Kwento ng unang integrasyon sa Bagong Hukbong Bayan ng isang Pilipinong expat(1) ni Kasamang Jane Sa pag-akyat ko sa maputik na daan, lumuwag ang aking pagkapit sa mga bato. Nadulas ako at nasugatan ang putikan ko nang tuhod. “Bakit nandito ako?” “Ano ang ginagawa ng isang dayong taga-lunsod sa gitna ng kagubatan patungo sa isang […]

When the Duterte regime allowed selected industries to operate under the pandemic in May, it did so without requiring capitalists to test workers and ensure their health and safety in the workplace. Since then, its has only released two non-compulsory orders where companies were merely “encouraged” to respect basic workers rights and welfare. No sanctions […]

Third part of the series on the Duterte regime’s borrowing binge. Read the first part, “Pandemic borrowing binge,” in Ang Bayan, August 21, 2020; second part, “Predicament to be caused by Duterte’s borrowing spree,” Ang Bayan, September 7, 2020. This coming September 21, the Filipino people will mark the 48th anniversary of the declaration of […]

Rodrigo Duterte’s absolute pardon to US Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton for killing Jennifer Laude in 2014 is only the latest in the string of injustices suffered by Filipinos in the past 22 years in the hands of US visiting troops under the Visiting Forces Agreement. The crimes they have committed against Filipinos have gone unpunished. […]

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Nothing, not even a pandemic, seems to slow down kingpin Rodrigo Duterte’s drug-related killing spree. A research published by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on September 8 pointed out that Duterte’s bloody war on drugs has worsened during the Covid-19 pandemic. Analyzing the latest statistics of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency on the drug war (PDEA), […]

The Filipino people will mark in a few days the 48th anniversary of the Marcos dictatorship’s martial law imposition. Marking this day has added importance because of the similar situation we face today. Lessons from the 14-year struggle against the dictatorship are deeply significant and should help guide in confronting and fighting the Duterte fascist […]

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) on September 2 called on the international community to step up diplomatic and economic efforts to pressure the Chinese government to comply with its international obligations and sanction its officials for trampling on outstanding agreements and instruments and compel it to respect the sovereignty of other nations. This […]

To commemorate the beginning of the Katipunan-led armed uprising in 1986, revolutionaries paid tribute last August 31 to the selflessness and sacrifices of the heroes and martyrs of the current people’s democratic revolution. They are the modern Katipuneros of the continuing national democratic revolution. From the Cordilleras to Mindanao, the revolutionary movement gave salutes to […]