Philippine Revolution Web Central
Philippine Revolution Web Central
The “declaration of cooperation” between the University of the Philippines (UP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) signed on August 8 elicited widespread denunciation. It is a brazen violation of academic freedom, critics said. The university’s entry into this agreement would make UP complicit in widespread human rights violations and political repression perpetrated […]
3-day transport strike against jeepney phaseout, mounted anew. Jeepney drivers and operators again launched a transport strike in Metro Manila last August 14-16 against the anti-poor and pro-foreign transportation “modernization” program. They condemned Ferdinand Marcos Jr for refusing to heed the Senate resolution suspending the program until the issues raised by the drivers and […]
Every week, Philippine news is filled with the presence of Chinese fishing, naval and coast guard vessesls in some parts of its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and throughout the South China Sea (SCS). On the other hand, the huge presence of US military forces in these waters is rarely reported, except when there are large-scale […]
Marcos’ budget allocation for his instrument of state terror continues to grow. It is striking how his 2025 budget proposal plan a 51% increase in the defense budget, from ₱278.1 billion in 2024 to ₱419.3 billion in 2025. A large part of this will go to the Armed Forces of the Philippines which will receive […]
Residents in southern Negros Occidental are being threatened with eviction as the Consunji family plan to build an oil palm plantation. Many of the families here have lived and farmed in the area for the past 60 to 70 years. Hacienda Asia Plantations Incorporated (HAPI), and its partners Sirawai Plywood and Lumber Corporation of the […]
The 74th IB has been imposing relentless military rule in many towns of Northern Samar. Widespread cases of human rights violations have been recorded here in recent weeks. In Palapag, the 74th IB abducted and killed Ryan Arnesto in Sitio Canonghan, Barangay Osmeña in his koprasan (coco silo) on July 8. When found, Arnesto’s body […]
While filming a protest action last August 9 in Beita, in Palestine’s occupied West Bank, Filipino-American activist Amado Sison was injured as Zionist Israel’s military forces indiscriminately open fire. He said they scampered when the protest was violently dispersed during which he was shot in the thigh. Israeli forces also allegedly used tear gas. The […]
Binulabog ng mga Pulang mandirigma ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan (BHB)-Masbate (Jose Rapsing Command) ang mga sundalo ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) sa magkasunod na operayong haras sa dalawang magkahiwalay na kampo militar sa bayan ng Milagros, Masbate noong Agosto 10. Pinatamaan ng BHB-Masbate ang kampo ng 93rd Division Reconnaissance Company sa Sityo San […]
Ginunita ng mga grupong katutubo sa iba’t ibang panig ng Pilipinas ang Pangdaigdigang Araw ng mga Katutubo noong Agosto 9. Sa pangunguna ng Katribu Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas, kasama ang mga grupong pambansa-demokratiko at maka-kalikasan, dinala nila sa Camp Aguinaldo, at mga upisina ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources, at National Commission […]