Marcos’ budget allocation for his instrument of state terror continues to grow. It is striking how his 2025 budget proposal plan a 51% increase in the defense budget, from ₱278.1 billion in 2024 to ₱419.3 billion in 2025. A large part of this will go to the Armed Forces of the Philippines which will receive […]

Residents in southern Negros Occidental are being threatened with eviction as the Consunji family plan to build an oil palm plantation. Many of the families here have lived and farmed in the area for the past 60 to 70 years. Hacienda Asia Plantations Incorporated (HAPI), and its partners Sirawai Plywood and Lumber Corporation of the […]

The 74th IB has been imposing relentless military rule in many towns of Northern Samar. Widespread cases of human rights violations have been recorded here in recent weeks. In Palapag, the 74th IB abducted and killed Ryan Arnesto in Sitio Canonghan, Barangay Osmeña in his koprasan (coco silo) on July 8. When found, Arnesto’s body […]

While filming a protest action last August 9 in Beita, in Palestine’s occupied West Bank, Filipino-American activist Amado Sison was injured as Zionist Israel’s military forces indiscriminately open fire. He said they scampered when the protest was violently dispersed during which he was shot in the thigh. Israeli forces also allegedly used tear gas. The […]

Binulabog ng mga Pulang mandirigma ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan (BHB)-Masbate (Jose Rapsing Command) ang mga sundalo ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) sa magkasunod na operayong haras sa dalawang magkahiwalay na kampo militar sa bayan ng Milagros, Masbate noong Agosto 10. Pinatamaan ng BHB-Masbate ang kampo ng 93rd Division Reconnaissance Company sa Sityo San […]

Ginunita ng mga grupong katutubo sa iba’t ibang panig ng Pilipinas ang Pangdaigdigang Araw ng mga Katutubo noong Agosto 9. Sa pangunguna ng Katribu Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas, kasama ang mga grupong pambansa-demokratiko at maka-kalikasan, dinala nila sa Camp Aguinaldo, at mga upisina ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources, at National Commission […]

Thousands took part in rallies in South Korea capital city of Seoul last August 10 to oppose the Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) 2024, scheduled to be held in the country from August 19 to August 29. These war games are annually launched by the US in the ROK, but this year’s exercise will include for […]

Pinagpupugayan at kinilala ng Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas, Bagong Hukbong Bayan (BHB), at buong rebolusyonaryong kilusan at masa ang 10 kadre ng Partido at Pulang hukbo na namartir sa serye ng mga depensibang aksyon noong una hanggang ikalawang linggo ng Agosto sa Lambunao at Calinog sa Iloilo. Ang mga nabuwal na rebolusyonaryo ay nagmula sa […]

Thousands of Papuans protested on August 15 in West Papuan cities to denounce Indonesia’s continued violence, occupation and plunder of their territory. The action coincided with the commemoration of the 62nd anniversary of Indonesia’s illegal seizure and occupation of West Papua. As on many occasions in the past, state forces violently dispersed the rallies. The […]