In his first State of the Nation Address, Marcos declared his government would consider renewable energy (RE) a key sector for supposedly developing the country’s economy. Since then, land grabbing and environmental destruction have aggressively and blatantly intensified to attract RE investors into the country. By 2024, up to 68% of foreign investments were channeled […]
In June, outrage and protest flared up anew in Kenya against the government’s anti-people tax proposal and its subservience. On June 25, thousands of Kenyans stormed the streets of Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisii, and other cities to commemorate last year’s protests. The police’s violent dispersal killed at least 16 people and injured more than 400. On […]
Former president Rodrigo Duterte’s camp submitted a series of petitions to delay hearings of his crimes against humanity before Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The most recent was a petition for an “urgent status conference” filed on June 17 to question the schedule of Duterte’s court appearance on September 23. The […]
Farmers in Barangay Bantud, San Roque, and other barangays in Guimba, Nueva Ecija filed a petition this July calling for minimum farmgate price of fresh palay to be pegged at ₱20 per kilo. They explained that production costs reach ₱14 per kilo, yet traders only buy the palay for ₱10–12. At the height of harvest […]
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) expressed solidarity with the Communist Party of India (Maoist) for their upcoming Martyrs Memorial Week from July 28 to August 3. Those receiving honors during the week include martyred CPI (Maoist) secretary general Comrade Basavaraju (Nambala Keshava Rao). According to the CPP, the heroes of the Indian people […]
Ipaghahambog tiyak ni Marcos sa kanyang ika-apat na State of the Nation Address ang programa ng “kapayapaan at kaunlaran” na isinusulong ng kanyang rehimen. Gagamitin niya itong okasyon para palakpakan ang kanyang mga pasistang galamay at alipures sa “pagsugpo sa armadong sigalot.” Kasabay nito, pagtatakpan niya ang malulubhang pag-abuso sa kapangyarihan at paglapastangan sa mga […]
Napatay sa isang ambus ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan (BHB)-Mindoro (Lucio de Guzman Command) ang dalawang pulis habang bumibyahe sa Barangay Bagong Silang, Victoria, Oriental Mindoro noong Hulyo 13 ng hapon. Ayon sa hukbong bayan, tugon ito sa kahilingan ng mga Mindoreño na panagutin ang AFP-PNP sa teroristang kampanya nito sa mga bayan sa Central Oriental […]
Mga kababaihan, nagprotesta laban sa tumitinding kagutuman. Bitbit ang mga kaldero at kaserola, kinalampag ng mga myembro ng Gabriela, Gabriela Women’ Party at Amihan ang Department of Agriculture noong Hulyo 7 hinggil sa tumitinding kagutuman ng mamamayan. Binanggit nila ang kamakailang sarbey ng Social Weather Stations, na nagsasabing isa sa bawat limang pamilyang Pilipino, […]
Tuluy-tuloy ang pagliligalig ng militar at pulis sa mga komunidad ng magsasaka sa Cavite, Masbate at Negros Occidental. Sa Masbate, inaresto at sinampahan ng kasong rebelyon ang apat na sibilyan. Dinakip noong Hunyo 25 sa Barangay Baras, Esperanza sina Ronnie Ursal, Manlik Espinosa at Melicio Malaras, at noong Hunyo 11 si Vicente Colomna. Liban kay […]
Sa nakaraang dalawang taon, todo-todo ang pagpapalawak ng US ng presensyang militar at pagtatayo ng mga estratehikong imprastrukturang militar nito sa Pilipinas. Noong 2024, ipinwesto nito ang Typhon Missile Sytem sa hilagang Luzon. Sinundan ito ngayong taon ng pagpasok ng NMESIS, MADIS at iba pang mga sandatang panggera. Nitong taon din, inangkin ng US ang […]