Philippine Revolution Web Central
Philippine Revolution Web Central
Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s pronouncements during his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 22 are far from reality and the daily suffering of the Filipino people. He only used the SONA to cover up the economic crisis and repeatedly boast of his grand-sounding “victories” and flaunt his “Bagong Pilipinas.” Marcos conjured a false […]
Congress is again holding national budget hearings. As expected, the National Task Force (NTF)-Elcac is again asking for billions of pesos for its Support to the Barangay Development Program (SBDP). In the National Expenditure Program submitted on July 28, Ferdinand Marcos Jr allocated ₱7.8 billion for the fascist agency. Last year, it received ₱2.16 billion […]
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS ARE holding the San Miguel Corporation and the Marcos regime responsible for the oil spill from the sunken ship MT Terra Nova in Manila Bay. They should be held responsible for the damage caused by the oil spill to the community’s livelihood, the ecological system and the people’s health. MT Terra Nova is […]
AT LEAST 21 individuals completed the Party’s intermediate and advanced courses consecutively conducted in Southern Tagalog in May and June, according to a report in the June issue of Kalatas, revolutionary newspaper in the region. The graduates were from Party branches in the people’s army and town centers. This is part of the consolidation work […]
UP-Diliman transport strike. Drivers and jeepney operators plying within the UP Diliman campus staged a transport strike last August 1 to oppose the entry of an e-jeepney cooperative that will displace traditional jeepneys from their route in the campus. The UP Transport Group led the action and was supported by students, teachers, and university […]
DRIVERS AND OPERATORS continue to demand the scrapping of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP), which seeks to phase out and replace jeepneys with expensive and outdated imported mini-buses. This was after the Department of Transportation (DOTr) declared continuing the PUVMP despite the senate’s second resolution calling for a suspension of the program. The […]
THE PEOPLE OF Bangladesh ousted the country’s prime minister Sheik Hasina Wazed yesterday, August 5, amid massive protests against her rule. She was ousted a day after the country’s bloodiest protests, in which police opened fire on thousands of protesters, instantly killing more than 90 and injuring hundreds. The protests began at universities against the […]
THE NEXPERIA PHILIPPINES Inc. Workers’ Union (NPIWU)-NAFLU-KMU members numbering 1,246 out of a total of 1,883 voted in favor of launching a strike against the company’s mass layoffs. The union conducted the strike vote on July 29-30 in Cabuyao, Laguna. The activity went smoothly after blatant management interference on July 17-18 which delayed polling. The […]
VENEZUELA SUCCESSFULLY HELD presidential elections on July 28. Incumbent President Nicolas Maduro, one of Latin America’s staunchest anti-imperialist leaders, won. He received 51.2% of the votes, against his opponent Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who got 44.2%. The US and its Latin American allies attempted to disrupt the election by hacking the data transmission system which delayed […]
US imperialist intervention in Asia went on “hypermode” in July. From July 25, State Sec. Antony Blinken toured six countries in Asia in 10 days and held meetings in Vietnam, Laos, Japan, Philippines, Singapore and Mongolia. In a statemnet, the US said it aims to convey its commitment to the region in the last six […]