Philippine Revolution Web Central
Philippine Revolution Web Central
Sugarcane farmworkers in Barangay Kahil (not its real name) in the southern part of Negros won an increase in their daily wages after collectively confronting two landlords last June. Ang Paghimakas, the newspaper of the revolutionary movement in Negros, reported that wages were raised from ₱200-₱220 to ₱250, while payment for two passes of plowing […]
The revolutionary movement honored the three Red fighters and Party cadres in Cagayan Valley who were martyred on September 11 in Barangay Baliuag, Peñablanca, Cagayan. They were identified as Ariel Arbitrario (Ka Karl), Danielle Marie Pelagio (Ka Seed) and Erin Sagsagat (Ka Jorly). Ka Karl was an NDFP consultant for peace negotiations. A native of […]
The weekly take-home pay of workers like Mae depends on the amount of soap they produce. She and her co-workers work under this so-called “piece-rate” system. This violates their rights as workers to a fixed 8-hour paid workday. In their factory, workers are usually paid ₱27 per 100 pieces of soap (or ₱0.27 per piece). […]
When the US-Marcos dictatorship imposed martial law in September 1972, the regime outrightly banned student councils, organizations, fraternities and publications in universities and schools. This is part of the overall suppression of the democratic rights of the youth and the entire people. Marcos considered all groups of students and youth a threat to his military […]
Since 2022, large machineries of Daguma Agro Minerals Inc and Bonanza Energy Resources Inc, companies of San Miguel Energy Corporation (SEMC), have been constantly mining coal in Barangay Ned, Lake Sebu in South Cotabato. Mining continues despite resistance of residents, church people, environmental groups and even the provincial government. The once verdant farms are now […]
From Mindanao to Luzon, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) of the big bourgeois Ramon Ang, plunders the country’s natural resources relentlessly, destroying the environment and the peopel’s livelihood. In Zambales, residents, environmental groups and church people oppose the plan of San Miguel Global Power (SMGP), a subsidiary of SMC, to expand its Masinloc Power Plant in […]
Drivers protest in Catarman. Three hundred tricycle drivers plying the University of Eastern Philippines-Catarman route gathered last September 8 to express their opposition to cooperative’s imminent takeover of their route. This attack on their livelihood was caused by the PUVMP (PTMP) which offered various routes of small drivers and operators to large corporate “modern […]
Union formed in Golden Zone Garments. After several months of efforts, the Golden Zone daily rank-and-file workers in Laguna established and registered the Nagkakaisang Manggagawa ng Golden Zone Garments and Accessories Inc on August 12. The workers face issues of low wages, forced overtime, lack of transportation allowance and poor safety and health regulations. […]
The Marcos regime unleashed brutality and violence in recent weeks. Two young organizers were abducted in Isabela, six driver-leaders and operators arrested in Bacolod City and three students in Quezon City and repeated cases of harassment in Cavite. Abduction. In Isabela, state forces abducted Vladimir Maro and Andy Magno in the town of San Pablo, […]