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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]