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Ang masaklaw na interes ng US sa Sulu at karagatan nito
February 21, 2019

Nang mangyari ang dalawang magkasunod na pambobomba sa loob at labas ng simbahang Katoliko sa Jolo, Sulu noong Enero 28, mabilis itong idineklara ni Rodrigo Duterte na mga “suicide bombing” (pambobomba gamit ang sarili) ng mga “dayuhang terorista.” Hindi na baleng kasisimula pa lamang ng imbestigasyon at wala pang ebidensya ang kanyang mga pulis. Giit […]

Taripikasyon ng bigas, papatay sa maliliit na magsasaka
February 21, 2019

Kamatayan ang hatid ni Rodrigo Duterte sa mga magsasaka sa mga palayan matapos ang pagpirma niya sa batas sa liberalisasyon ng pag-aangkat ng bigas o ang Rice Import Liberalization Law (Batas sa Liberalisasyon ng Importasyon ng Bigas) nitong Pebrero 14. Binibigyang-daan ng batas na ito ang ganap na liberalisayon o pag-aalis ng limitasyon sa pag-aangkat […]

Batas sa coco levy, ibinasura ni Duterte
February 21, 2019

TINANGGIHAN NI RODRIGO Duterte na pirmahan para maging batas ang Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Act noong Pebrero 10 dahil nais niyang kontrolin ang pagpapasya sa pondong nagkakahalaga ng P10 bilyon. Ipinasa sa Kongreso ang naturang batas na nag-utos na ipamahagi na ang coco levy sa maliliit na magsasaka sa niyugan noon pang Disyembre 1, […]

16 bihag-ng-digma, pinalaya na ng BHB-NEMR
February 21, 2019

PINALAYA NG BAGONG Hukbong Bayan (BHB)-North Eastern Mindanano Region ang 16 na bihag ng digma noong Pebrero 14-19. Sa unang bats, anim na myembro ng CAFGU Active Auxiliary (CAA) ang pinalaya ng BHB-Agusan del Sur noong Pebrero 14 sa Barangay San Juan, Bayugan, Agusan del Sur. Sa ikalawang bats, pinalaya ng BHB noong Pebrero 18 […]

6 armas, nakumpiska ng BHB-Bukidnon
February 21, 2019

MATAGUMPAY NA SINALAKAY ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan-Bukidnon ang base ng 1st Special Forces Battalion (SFB)-Civilian Active Auxiliary sa Sityo Green Valley, Barangay Dalwangan, Malaybalay City noong Pebrero 14, alas 9:40 ng gabi. Nakumpiska ng BHB mula rito ang anim na armas na kinabibilangan ng tatlong R4 (isa ang may M203 grenade launcher), dalawang M14, isang […]

People’s democratic government established in Barangay Sugar
February 07, 2019

A people’s conference was launched in Barangay Sugar, not a real name of a barangay in the Caraga region, to establish the barrio revolutionary committee (BRC) last December 2018. The BRC is the basic unit of the people’s democratic government (PDG). Barangay Sugar consists of seven sitios and has a mixed population of 1,000 Lumads […]

RATED X: The Duterte regime’s worsening attacks against children
February 07, 2019

If Duterte’s reign was a television show or movie, it would come with an X rating—evil and harmful to children. The regime’s attacks against children have been relentless this past weeks and months. This January 30 alone, police and military forces arrested two innocents — a 1- and 2-year old—together with another minor, in a […]

NDFP consultant killing rouses widespread condemnation
February 07, 2019

The revolutionary movement, human rights and progressive organizations and broad sectors of the people condemned the killing of Randy Felix Malayao, 49. Malayao was a consultant to the peace negotiations of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. He wast shot twice while asleep in a bus on pitstop in Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya last January […]

The coconut industry’s continuous decline
February 07, 2019

The coconut industry is important to the country’s agricultural sector. At present, almost 26% of all farmlands are planted with coconut trees, and provide livelihood to around four million coconut farmers. The country’s coconut industry, however, is in a slump. According to reports, the income of 60% of coconut farmers and farm workers are below […]

Worsening attacks against the people in NMR
February 07, 2019

The US-Duterte regime’s attacks are worsening against the people of Mindanao, especially peasants and national minorities, under martial law. In Northern Mindanao, in particular, cases of extrajudicial killings, illegal arrests and detention, intimidation, harassment, forced surrender and militarization of entire communities have risen. These aim to silence the people’s struggles for land, ancestral land and […]