According to the group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), up to 8,000 people marched last July 25 along Commonwealth Ave. in Quezon City to convey the real state of the nation, coinciding with Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s first State of the Nation Address (SONA). Earlier, the Philippine National Police baselessly prohibited rallies along the highway and even […]

Petron boasted last August 1 that the company’s profits ballooned to ₱7.7 billion ($138.9 million) in the first half of 2022, or twice its ₱3.87 billion ($69.8 million) profits during the first half of 2021. Local subsidiaries of oil companies make claims that the almost weekly increase in diesel and gasoline prices is the result […]

Activists launch #ML50 campaign. The ML50 Campaign (Martial Law 50) was launched at the Quezon City Sports Club last July 21 to commemorate the 50th year of martial law and its dark days under the US-Marcos I dictatorship. Martial law victims, veterans and new activists led the activity together with democratic organizations. The campaign aims […]

Ferdinand Marcos Jr declared during his State of the Nation Address last July 25 that he has no intention of suspending infrastructure projects begun under Rodrigo Duterte. These include at least 30 reclamation projects at various levels of implementation, design and preparation. None of these projects has not received criticism by scientists and environmental organizations. […]

It was reported in July that the 79th IB, a command under the 303rd IBde, planned to drop bombs on the Minapasuk Mandalagan Mountain Range in Negros. This plan supposedly forms part of the counterinsurgency campaign against the New People’s Army (NPA). Before the planned three-day bombing, the military tried to evict residents of 21 […]

Decades upon decades of operations by Pujada Nickel Project in Banaybanay City in Davao Oriental have caused disasters and widespread dislocation. This project brings profits to the local government and agencies, and is violently defended by the military and police despite the clear ill-effects of mining in the area. Last January, the once clear waters […]

The Communist Party of India (Maoist) honored and remembered the heros of the Indian revolution during its Martyrs’ Week of Remembrance last July 28 to August 3. They hailed the 124 Indian revolutionaries who died while performing their revolutionary duties the past year and their great leaders such as Charu Majumdar (who died 50 years […]

Romblon residents and environmental groups marched in protest last July 26 to the front of the Department of Natural Resources office in Quezon City. They called for an end to the planned mining in Sibuyan Island. The residents said that mining will be detrimental to their livelihood which is dependent on the marine resources, ricefields, […]

The United Nations set August 9 as the International Day of Indigenous Peoples. National minorities in the Philippines mark this day with their continuing struggle for land and rights. Among them are the Lumad in far south Mindanao who have suffered decades upon decades of attacks, most especially under Ferdinand Marcos Sr’s martial law. The […]