The Philippine’s false sovereignty is increasingly being exposed amid heightening military intervention of US imperialism. The strategic goal of the US is to reinforce its dominance and control of the country and to use it as launching pad for provoking war with its imperialist rival China in the Asia-Pacific region. Heightening US military intervention in […]
US imperialism’s geopolitical strategy under the previous Donald Trump government and the current Biden-Harris government is no different in form, purpose and essence. It continues the earlier “Pivot to Asia” declared in 2008 which saw the strategic shift of its policy towards China as a leading imperialist rival. This military strategy aims to prevent further […]
The New People’s Army-Masbate (Jose Rapsing Command) reported this December that more than 20 military actions were launched by its units against the military and police in the province in 2022. These form part of the NPA-Masbate’s ongoing campaign to emasculate and frustrate the focused military operations and the “shock and awe” campaign of the […]
Recent weeks have seen successive cases of human rights violations under the Marcos regime. These include the killing of a farmer, bombing and strafing of a community, and arbitrary arrests of civilians. The 62nd IB troops killed farmer Victor Baldonado at his home in Sitio Columbia, Barangay Trinidad, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on November 21, […]
Harris, go home! Protests by more than 500 people greeted the arrival of US VP Kamala Harris in the Philippines on November 20. They marched to Mendiola on the day that Harris met Ferdinand Marcos Jr in Malacañang. KM, 58 years. More than 100 youth staged a lightning rally on November 27 along Recto […]
Six military actions in the last two weeks were launched by the New People’s Army (NPA) against fascist military troops. These actions were mounted amid AFP’s focus military operations. In Sipalay City, the NPA-Southwest Negros seized two calibre .45 pistols, ammunition, three magazines, two cellphones and one grenade from two intelligence agents of 47th IB […]
Workers, urban-poor and other sectors marched from Liwasang Bonifacio to the the Mendiola Bridge in Manila to commemorate Andres Bonifacio’s 159th day, which they also declared as the Day of the Toiling Masses. Among the marchers were the Kilusang May Uno and the All Workers Unity, Bayan and its organizations, and the Nagkaisa and Paggawa […]
Elements of the 94th IB and 47th IB killed Ericson Acosta and Joseph Jimenez on November 30 in Sitio Makilo, Barangay Camansi, Kanbankalan City, Negros Occidental. Acosta was a consultant of the National Democratic Front (NDF) in peace talks while Joseph Jimenez is a local organizer of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas and an official […]
Rich in sea and land resources, Divilacan, a town in Isabela province, leans against the Sierra Madre and overlooks the Pacific Ocean. It has 12 barangays with around 6,000 residents. It has an area of 89,000 hectares. Much of the town can be considered ancestral land of Dumagat and Agta minorities. It was declared a […]