Stop quarrying in Negros. On August 12, farmers appealed for a stop to quarrying operations in Silay City, Negros Occidental. They condemned the indiscriminate and continuing deforestation in the area which has caused flooding and destruction of their farm lands. One of the five quarrying operations in the area is owned by Silay City Mayor […]

Units of the New People’s Army (NPA) mounted eight offensives in Negros Oriental, Northern Samar, Oriental Mindoro, Surigao del Sur, Capiz and Agusan del Norte from July 25 to August 14. At least eight soldiers were killed in these actions. An element of the 62nd IB was slain during a harassment operation of the NPA […]

Over 21,000 residents will lose their farmlands and fish farms with the construction of the Masbate International Tourism Enterprise and Special Economic Zone project of the Empark Land Development Inc. The project covers more than 1,854 hectares of agricultural land across seven coastal barangays in the town of Dimasalang and four in Palanas. Prior to […]

The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) reported last August 12 that the price of fertilizer increase by ₱200-₱400/bag in the last two months. Data by the Department of Agriculture (DA) indicate that the price of prilled urea is ₱1,415.99 per bag, ₱1,393.32 for granular urea, ₱778.79 for ammosul, and ₱1,268.19 for complete. The prices are […]

Two regional trial courts and prosecutors successively dismissed trumped-up charges slapped against seven activists in Metro Manila, Albay and General Santos City, and two staff of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). On August 4, the Legazpi Regional Trial Court in Albay dismissed the gun running charge against Pastor Danilo Balucio. It voided […]

Three farmers were killed and seven others arrested by armed state agents in the past few weeks. In Occidental Mindoro, the 203rd IB killed former indigenous leader Baduy de la Cruz at Sitio Cawit, Barangay Gapasan on July 29. He has long been subjected to surveillance and coerced by the military to “surrender.” In Northern […]

The war is over. This was declared by the Taliban last August 16 after its fighters seized Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, and ended the US 20-year occupation and its puppet government. Before the Taliban entered Kabul, the US puppet president Ashraf Ghani already fled the country paving the way for the establishment of a new government. […]

The 11.8% increase in the gross domestic product (GDP) of the Philippines during the second quarter of the year is only a rebound from the worst levels. The figure is relative to the 17% GDP decline during the same quarter of the same year, making the slight growth appear bigger. The 2nd quarter GDP growth […]

Sa gitna ng malawak at mistula’y walang katapusang pagdurusa ng sambayanang Pilipino sa pandemya at mga pahirap na lockdown, nagawa pa ng rehimeng Duterte na lustayin, kurakutin at ipagkait sa mamamayan ang ilampung bilyong pisong pondo ng bayan. Labis-labis ang pagngangalit ng sambayanang Pilipino sa ibinunyag ng Commission on Audit (COA) na mga katiwalian sa […]