Gilunsad sa lain-laing estado sa India niadtong Nobyembre 26 ang natahong pinakadakung nasudnong welga sa kasaysayan sa kalibutan. Luyo sa mga restriksyon sa lockdown, nagwelga ang kapin 250 milyong katawhan sa pagpanguna sa 10 ka unyon sa pamuo ug mga organisasyong mag-uuma aron supakon ang mga neoliberal nga repormang gipatuman ni Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]
Una sa ikaduhang-seryeng artikulo kalabot sa talagsaong tubag sa estado ug katawhan sa Cuba sa pandemyang Covid-19. Yawe sa kalampusan sa Cuba sa pag-atubang sa pandemyang Covid-19 ang nasudnong sistemang panglawas niini nga walay bayad, alang sa tanan, abot ang 100% sa populasyon, nakabase sa primaryang pag-atiman sa panglawas ug ginapadagan sa de kalidad nga […]
Students from the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) and University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman in Quezon City called for a youth strike to hold the Duterte regime accountable for its criminal negligence. Around 400 students converged in front of ADMU last November 17 to demand the regime to address the crisis caused by calamities and […]
The New People’s Army (NPA)-Bukidnon blasted an operating platoon of the 8th IB at Sitio Ulayanon, Barangay Calabugao, Impasug-ong on November 5. Five soldiers were killed and five others were wounded. In Malaybalay City, Red fighters also harassed operating troopers of the 88th IB at Sitio Kugun-kugon, Barangay Manalog twice on November 19 and 20. […]
Urban poor residents of Sitio Back-Matimco, Barangay Subangdako, Mandaue City in Cebu successfully foiled a demolition attempt in their community by putting up a barricade. In Quezon City, more than 1,000 urban poor residents protested in Barangay Bagong Silangan, Quezon City on November 18 to assert their right to decent housing and livelihood Earlier on […]
In the evening of November 13, residents of Cagayan Valley took to social media and text messages their calls for rescue as typhoon Ulysses lashed the region. Flood waters rose quickly following the sudden release of water by the Magat Dam. The Ambuklao and Binga dams also released water when the water level in Cagayan […]
The Duterte regime failed to protect children’s welfare and rights. In the past four years, child conditions have worsened from an already miserable one. Children are among the most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and the regime’s failure to open schools safely. They are targets of the sham war against drugs in cities and the […]
The denudation of forests is undeniably one of the major reasons behind massive floods and landslides in times of calamity. Government data in 2015 indicate that the country has only a remaining 7 million-hectare total forest cover, or merely 23% of its total land area. Only 3% of primary or virgin forests remain in the […]
The reactionary state has no genuine plan to rehabilitate forests in the country. Its National Greening Program (NGP) is merely a scheme for massive contract growing of commercial timber that are mostly invasive and endanger biodiversity. Local politicians from the big landlord class and their agroforestry business counterparts mainly benefit from contracts awarded under the […]