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Mga manggagawa sa NAMASUFA, nagwelga
October 07, 2018

Paralisado ang operasyon ng pito sa 11 packing plant ng Sumitomo Fruit Corp. (Sumifru) sa Compostela Valley matapos ilunsad ang welga ng may 900 kasapi ng Nagkahiusang Mamumuo sa Suyapa Farm (NAMASUFA) nitong Oktubre 1. Ang Sumifru ay isang kumpanyang Japanese na nagluluwas ng saging. Iginigiit ng mga manggagawa na kilalanin ng Sumifru ang kanilang […]

Koordinanong mga aksyong militar sa Bicol
October 07, 2018

AABOT SA 20 operasyong haras ang inilunsad ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan (BHB)-Bicol mula Setyembre 24-26 laban sa mga kampo ng militar at pulis sa Camarines Sur, Albay at Masbate. Sa panimulang mga ulat, hindi bababa sa walong pasistang tropa ang namatay sa naturang mga pag-atake. Target ng mga opensiba ang mga yunit sa ilalim ng […]

Armed actions in NCMR, Negros and Bicol
September 21, 2018

THE NEW PEOPLE’S Army (NPA) launched a series of armed actions across the country in the past few weeks. Agu­san del Nor­te. On September 18, at around 3:40 p.m., the NPA detonated an explosive against operating troops of the 23rd IB in Barangay Lower Olave, Buenavista. Three soldiers were killed while four were wounded. On […]

Grave crisis under the US-Marcos dictatorship
September 21, 2018

Forty-six years have passed since the facist US-Marcos regime declared Proclamation 1081 which placed the entire country under martial rule. Halfway through the martial law regime, in 1979, the country fell ignonimously into grave economic and political crisis. Curtailment of civil rights was also pervasive. Amid this, the resistance of the Filipino resolutely surged onward […]

Protest actions against martial law
September 21, 2018

  Protests were held in succession by various sectors in preparation for the 46th year commemoration of martial law declaration on September 21, 1972. In view of this, the Communist Party of the Philippines called on the people to use the lessons in struggle against the dictatorship to overthrow the loathed US-Duterte regime. On September […]

International court finds Duterte and Trump guilty
September 21, 2018

The International People’s Tribunal (IPT) held in Brussels, Belgium on September 19 found Rodrigo Duterte and US President Donald Trump guilty of their fascist crimes against the Filipino people. From September 18, the IPT heard 21 cases filed against the two presidents. Among these are cases of violation of socioeconomic, civil and political rights, and […]

AFP massacres 7 Tausug youth
September 21, 2018

Elements of the Task Group Panther under the command of Lt. Col. Samuel Yunque and the 5th Scout Ranger Battalion led by Capt. Michael Asistores ruthlessly killed seven Tausug youths, ages 18-31, in Kabbon Takas, Patikul, Sulu in the afternoon of September 14. The victims were identified as Makrub Diray, Basirun Hayrani, Mijan Hayrani, Binnajar […]

Hold big mining responsible—Ka­li­ka­san
September 21, 2018

GROUPS KALIKASAN AND Cordillera People’s Alliance are demanding to hold big mining companies responsible for the landslides in Barangay Ucab, Itogon, Benguet during the height of typhoon Ompong last Septembre 15 and in Naga, Cebu on September 20. Latest tallies indicate that around 69 have died while 43 others are still missing after the mass […]

Court sentences Palparan to life
September 21, 2018

ON SEPTEMBER 17, Philippine Army Ret. Gen. Jovito Palparan, together with two co-accused former military officials, were sentenced to life imprisonment by the Malolos Regional Trial Court over the abduction and enforced disappearance of University of the Philippines students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño on July 2006. The ruling issued by Judge Alexander Tamayo states […]

Cost of palay production in Kalinga
September 21, 2018

Officials of the reactionary state have been using the high rice prices as a pretext to justify importation. However, palay farmers do not actually benefit from any increase in rice prices. Rice prices continue to rise simultaneously with its cost of production, while farm gate prices remain low. Kalinga is among the provinces with highest […]