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Tigil pasada sa Valenzuela
September 21, 2019

SA PANGUNGUNA NG PISTON, ikinasa ng may 500 tsuper sa Valenzuela City ang kanilang tigil-pasada laban sa programang “no contact apprehension” ng lokal na pamahalaan noong Setyembre 16. Layunin ng patakaran na itaas ang multa sa mga paglabag ng batas trapiko mula sa dating minimum na ₱150 para sa unang paglabag tungong ₱1,000 hanggang ₱3,000. […]

Atake sa Saudi Arabia, isinasangkalan ng US para gipitin ang Iran
September 21, 2019

ISINASANGKALAN NG imperyalismong US ang serye ng mga atake sa dambuhalang mga planta at pasilidad sa pagpoproseso ng langis sa Abqaiq at Khurais, Saudi Arabia noong Setyembre 14 para patuloy na gipitin ang Iran. Bagamat agad na inako ng mga milisyang Houthi, isang anti-imperyalistang kilusan ng mga minorya sa Yemen na sila ang nagpabugso ng […]

NPA-Isabela seizes 14 firearms
September 07, 2019

FOURTEEN FIREARMS WERE seized by the New People’s Army (NPA)-Isabela in an armed action against the Task Force Kalikasan (TFK) at Sitio Lagis, Barangay Sindun Bayabo, Ilagan City. Five pistols were confiscated during the operation. The TFK is under the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office and is actively supported by local police and military […]

Foiled FMO in Agusan del Norte
September 07, 2019

The Armed Forces of the Philippines is covering up the failure of its focused military operation (FMO) at Mt. Hilong-hilong in North Eastern Mindanao last month to brag and save face. This was the statement of Ka Sandara Sidlakan, spokesperson of the New People’s Army (NPA)-North Eastern Mindanao Region, on September 4. Mt. Hilong-hilong is […]

Military intensifies intervention in schools
September 07, 2019

THE ARMED FORCES of the Philippines (AFP) has intensified its intervention in schools and universities across the country in compliance with the direction of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict which was established through Executive Order No. 70. These are patterned after the “whole-of-nation approach” counterinsurgency campaign and is a major […]

Multitrillion budget for dictatorship
September 07, 2019

Budget for peace and development—this was how the US-Duterte regime described its proposed P4.1-trillion budget for 2020. This is far from reality as the multitrillion budget is bound to be corrupted and will be used to fund anti-people programs and projects, and to intensify fascism. The proposed P4.1-trillion budget for 2020 is 12% higher than […]

Victorious Monde Nissin strike
September 07, 2019

MONDE NISSIN WORKERS’ second strike last August 27 was successful as the management agreed to negotiate with the Mon­de Nis­sin La­bor Associa­ti­on-LIGA (MNLA-LIGA) regarding the retrenchment of 176 workers. The management agreed to compensate dismissed contractual workers a separation pay of not less than P100,000 each. The MNLA first staged its strike on August 6 […]

Widespread E-CLIP corruption
September 07, 2019

IN THE NORTH EASTERN Mindanao Region (NEMR), Maria Malaya reported that about P60,000 are pocketed by AFP officials for every civilian they are able to coerce to surrender. Reports from various barangays and communities across the region indicate that those coerced were promised to be given P65,000 each. In truth, however, majority of them have […]

Bakwit schools open in Quezon and Davao City
September 07, 2019

A BAKWIT SCHOOL (school for evacuees) held its opening of classes for the current academic year last September 2 at the University of the Philippines-Diliman in Quezon City. Around 50 Lumad students, their teachers and leaders participated in the activity. Meanwhile, 155 students participated in the opening of classes in another Bakwit School at the […]

State forces arrest NDFP consultant
September 07, 2019

JOINT ELEMENTS OF the Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines illegally arrested Esterlita Suaybaguio, 60, in Cubao, Quezon City on August 23. Suaybaguio is a consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in its peace negotiations with the GRP. She was arrested based on a fabricated case of illegal […]