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Mga mamamahayag, delikado sa Pilipinas
November 07, 2019

SA TATLONG MAGKAKASUNOD na taon, nanatiling panglima ang Pilipinas sa mga bansang may pinakamataas na Global Impunity Index (GII) ayon sa ulat noong Oktubre 29 ng Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Ang GII ay sumusukat sa bilang ng mga hindi nareresolbang kaso ng ekstrahudisyal na pagpaslang sa mga mamamahayag. Nakapagtala ang CPJ ng 41 kaso […]

Anti-imperyalistang kumperensya, inilunsad sa Cuba
November 07, 2019

INILUNSAD ANG CUBAN Anti-Imperialist Solidarity Conference for Democracy and Against Neoliberalism sa Havana, Cuba noong Nobyembre 1-3. Ang kumperensya ay inorganisa ng Communist Party of Cuba at dinaluhan ng mahigit 1,200 delegado mula sa 95 bansa. Nagsilbi ang kumperensya bilang ekspresyon ng pakikibaka ng mga mamamayan ng buong daigdig laban sa imperyalismo. Tampok sa aktibidad […]

Ang paghugos ng milyun-milyong mamamayan sa lansangan sa buong mundo
November 07, 2019

Milyun-milyong mamamayan ang humugos at patuloy na humuhugos sa mga lansangan sa iba’t ibang bahagi ng daigdig para ipanawagan ang pagbabasura sa pahirap na mga patakaran sa kani-kanilang bansa. Dambuhalang mga protesta ang inilunsad sa Latin America, Europe, Middle East at Africa nitong nagdaang mga linggo para labanan ang mga neoliberal na patakarang pang-ekonomya, pagsidhi […]

March against climate change
October 21, 2019

  The social movement against policies and companies that destroy the environment and cause climate change is gaining ground globally. Since 2018, protests have been mounted every Friday under the campaign #FridaysForFuture. The participation of children and the youth, especially students, in these protests is notable. The biggest protests, participated in by approximately six million […]

AFP sustains 20 casualties in NPA offensives
October 21, 2019

NINE ELEMENTS OF the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) were killed while 11 others were wounded in various military offensives conducted by the New People’s Army in Masbate, Quezon and Bukidnon from October 8 to 19. Units of the NPA-Masbate simultaneously attacked dispersed elements of the 2nd IB at Sitio Poro, Barangay Talisay, San […]

Fake news conceal military infighting
October 21, 2019

  THE MILITARY AND police are desperately concealing intense infighting and demoralization among their ranks by peddling fake news. In Kalinga, Abra and Ifugao, such news were used as a veil to conceal several gunfights between soldiers, CAFGU, and police elements. On August 15, two CAFGU elements were killed after being shot by 24th IB […]

Aid, not imports and loans
October 21, 2019

  PROGRESSIVE PEASANT ORGANIZATIONS demanded the US-Duterte regime this October to immediately end rice importation and provide palay farmers with necessary aid. They called for revocation of the Rice Liberalization Law or RA 11203 which burdened farmers further. They said that machines and research will be of no use if rice farmers are already dead. […]

PAKED launches fourth edition of MKLRP
October 21, 2019

THE FOURTH EDITION of the Short Course on the Society and Revolution (MKLRP) was launched last September 23. MKLRP is a basic education course published by the Party through the National Education Department (PAKED). This edition added a section about the regime of Benigno Aquino III. Several discussions about post-Marcos regimes were also polished. The […]

NKTI workers gain victories
October 21, 2019

THE ASSOCIATION OF health workers at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute announced the victories it gained from its collective negotiating agreement (CNA) with the hospital management. The workers were able to assert the provision of benefits including a mutual benefit allowance (P5,000 per employee), free meals, free hospitalization for surgeries, and other health benefits, […]

How did the Alcantara family accumulate its wealth?
October 21, 2019

The Alcantara family has a big investment in the Tampakan Copper-Gold Project. This is only one of the businesses of the Alsons Consolidated Resources Incorporated (ACR or Alcantara Group), a consortium with diverse interests across Mindanao. They Alcantara group also owns a large share in the Australian company Indophil Resources NL. They also have businesses […]