Let us commence celebrations of the 54th anniversary of the New People’s Army (NPA) and its heroic efforts to advance the people’s war in the Philippines. On March 29, 2023, let us set our sights on the path towards victory while carrying the heavy tasks of facing the fascist terrorism under the US-Marcos-Duterte regime. Why […]

Two groups of fighters in Central Negros and Southwest Negros finished the Intermediate Party Course (IPC) in the middle of heigtened military operations in February. The study was held for 13 days. Scores of members of the Party, the NPA and revolutionary mass organizations in the guerilla fronts were able to consolidate amid continuing combat […]

Operatives of the New People’s Army (NPA)-Central Negros confiscated four .45 calibre pistols and a 12 gauge shotgun, magazines and ammunition in a disarming operation against Noleto Hermoso of Sityo Inatito, Barangay Bucalan, Canlaon City on February 21. The operation lasted for 10 minutes, the NPA unit said. Hermoso is known to have links with […]

Peasant groups led by the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) expressed paramount opposition to the Philippines’ decision to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). Senate ratified the treaty on February 23 with a vote of 22 in favor, one against and one abstention. Agriculture will be one of the most affected sectors upon entry […]

Panay farm worker Vina’s wage start at ₱270 per day. This is lower than the daily wage of men farm workers which is at ₱350-₱400 for a day of toiling in the farms. In the island, majority of the farmers, women and men, do not receive the government mandated ₱410 daily wage for agricultural workers […]

In August 2022, plans of the 79th IB to bomb Mt. Mandalagan, a mountain which is part of the protected North Negros National Park (NNNP), were preempted. The military said the bombing is a “test run” but people were aware that its objective was to drive away people in the area, as well as units […]

Consecutive protests were mounted by democratic organizations in Metro Manila and different parts of the country in the past two weeks. Oppose the Marcos cha-cha. Various sectors protested in front of Congress on March 6 to express their opposition to the attempt to amend the 1987 Constitution. Marcos Jr’s lackeys railroaded the bill to create […]

The reactionary state has pushed for the pro-foreign and pro-capitalist phaseout of traditional jeepneys in the name of modernization in the past five years. This year, the Marcos regime furthered this by imposing a new deadline for the consolidation of franchises. Several thousands of drivers and operators mounted a transport strike and protest actions in […]

A year after the war in Ukraine commenced, several democratic and anti-imperialist organizations criticized the US government and its allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for stoking the proxy war in Ukraine against Russia. On February 25, different organizations came together in a protest in Brussels, Belgium to commemorate the first anniversary of […]