Balikatan 39-24 officially ended on May 10 but thousands of American soldiers remain on Philippine soil and waters for the second series of Salaknib-24 that started back in April. The US will “quietly” launch many more subsequent war games in the country. Australian soldiers are still in the country for the Kasangga exercise. On May […]

Return our 5-year franchise! Hundreds of jeepney drivers and operators protested on May 16 before the LTFRB in Quezon City to condemn the order to apprehend those who refused to submit to the forced consolidation of franchises. The drivers and operators demanded the return of their 5-year individual franchises for their livelihood. On May 14, […]

The Cordillera People’s Democratic Front (CPDF)-Kalinga called on national minorities and peasants to collectively oppose the operation of Makilala Mines Corporation Inc (MMCI) in the town of Pasil, Kalinga. This company is a subsidiary of Australia’s Celsius Resources. MMCI’s investment in Kalinga follows Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s pimping of the country’s resources during his recent visit […]

Miners of the Dontog-Manganese Pocket Miners Association (DOMAPMA) barricaded against the big mining company Benguet Corporation, Inc. (BCI) in Sitio Dalicno, Itogon, Benguet on May 13. The barricade is part of their struggle to defend their rights to land and livelihood against BCI’s forced seizure of DOMAPMA’s pocket mines and unjust increases in mining equipment […]

A few weeks before the 7-year anniversary of the bombing by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Marawi City, residents staged a protest to demand the extremely delayed justice. On May 13, residents who have yet to return to their communities gathered at Rizal Park in the city. They condemned the Marawi Compensation […]

The reactionary government officially recognized ownership by 90 farmers belonging to the Malayang Kilusang Samahan ng mga Magsasaka ng Tinang (Makisama-Tinang) of the 68 hectares of land in Hacienda Tinang in Concepcion, Tarlac on May 8. This is the result of a three-decade struggle for the land and the relaunching of their land recovery campaign […]

Big local and foreign business drool over the province of Batangas because of its natural resources and its vital location in the country and the region. For several years, the reactionary state has been prating about reducing reliance on fossil fuels (oil and coal) as the country’s source of energy. Under the Duterte regime, the […]

In recent weeks, state terrorism has been rampant under the Marcos regime. Cases of bombings, illegal arrests and harassment by filing charges of “terrorism financing” against democratic organizations and sectors have been recorded. Bombing. The Philippine Air Force jet fighters dropped 10 bombs on the barangays of Peñablanca, Cagayan on May 10 at 2 a.m. […]

Along with millions of people worldwide taking actions in solidarity with the Palestinians, youth and other sectors marched to the Israeli embassy in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig City on May 15. They again condemned the US and Israel for their genocide in Gaza, especially their attack on Rafah, dubbed the “final sanctuary” for […]

Sa nagdaang taon, tuluy-tuloy na sumisigla ang sama-samang mga pagkilos ng sambayanang Pilipino upang ipaglaban ang kanilang kabuhayan, ipagtanggol ang mga karapatan, isulong ang katarungan, at itaguyod ang pambansang kalayaan. Sa harap ng hindi nalulutas na krisis ng naghaharing sistemang malakolonyal at malapyudal, kaliwa’t kanan ang mga patakaran at hakbanging kontra-nasyunal at kontra-demokratiko ng pasistang […]