“General Ancan’s pipe dream of dismantling and destroying the revolutionary movement is just that — a pipe dream, a fantasy,” NPA-Southeast Negros Command said in a statement dated December 4. The NPA mocked the 11th IB’s declaration of “successfully dismantling the Southern Negros Front of the NPA.” Estrella Banagbanag, spokesperson for the NPA-Southeast Negros Command, […]

The Filipino people have suffered relentless beating and oppression under the Duterte regime’s militarist and anti-people response to the Covid-19 pandemic and successive calamities. The rotten regime abandoned its obligation to address the health and economic needs of the people. It intensified repression and imposed measures which worsened poverty and hunger. Fearing a people’s upsurge […]

Dismantle the NTF-ELCAC! Around 100 activists protested in Quezon City on December 4 to call for the dismantling of the NTF-ELCAC and the realignment of its budget to social services. Its budget is not only used for red-tagging, but is also used as a milking cow by the regime’s generals and anti-communist propagandists. They asserted […]

In June, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas announced that the inflation rate will most likely remain low saying that demand is weak due to the pandemic. Despite this, inflation rates already went up three times this year (July, October and November.) According to latest data, inflation recently rose by 3,3%, with food prices registering the […]

Prior to 2020, the Philippines has already been in various list of countries considered most vulnerable to the impact of climate change. The Philippines has long been facing threats of natural disasters due to its location. Today, however, the damages these cause on the people has become worse due to the catastrophic response of the […]

More than 6,000 individuals led by the Kilusang Mayo Uno protested at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City on November 30. They demanded for safety, jobs and respect for human rights. They opposed the regime’s continuing red-tagging campaign and Anti-Terror Law which are being used to suppress its critics. They noted that […]

The New People’s Army (NPA)-Agu­san del Nor­te ambushed operating troops of the 29th IB in the mountainous portion of Ba­ra­ngay Ba­ngo­nay, Ja­bo­nga, Agu­san del Nor­te. A certain Master Sergeant Aber­to was killed in action, while another officer died in the hospital. The said unit was conducting focused military operations in the said barangay since November […]

Various states in India saw the biggest strike in the history of the world on November 26. Despite lockdown restrictions, more than 250 million residents led by 10 trade unions and peasant organizations participated in the general strike to oppose the neoliberal reforms implemented by Pri­me Mi­nis­ter Na­rendra Mo­di in connivance with US imperialists amid […]

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) strongly condemned the US-Duterte regime’s unabated attacks against revolutionary forces and the Filipino people in its dirty war. During the last week of November, it successively attacked five peace consultants of the Na­tio­nal De­mocra­tic Front of the Phi­lip­pi­nes (NDFP) in violation of the the Joint Agree­ment on Safety […]

State forces arrested Aman­da Laca­ba Echa­nis along with her one-month old infant son at a house in Ba­ra­ngay Ca­ru­pi­an, Bag­gao, Ca­ga­yan on December 2. Echanis is a member of Amihan and an organizer of peasant women. Echanis is currently detained at Camp Addu­ro in Tu­gue­ga­rao City based on trumped up charges of illegal possession of […]