Agham Bayan is published by the Liga ng Agham para sa Bayan (LAB) for the purpose of raising the political and social consciousness of Filipino scientists and technologists regarding the issues and problems affecting Philippine science and society. It is committed to the promotion and use of science in the service of the Filipino nation and people. It espouses the cause of national freedom and democracy.

Ang Bayan (“The People”) is the official publication of the Communist Party of the Philippines, guided by Marxism-Leninism-Maoism. It is published by the Central Committee. AB comes out fortnightly every 7th and 21st of each month. The original Pilipino edition is translated into English, Bisaya, Waray, Hiligaynon and Iloko.

In his fourth State of the Nation Address, Marcos will surely boast about his regime’s program of “peace and development.” He will use this occasion to applaud his fascist forces and minions for “crushing the armed conflict.” At the same time, he will obscure the grave abuses of power and trampling of democratic rights, in […]

A New People’s Army (NPA)–Mindoro (Lucio de Guzman Command) ambush killed two police officers traversing Barangay Bagong Silang, Victoria, Oriental Mindoro in the afternoon of July 13. According to the people’s army, this operation responds to the Mindoreños’ call to hold the AFP-PNP accountable for its terrorist campaign in Central Oriental Mindoro towns. The presence […]

  Women protest against worsening hunger. Using pots and pans, members of Gabriela, the Gabriela Women’s Party, and Amihan banged on the gates of the Department of Agriculture on July 7 to protest the worsening hunger experienced by the people. They cited a recent survey by Social Weather Stations, which stated that one in every […]

Military and police forces continue to harass peasant communities in Cavite, Masbate, and Negros Occidental. In Masbate, authorities arrested and filed rebellion charges against four civilians. Ronnie Ursal, Manlik Espinosa, and Melicio Malaras were apprehended on June 25 in Barangay Baras, Esperanza, while Vicente Colomna was arrested on June 11. Except for Colomna, the other […]

In the past two years, the US aggressively expanded its military presence and constructed strategic military infrastructure in the Philippines. In 2024, it deployed the Typhon Missile System in northern Luzon. This year, it deployed the NMESIS, MADIS, and other weapons of war. Also this year, the US took over the naval facility in Oyster […]

Peasants cultivating 21 and 79 hectares of land in Hacienda Chiquita in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental are facing threats of eviction. The land was supposed to be distributed under the bogus Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reforms (CARPER), but is again being taken away from them. Since 1952, peasant families and residents have lived […]

Ilocos Sur residents resolutely stood against the destructive dredging operations of Isla Verde Mining and Development Company (IVMDC) at the Abra River estuary and in parts of the West Philippine Sea covered by the province. They collectively held a fluvial protest on July 16 to demand an immediate halt to the operations, which are damaging […]