The successive NPA armed actions in various provinces nationwide shame the US-Marcos regime and its Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) officials. This was just after the regime’s 4th SONA statement in July that “no guerrilla groups remain.” On August 12, three soldiers, including a 203rd IBde 1st Scout Ranger Regiment captain, were killed in […]

  Uphold IHL, hold Marcos accountable. Hundreds marched to Mendiola in Manila on August 19 to mark the 76th anniversary of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and to hold the US-Marcos regime accountable for serious violations of IHL principles. They also condemned the regime’s National Action Plan for Unity, Peace and Development (NAP-UPD), which they called […]

Two unions successfully finalized their respective collective bargaining agreements (CBA) in July and August. The Unyon ng mga Panadero sa Gardenia Bakeries Philippines Inc. (UPGBPI-OLALIA-KMU) announced its victory in negotiating a new CBA on July 18. The union secured a ₱70 annual wage increase for the next three years, an additional ₱0.50 in seniority pay, […]

The 1st IB and 203rd IBde elements apprehended and willfully killed hors de combat Red fighter Ising Domingo (Ka Mutya) on August 7 in Barangay Happy Valley, Roxas, Oriental Mindoro. He was fetching water when captured and subjected to torture after butchers failed to extract information from him. The same military units also harassed and […]

Moro and Filipino groups held separate protests to strongly condemn US-Israel for its intensified genocide in Gaza in recent weeks. They called for the immediate halt of attacks, called for the entry of aid, and demanded freedom for the Palestinians. On August 15, around 1,300 Moro gathered in Marawi City for a “peaceful solidarity and […]

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) ordered all Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Force fighters and other agencies to strictly comply with the MILF Central Committee resolution that suspended the implementation of the BIAF decommissioning process. It issued a new memorandum on August 16, directing all field commanders and deputy commanders, heads of other agencies, and their […]

In recent weeks, courts successively dismissed fabricated cases against 18 political prisoners. Seven of them have already been released. These prove that the cases they faced were fabricated and baseless. These cases aimed only to harass and keep them imprisoned for long. On August 14, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultant Renante […]

The 2026 national budget’s purpose and priority is no different from the previous years’ budgets. It still focuses on debt payment, enrichment of bureaucrat capitalists along with their comprador bourgeois cohorts, and squandering funds on the state’s massive fascist machinery. Ferdinand Marcos Jr submitted his 2026 National Expenditure Program which amounts to ₱6.79 trillion, 7.4% […]

Commercial plantations are relentlessly expanding under the US-Marcos regime, grabbing land and livelihoods from farmers, farmworkers, and indigenous peoples nationwide. On August 3, the Department of Agriculture (DA) announced the creation of a Joint Memorandum Circular involving 38 national government agencies to hasten the approval of so-called strategic investments in the agriculture and fisheries sector. […]