaire.” Razon’s biggest businesses include International Container Terminal Services, Inc (with total revenue […]

We’ve had enough, stop the harassment!” This is the appeal of farmers and indigenous Mangyan people against the intensified military operations in southern Oriental Mindoro. According to the Pambansang Katipunan ng mga Magbubukid (PKM)-Oriental Mindoro, AFP-PNP forces have been harassing communities for decades, with the situation becoming worse since June. Eight AFP battalions are deployed […]

Powerful earthquakes struck north-central Venezuela, including the capital Caracas and the La Guaira region, on the afternoon of June 24. According to reports, successive earthquakes measuring magnitude 7.2 and magnitude 7.5 occurred within 39 seconds of each other. Due to the shallow depth of the quakes’ origin along the San Sebastián fault system, numerous buildings […]

Cases of human rights violations across the country perpetrated by state forces continued to increase in recent weeks. Killings. Nenita Buscada, an indigenous person, was brutally killed by the 88th IB in Barangay Saint Peter, Malaybalay City on June 15. Buscada was with her husband and two other civilians heading to the forest to gather […]

  CLSU students walk out against repression. More than 200 students from Central Luzon State University in Nueva Ecija walked out of classes on June 22 to condemn the suppression of their democratic rights, red-tagging, and state harassment on university student leaders.They stood against attempts by the administration and state forces to silence them. Justice […]

Apat na taon na ang pagdurusa ng sambayanang Pilipino sa ilalim ng papet, pahirap at pasistang rehimeng Marcos. Anumang pilit na ilarawan ni Ferdinand Marcos Jr na “umuunlad” ang Pilipinas, hindi niya mapagtatakpan ang katotohanang sumasahol ang kalagayan ng bansa at sambayanang Pilipino. Kaliwa’t kanan ang deklarasyon ng mga upisyal ni Marcos na nagapi na […]

Dalawang malalakas na lindol ang tumama sa mga prubinsya ng Mindanao noong Hunyo. Una ang magnitude 7.8 na lindol noong Hunyo 8 kung saan nasa karagatan ng Sarangani ang episentro, at ikalawa ang 6.6 magnitude na lindol noong Hunyo 26 na nasa karagatan ng Davao Occidental ang episentro. Sinundan pa ito ng mga aftershock na […]

Nagpaabot ng pakikiramay ang Special Office for the Protection of Children (SOPC) ng National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), sa mga pamilya, kamag-anak, kaklase, guro, at mga komunidad na naapektuhan ng trahedya ng pamamaril sa paaralan sa Tacloban City noong Hunyo 22. Anito, hindi lamang ito trahedya ng mga indibidwal kundi isang sintomas ng […]