A series of active defensive actions by the New People’s Army–Southeast Negros killed five 11th IB soldiers on February 15 in Barangay Santo Niño, Tanjay City, Negros Oriental. The unit’s report said three encounters took place between 5:30 and 7 in the morning. The NPA unit was conducting na investigation into the peasant masses’ problems […]

The unrelenting fight of the people of Dupax del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya against the intrusion of Woggle Corporation into their community forced the Mines and Geosciences Bureau to issue an order on February 5 temporarily suspending the company’s exploration permit. The agency cited “force majeure” or events beyond the control of the permit holder as […]

Residents of MacArthur, Leyte protested in February against Mac-Arthur Ironsand Project Corporation (MIPC) for blacksand mining in their town. Behind the operation is the Romualdez dynasty, which also controls other destructive mining operations in Eastern Visayas. The MIPC is a contractor of Strong Built Mining Development Corporation (SBMDC). The Mines and Geosciences Bureau-Region 8 in […]

Peasant and farmworker groups protested at the Department of Agriculture in Quezon City to mark the 7th anniversary of the enactment of the rice import liberalization law last February 13. Rice imports rose from 2.57 million tons to over 5 million tons from 2019 to 2026. This drove down palay farmgate prices, from an average […]

Amid anti-China criticisms by Philippine Coast Guard officials, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and by pro-US senators—who engage in pretentious promotion of Philippine sovereignty—the US relentlessly conducts aggressive and interventionist military and naval maneuvers in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). These maneuvers heighten the possibility of armed clashes erupting between the US and China, […]

For nearly a decade of fake transportation modernization program, conditions of drivers and commuters in the country have sharply worsened. The Public Transport Modernization Program (PTMP), formerly Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program or “jeepney phaseout,” removed over 180,000 jeeps from the streets and took away the livelihood of roughly 500,000 drivers and operators. Millions of […]

The Philippine government and the US signed an agreement on February 4 for the “development of cooperation” in mining critical minerals and rare earths in the country. The government formed the agreement while attending the 2026 Critical Mineral Ministerial held in Washington. Besides the Philippines, the US signed similar bilateral agreements with 10 other countries. […]

The New People’s Army (NPA)-Camarines Norte strongly condemned the surrender, ultimate betrayal, and treachery against the masses by the couple Marlon Asis (alias Pots) and Julie Grace Lola (alias Haraly). The 42nd IB presented the two to the public as “surrenderees” on February 4 at the battalion headquarters in Labo, Camarines Norte. The 42nd IB […]

Cases of abduction, Red-tagging, harassment, and the filing of fabricated charges against peasants, workers, and human rights advocates were recorded in various parts of the country. Abduction. Elements of the 47th IB abducted 60-year-old peasant Lolly Alperto while he was picking coffee near his home in Sitio Agpapataw, Barangay Binobohan, Guihulngan, Negros Oriental on January […]