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STUDENTS AND TEACHERS of Lumad schools under the Save Our Schools (SOS) Network protested in front of the headquarters of the De­partment of Educa­ti­on in Pa­sig City on July 17 to condemn its attempt to order the closure of Lumad schools in Mindanao. In particular, they criticized its suspension of 55 schools of the Sa­lug­po­ngan […]

ECONOMIC OFFICIALS of the reactionary government, during their Pre-State of the Nation Address Economic and Infrastructure Forum, dubbed the Re­pub­lic Act 11203 or Rice Li­be­ra­liza­ti­on Act a “monumental legislative achievement.” This is a big fat lie as this “achievement” is considered a scourge by rice farmers. The said law was implemented in December 2018 to […]

The rift in the Du­ter­te-Arro­yo-Marcos alliance is widening further. This is evident in the continuing rivalry among its henchmen who are vying for the highest position in Congress. Duterte directly intervened in the competition by endorsing last July 8 Alan Pe­ter Ca­ye­ta­no and Lord Allan Ve­lasco to alternately share the Speakership. But days after this, […]

The civilian bureaucracy of the US-Duterte regime is dominated by what is practically a civil-military junta. This July, the number of positions in the government held by retired military and police officials already reached 64. Eleven of them are in his cabinet and spearhead major agencies. This number is set to increase as Rodrigo Duterte […]

Residents of Ba­ra­ngay Bi­to-on in Ja­ro District, Iloi­lo City foiled the abduction attempt against Wilfre­do “Tay Pi­do” Pa­nue­la, 65, leader of the Ka­ti­ling­ban sang mga Imol sa Syu­dad (Kai­sog), by state agents this month. Two intelligence agents were held and brought by the villagefolk at the barangay hall. Without providing any identification, they claimed that […]

Sa darating na State of the Nation Address ni Rodrigo Duterte sa Hulyo 22, tiyak na muli siyang magpapamalas ng tahasang pangangayupapa sa imperyalista niyang among US sa pamamagitan ng pagprayoritisa sa neoliberal na mga reporma sa ekonomya. Ang mga repormang ito ay matagal nang itinutulak ng US sa ilalim ng The Arangkada Philippines Project […]

LALONG HUMIHIGPIT ANG hawak ng US sa Pilipinas matapos ang ika-8 Bilateral Strategic Dialogue (BSD) sa pagitan ng dalawang bansa noong Hulyo 15-16. Isinasagawa ang taunang BSD sa ilalim ng US-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty. Dinadaluhan ito ng matataas na upisyal ng gubyernong US at ng Armed Forces of the Philippines. Ang delegasyon mula sa US […]

INILUNSAD NG MGA mang­ga­ga­wa sa ila­lim ng Ki­lu­sang Ma­yo Uno ang #Pay­dayPro­test noong Hul­yo 15, isang ling­go ba­go ang Sta­te of the Na­ti­on Address ni Rod­ri­go Du­ter­te. Ki­nun­de­na ni­la ang pam­ba­ba­rat ng re­hi­meng Du­ter­te sa mga mang­ga­ga­wa, nag­pa­pa­tu­loy na pa­ta­ka­ran ng kontraktwalisa­syon at pang­ka­la­ha­tang ka­wa­lang tra­ba­ho sa buong ban­sa. Na­kii­sa sa protesta ang mga mang­ga­ga­wang […]

DALAWANG BESES NA hi­na­ras ng Ba­gong Huk­bong Ba­yan (BHB)-Wes­tern Sa­mar ang mga ele­men­to ng 63rd IB noong Hun­yo 16 sa Ba­ra­ngay Bay-ang, San Jor­ge, Sa­mar. Da­la­wang sun­da­lo ang napatay. Tat­long ele­men­to rin ng 87th IB ang na­pa­tay sa operasyong haras ng BHB noong Hunyo 27 sa Barangay Sto. Niño, Pa­ra­nas. Sa­man­ta­la, nag­lun­sad ng pu­ni­ti­bong ak­syon […]

PWERSAHANG PINAATRAS NG mga abu­ga­do ng re­hi­meng Du­ter­te noong Hul­yo 9 ang nag­pe­ti­syong 40 ma­ngi­ngis­da ng Ma­sin­loc, Zam­ba­les at Palawan pa­ra sa writ of ka­li­ka­san sa West Phi­lip­pi­ne Sea (WPS). Nag­sam­pa sa Kor­te Sup­re­ma noong Abril ang na­tu­rang mga ma­ngi­ngis­da ka­tu­wang ang mga abugado ng Integ­ra­ted Bar of the Phi­lip­pi­nes ng ka­so laban sa pa­ni­ni­ra […]