The oral arguments at the Supreme Court on the Anti-Terror Law (ATL) ended last May 17. This came after four months of debates since lawyers of petitioners filed their cases against the oppressive law. The anti-democratic nature of the ATL was further manifested when the Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) accused 29 individuals of being “terrorists,” including […]
The National Democratic Front-Southern Tagalog (NDF-ST) lauded in its statement last June 2 the bravery and unity manifested by the people of Quezon as they were able to successfully evict four military encampments from their villages. Through their united conviction manifested through petitions and other actions, residents of barangays Sta. Elena and Cawayan in Lopez, […]
The Senate requested the Department of Energy to review Dennis Uy’s Udenna Corporation’s successive acquisition of the Malampaya Deep Water Gas-To-Power Project from the Royal Dutch Shell this year and Chevron Corporation last 2019. The project is the sole natural gas mining in the country. It is located offshore of Palawan. Uy bought 45% of […]
DUTERTE WAKASAN NA. “Duterte Wakasan Na,” a formation set to unite all forces aiming to end the Duterte regime and its destructive and failed policies was launched online last June 3. The coordinators criticized the planned tandem of father-daughter Rodrigo and Sara Duterte for the 2022 presidential elections. This formation was the offshoot of the […]
Two consultants of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and five other civilians were killed by armed state agents in the past two weeks. In the same period, five others were arrested and three were abducted, including a child. Killing. State agents simultaneously killed Fr. Rustico Tan and Reynaldo Bocala, peace consultants of […]
The Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM) is lying when it announced that 65% of the rehabilitation of Marawi City is already “complete.” This was the statement of Drieza Lininding of the Moro Consensus Group last May 23 on the fourth anniversary of the Marawi Siege which resulted in the destruction of the city. On the […]
The Isnag minorities of Cordillera strongly oppose the Gened Hyrdoelectric Power Plant, a project for the construction of two megadams that will inundate their communities. They said that they are against the project as it encroaches on their ancestral land, contrary to claims by the company that residents entered into an agreement with the company. […]
Rodrigo Duterte’s subservience to China has further escalated in recent months. From his defeatist response to tensions at the West Philippine Sea, to the issuance of policies such as the Executive Order No. 160 which favors Chinese mining operations in the country, Duterte is outrightly selling off the sovereignty of the country. In exchange for […]
Forbes Magazine is one of the leading magazines of the monopoly capitalist world. It recently released its latest list of the biggest 2,000 corporations. It is instructive to study the list to come up with an overall view of the current picture of the global capitalist system: who are the biggest capitalists and the level […]