The New People’s Army (NPA)-Surigao del Sur ambushed soldiers of the 75th IB riding a habal-habal (motorbike transport) along Purok 2, Barangay Bolhoon, San Miguel last March 14. An R4 rifle was seized from the soldiers, one of whom was killed in action. The soldiers were returning from combat operations from adjacent communities. The NPA […]

Workers are again pushing to institutionalize a national daily minimum wage of ₱750 amid skyrocketing prices and service bills. According to Ibon Foundation, the gap between the current minimum wage and living wages has grown wider. According to the group’s computation, a family of five needs ₱1,072 a day or ₱25,252 a month to live […]

Negros barriofolk’s barricade. Residents of Sityo Cabiti, Barangay Santol, Binalbagan surrounded the house of their villagemate Lucia Sales in the early morning of March 20 to protect her against raiding soldiers and police. Sales was targeted by state forces because of her affiliation with the Asosasyon para sa Kauswagan sang mga Mangunguma kag Mamumugon sa […]

Three consultants for the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) were illegally arrested by military forces in the past two weeks. Two of them are yet to be surfaced. Meanwhile, attempts were made on the lives of two mass leaders who are active in electoral campaigns, as 13 Lumad civilians were illegally detained. Elements […]

The Friends the Filipino People in Struggle (FFPS) launched its campaign to end indiscriminate and terrorist aerial bombings against civilian communities in the Philippines. More than 200 cases of aerial bombings and artillery shelling by the Armed Forces of the Philippines have been recorded under the Duterte administration. The group launched the campaign to encourage […]

The people of South Cotabato strongly oppose the local government’s move to amend the Environment Code prohibiting open-pit mining in the province. In February, local officials held two rounds of consultations to supposedly listen to the opinion of residents. This is despite the fact that the basis for banning open-pit mining in the province remains. […]

To claim that the Jabidah and other pogroms did not take place under Ferdinand Marcos Sr.’s martial law is lunacy and a gross lie. This was the reaction of Moros in the face of the repeated pronouncements of pro-Marcos reactionaries that massacres against the Moro people are made up and deceptive. They see the importance […]

The revolutionary people of India celebrated last February the victory of the widespread land leveling campaign which started in 2011. Land leveling is preparing the land in order for fields to retain water from irrigation dikes similar to rice paddies in the Philippines. Land preparations form part of efforts to improve the backward state of […]

Matapos ang anim na taon, binigo ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan (BHB) at ng sambayanang Pilipino ang rehimeng US-Duterte sa taun-taon nitong deklarasyong dudurugin ang rebolusyonaryong armadong pakikibaka. Sa halip na magapi, ang mapanghimagsik na diwa at determinasyon ng bayan ay lalong nag-aalab sa harap ng walang habas na pasistang panggagahis at terorismo ng estado at […]