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Abaca farmers in Catanduanes have already been facing bankruptcy even before the Covid-19 pandemic. Fifty kilos of abaca are sold for only ₱3,000 which is relatively lower than the ₱5,000-cost of production shouldered by farmers, including rent to landlords. Overall, at least 200,000 peasant families across the country plant abaca. The crop line covers 180,302 […]

Four mass leaders leaders and activists who have been red-tagged were arrested in Central Luzon (CL), and another in Cagayan Valley, and were slapped with trumped-up charges during the Holy Week. Three were arrested in CL on March 30. Joseph Canlas, chairperson of the Alyansa ng mga Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luzon, was arrested in Mexico, […]

The Duterte regime imposed stricter lockdown measures (enhanced community qua­rantine) in Metro Mani­la, Cavite, Laguna, Bula­can and Rizal from March 29 to April 29. This was after the number of new daily cases of Covid-19 reached 10,000. The Department of Health (DOH) announced on April 1 that the 72% of the total number of cases […]

The need for armed struggle in Myanmar (previously Burma) grows starker in the face of daily killings of civilian protesters by the military junta. Inside the country, more and more people are subscribing to the view that rallies, barricades and civil disobedience are no longer enough. As the days go by, the Tatmadaw, Myanmar’s military, […]

The People’s Liberation Army of the Communist Party of India (CPI)-Maoist launched no less than 13 armed actions from January to March this year. Six of these are demolition operations against operating paramilitaries and construction machinery. The latest is an ambush against a busload of District Reserve Guards (DRG) in Na­ya­ran­pur District last March 23 […]

Dandy Miguel, worker of Fuji Electric Philippines and union president of the Lakas ng Nagkakaisang Manggagawa sa Fuji Electric Philippines, was gunned down at the gate of the enclave in Barangay Canlubang, Calamba, Laguna on March 28. He was also the vice chairperson of the Pagkakaisa ng Manggagawa sa Timog Katagalugan. Miguel spearheaded the fight […]

Hindi bababa sa 16 ar­ma­dong ak­syon sa siyam na pru­bin­sya ang ini­lun­sad ng Ba­gong Huk­bong Ba­yan (BHB) sa na­ka­ra­ang da­la­wang ling­go. Ipina­kikita nito ang determi­na­syon ng BHB na biguin ang am­bi­syon ng pasistang rehimen na gu­pu­in ang armadong rebo­lu­syon. Albay. Ti­nam­ba­ngan ng isang yu­nit ng BHB ang sa­sak­yan ng 93rd Special Acti­on Com­pany-PNP noong Abril […]

Isinagawa ang mga selebrasyon pa­ra sa ika-52 ani­ber­sar­yo ng pag­ka­ka­ta­tag ng Ba­gong Huk­bong Ba­yan (BHB) noong Mar­so 29 sa git­na ng wa­lang lu­bay na ope­ra­syon ng Armed Forces of the Phi­lip­pi­nes. Ipi­nag­di­wang ang ani­ber­sar­yo sa ka­na­yu­nan at ka­lun­su­ran ng Sout­hern Ta­ga­log sa git­na ng pa­pa­tin­ding pa­sis­tang ata­ke ng re­hi­meng Du­ter­te sa re­hi­yon. Si­nu­ong ng mga […]

Tu­lad ng sa ibang lu­gar sa ban­sa, nag­du­lot ng ma­la­king ha­mon sa mga yu­nit ng huk­bong ba­yan at re­bo­lu­syo­nar­yong ma­ma­ma­yan ang pan­dem­yang Covid-19 at tu­mi­tin­ding pa­sis­mo ng es­ta­do sa re­hi­yon ng Ilocos-Cor­dil­le­ra. Ang mga ito ay de­ter­mi­na­dong hi­na­rap ng mga yu­nit ng huk­bong ba­yan sa re­hi­yon. Kabilang dito si Ka Emil, isang ka­ba­ta­ang re­bo­lu­syo­nar­yo na […]