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157th Bonifacio Day: Hold Duterte accountable, defend people's livelihoods!
December 07, 2020

More than 6,000 individuals led by the Kilusang Mayo Uno protested at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City on November 30. They demanded for safety, jobs and respect for human rights. They opposed the regime’s continuing red-tagging campaign and Anti-Terror Law which are being used to suppress its critics. They noted that […]

NPA-NEMR ambushes butcher police and soldiers
December 07, 2020

The New People’s Army (NPA)-Agu­san del Nor­te ambushed operating troops of the 29th IB in the mountainous portion of Ba­ra­ngay Ba­ngo­nay, Ja­bo­nga, Agu­san del Nor­te. A certain Master Sergeant Aber­to was killed in action, while another officer died in the hospital. The said unit was conducting focused military operations in the said barangay since November […]

250 million protest in India against neoliberalism
December 07, 2020

Various states in India saw the biggest strike in the history of the world on November 26. Despite lockdown restrictions, more than 250 million residents led by 10 trade unions and peasant organizations participated in the general strike to oppose the neoliberal reforms implemented by Pri­me Mi­nis­ter Na­rendra Mo­di in connivance with US imperialists amid […]

GRP's unabated attacks against NDFP consultants
December 07, 2020

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) strongly condemned the US-Duterte regime’s unabated attacks against revolutionary forces and the Filipino people in its dirty war. During the last week of November, it successively attacked five peace consultants of the Na­tio­nal De­mocra­tic Front of the Phi­lip­pi­nes (NDFP) in violation of the the Joint Agree­ment on Safety […]

Nursing mother activist, 4 others arrested and tagged as NPA members
December 07, 2020

State forces arrested Aman­da Laca­ba Echa­nis along with her one-month old infant son at a house in Ba­ra­ngay Ca­ru­pi­an, Bag­gao, Ca­ga­yan on December 2. Echanis is a member of Amihan and an organizer of peasant women. Echanis is currently detained at Camp Addu­ro in Tu­gue­ga­rao City based on trumped up charges of illegal possession of […]

Military treats remains of NPA as trophy
December 07, 2020

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) desecrated the remains of Jevilyn Cullamat, a member of the New People’s Army (NPA) who was killed during an encounter in Ma­ri­ha­tag, Su­ri­gao del Sur on November 28. The 3rd Special Forces Bat­ta­li­on published a photo in their media reports and social media accounts where soldiers posed behind […]

No efficient vaccination program
December 07, 2020

Rodrigo Duterte repea­ted­ly announced that vaccination will be his regime’s primary strategy in addressing the Covid-19 pandemic. Over and over, he boasts of his plan to vaccinate 75% to 80% of the total population in the Philippines. However, his regime has no efficient plan to procure, store and distribute vaccines. He admitted that the government […]

Overcoming the pandemic in Cuba
December 07, 2020

First part of the two-part series on the Cuban state and people’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Key to Cuba’s response to the Covd-19 pandemic is its national health system which is free, universal, accessible to 100% of the population, based on primary health care and ran by quality community doctors and nurses. Cuba is […]

In short
December 07, 2020
Mahina ang benta pero tumataas ang mga presyo
December 07, 2020

Noong Hunyo, sinabi ng Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas na mapapanatili ng bansa na mababa ang pangkalahatang tantos ng implasyon dahil mababa ang demand (o dami ng mga gustong bumili) para sa mga produkto sa ilalim ng pandemya. Taliwas dito, tatlong beses nang sumirit ang implasyon ngayong taon (Hulyo, Oktubre at Nobyembre). Sa pinakahuling datos, umabot […]