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Manipulation, speculation and monopoly pricing of oil
May 21, 2025

Every Tuesday, the prices of petroleum products change in the Philippines. From January to May 20, prices rose eleven times while decreasing ten times. The increases are larger than the decreases, which resulted in a net rise of ₱4 per liter for gasoline and ₱3.80 per liter for diesel. On May 20, democratic groups led […]

The Marcos regime's “peace plan” is bogus and merely recycled
May 21, 2025

The Marcos regime drew endless ridicule for its “new” peace plan which the National Security Council made public in the last week of April. The regime formally endorsed the National Plan for Unity, Peace and Development (NAP-UPD) when it issued Memorandum Circular No. 83 on May 2. As the NAP-UPD propagated, the regime and the […]

In short
May 21, 2025
Widespread land grabbing for foreign plantations in Lanao del Sur
May 21, 2025

In the municipality of Amai Manabilang (formerly Bumbaran) in Lanao del Sur, large-scale and violent land grabbing now affects Moro, Lumad, and settler farmers. The successive Duterte and Marcos regimes, the local Manabilang dynasty, and the Armed Forces of the Philippines have all conspired to evict residents and use their lands for foreign multinational companies. […]

Deceptive peace
May 21, 2025

The SPDA is a tool in the oppressive “counterinsurgency” war under the guise of “economic development.” It was established in 1975 as part of the package for the “surrendered” revolutionary Moro National Liberation Front forces in the past. In 1980, the SPDA established the Kapatiran Agro-Industrial Cooperative Settlement Project in the towns of Wao and […]

2 Red fighters abducted and deliberately killed by the 62nd IB
May 21, 2025

The 62nd IB soldiers captured and deliberately killed New People’s Army-Central Negros Red fighter Tony Pahayahay (Ka Pidol) on May 1 in Barangay Humay-humay, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental. Pahayahay sustained injuries during the encounter, and troops captured him one kilometer from the site of the clash. Meanwhile, soldiers captured another wounded Red fighter and have […]

Clamor to terminate PrimeWater contract mounts
May 21, 2025

Water that is tea-colored or coffee-colored, foul-smelling and undrinkable; water available only at midnight or early morning, some days with no water at all, only air comes out of the tap for several minutes but the meter keeps running; expensive and continually rising water service fees—these are the deplorable conditions and ordeal of residents who […]

Ilantad ang bulok na reaksyunaryong halalang batbat ng dayaan
May 21, 2025

  Dayaan ang tatak ng halalan sa ilalim ng reaksyunaryong estado sa Pilipinas. Muli itong ipinakita sa nagdaang eleksyon kung saan naging laganap, sistematiko at garapalan ang manipulasyon ng resulta ng botohan upang paburan ang naghaharing papet na rehimeng Marcos. Sa harap ng kaliwa’t kanang anomalya at kapalpakan ng sistema sa pagbibilang ng boto ng […]

Walang bago sa eleksyon 2025
May 21, 2025

Tulad sa nagdaang mga eleksyon, pinagharian ng “guns, goons, gold” ang eleksyong midterm ngayong 2025. Lantaran ang naging dayaan at maniobrahan gamit ang automated na halalan at karahasan laban sa karaniwang mamamayan. Walang bago sa eleksyon, at binigyan nitong muli ng demokratikong tabing ang pagluluklok sa mga kinatawan ng malalaking panginoong maylupa, malalaking burgesyang kumprador […]

Tuloy ang laban ng Makabayan
May 21, 2025

Matapos ang halalan, ipinahayag ng Koalisyong Makabayan ang pasasalamat sa lahat ng mga tagasuporta, kampanyador at bumoto sa 11 kandidato nito sa pagkasenador at apat na party-list. Tiniyak ng koalisyon na magpapatuloy sila sa pakikibaka para sa mga demokratikong karapatan ng mamamayang Pilipino kahit tapos na ang kampanya at halalan. Nakatanggap ng kalahating milyon hanggang […]