Based on the end-goal of “changing the economic provisions” to give foreign capitalists greater freedom to possess and plunder the country’s wealth and amass super profits, the hands of US imperialism is clearly behind the current push of the US-Marcos regime to change the reactionary 1987 constitution. Hundreds of millions of pesos were poured by […]

Mass layoffs and factory closures marked the Philippine economy in 2023. Tens of thousands of jobs were lost en masse as foreign companies moved their operations overseas. The most striking examples are the mass layoffs in Mactan Export Processing Zone, including 10,000 layoffs from Sports Center International, a Taiwanese company, which supplies clothing to large […]

Thousands of drivers, operators and their families once again marched on January 16 in Manila to defend their livelihood and demand the return of their 5-year franchise. They gathered in Quezon City then conducted a caravan towards Mendiola in Manila but were blocked by police in España, Manila. They held a program here until the […]

A unit of the New People’s Army (NPA)-Masbate hit the 96th IB troopers operating in Sitio Lantawan, Barangay Gangao, Baleno, Masbate on January 13. The said military unit was shook and immediately hid their casualties to cover up their losses. According to Ka Luz del Mar, spokesperson of NPA-Mabaste, the armed offensive is part of […]

People were incredulous over Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s recent declaration that the New People’s Army (NPA) no longer has an “active guerrilla front” nationwide. Even the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) was forced to contradict it, although said that the supposedly 11 guerrilla fronts are “weakened”. According to AFP, the NPA only has 1,500 Red […]

It was confirmed that International Criminal Court (ICC) personnel arrived in the Philippines to investigate the crimes against humanity case filed against Rodrigo Duterte and his accomplices. According to the lawyers of the victims, the investigation against Duterte is complete. The investigation into other named accomplices, including his daughter and current vice-president Sara Duterte, is […]

Tatay Gil makes a living by selling copra. In his town, copra sells for only ₱25 per kilo. Quarterly, he sells only 300 kilos of copra to buyers. In short, he only earns ₱7,500. This is very low even though the processing company is close to their village. Misamis Oriental province is known as the […]

Units of the 62nd IB carried out a series of murders, attempted murders, harassment and other human rights violations on Negros island in recent weeks. Soldiers abducted, tortured then killed two civilians in Barangay Sag-ang, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on the morning of January 17. To cover up their heinous crime, the soldiers made it […]

Gi­kun­de­na sa In­ter­na­tio­nal Coa­li­ti­on for Hu­man Rights in the Phi­lip­pi­nes (ICHRP) ug Fri­ends of the Fi­li­pi­no Peop­le in Struggle ang pag­pa­mom­ba sa Ar­med Forces of the Phi­lip­pi­ne sa usa ka kam­po sa Ba­gong Huk­bong Ba­yan (BHB) sa Ma­lay­ba­lay City niad­tong Di­syembre 25, 2023. Ma­tud sa mga gru­po, la­pas sa in­ter­na­syu­nal nga ma­ki­taw­ha­nong ba­la­od (IHL) ang […]