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Fight Duterte's pandemic borrowing binge that will aggravate people’s plight
June 01, 2020 | Communist Party of the Philippines |

[UPDATED] The debt-addict Duterte regime is exploiting the Covid-19 pandemic to obtain onerous foreign loans under the guise of stimulating the economy and providing emergency relief. In just three months, the regime has already accumulated a total of $5.5 billion (P275 billion) in foreign loans primarily from imperialist lenders. These loans are bound to further […]

CPP condemns killing of KADAMAY leader Carlito Badion
June 01, 2020 | Communist Party of the Philippines |

The Communist Party of the Philippines joins the Filipino people in condemning the Duterte regime for perpetrating the ruthless killing of urban poor leader Carlito “Ka Karlets” Badion whose lifeless body was found late Thursday afternoon in Pagsanga-an, Riverside, Ormoc City, Leyte. The murder of Badion is clearly the handiwork of the National Task Force […]

Support the American people's demand: Justice for George Floyd!
June 01, 2020 | Communist Party of the Philippines |

  The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) supports the demand of the American people for justice for George Floyd, a 46-year old resident of Minneapolis, Minnesota, who was killed last May 25 by four police officers after he was taken into custody. The killing of Floyd was caught on video with a policeman kneeling […]

Condemn AFP checkpoint assault on ICRC medical convoy in Surigao del Sur
June 01, 2020 | Communist Party of the Philippines | Marco Valbuena | Chief Information Officer |

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) denounces the flagging down and subjecting to search and interrogation of a medical convoy of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Lianga, Surigao del Sur last Friday. The flagging down and inspection of the ICRC convoy, clearly marked with the Red Cross logos, was an unaccepatable […]

CPP welcomes Pope Francis’ call to divert weapons funding
May 31, 2020 | Communist Party of the Philippines | CPP Information Bureau |

  The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today welcomed the statement of Pope Francis calling on governments to divert funds spent on weapons to research to prevent another pandemic. The leader of the Roman Catholic issued the plea as he led an outdoor prayer service in the Vatican yesterday. “The Party considers Pope Francis’ […]

Ka Maria and Ka Joaquin are fine
May 31, 2020 | Communist Party of the Philippines | Marco Valbuena | Chief Information Officer |

This is to assure the public and all revolutionary forces that Ka Maria Malaya, spokesperson of the NDFP in Northeast Mindanao, and Ka Joaquin Jacinto, NDFP-Mindanao spokesperson, are fine. This is contrary to military reports and social media propaganda claiming that they were killed in a firefight in Surigao del Sur.   This piece of […]

Overworked and exploited under Duterte's lockdown, Filipino women must fight back
May 31, 2020 | Communist Party of the Philippines |

Close to three months of Duterte’s martial law lockdown and sheer incompetence in handling the Covid-19 pandemic has been devastating to the Filipino people. It has been doubly so for women and girls. Women, especially working women, have borne the brunt of the lockdown. Women are at the forefront of the battle against Covid-19. Up […]

Free Huzaifa Halabiya Bader and all Palestinian political prisoners
May 31, 2020 | Communist Party of the Philippines |

  The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) condemns the Israel government for the rearrest and detention of Huzaifa Halabiya Bader on May 25. Baser, who was freed last December 2019, was again put under “administrative detention” Israel’s euphemism of imprisoning Palestinians without charges or trial. The Party, the New People’s Army and the entire […]

Duterte is using Covid-19 crisis to justify fascist attacks and railroad a fascist dictatorship -- CPP Regional Committee - NCMR
May 31, 2020 | Communist Party of the Philippines | CPP North Central Mindanao Regional Committee |

  The Communist Party of the Philippines Regional Committee in North Central Mindanao Region (CPP Regional Committee-NCMR) condemns in strongest terms the schemes being brandished by the Duterte regime to justify fascist attacks on the people and railroad measures to install a fascist dictatorship under the guise of public health management in light of the […]

Fight Duterte’s scheme to extend emergency powers for fascism and unbridled corruption
May 30, 2020 | Communist Party of the Philippines |

  The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) calls on the Filipino people and all revolutionary forces to fight the regime’s attempt to railroad the extension of the Rodrigo Duterte’s emergency powers under the Bayanihan Act which is set to expire next month. The extension will only give Duterte, his cohorts and favored capitalists much […]