Despite commitments made under the Comprehensive Agreement on the Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL) to uphold the fundamental rights and dignity of both civilians and combatants, the Marcos regime continues to flout international laws that govern the rules of war. On the 26th anniversary of the signing of the CARHRIHL on […]
Marcos Jr’s upcoming Euro-trip from March 11-15 to ink maritime security deals with Germany and the Czech Republic is a brazen display of warmongering disguised as diplomacy, and of political frivolity and extravagance. While millions of Filipino toiling masses struggle with intensified economic hardship and calamities that demand urgent attention, Marcos Jr instead indulges in […]
“It comes as no surprise that recently appointed Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro has always been against pursuing peace talks with the NDFP. After all, Teodoro comes from the same ilk of military warmongers who served Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and supported convicted war criminal Jovito Palparan,” said Julie de Lima, Interim Chairperson of the National Democratic Front […]
In a celebration held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands today, more than 120 Filipinos and their international friends celebrated 50 years of struggle for social and national liberation in the Philippines. Billed as a “Tapestry of Resistance” , the celebration featured a speech by Prof. Jose Maria Sison, the call for interantional solidarity by Luis Jalandoni. […]