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Workers under the Liwayway Workers Union (LWU-Anglo-KMU) staged a protest action at the DOLE Central Visayas office last September 19 and 22 against the company’s widespread retrenchments. They staged the protest while their case against contractualization was being heard inside the agency. For months now, the factory where they worked has been closed due after […]
The Katipunan ng mga Samahang Manggagawa-Cordillera Peoples’ Democratic Front (Kasama-CPDF) Wilfredo “Ka Hoben” Aloba Chapter reported in the last week of September that it successfully held the organization’s second assembly in a secret location in the Cordillera. Officers and members of the Kasama-CPDF from various communities and semiproletarian sectors attended the gathering. The chapter summed […]
Three cases of physical assault and abuse by soldiers against peasants and indigenous peoples were recorded in the provinces of Oriental Mindoro, Negros Occidental and Surigao del Sur in recent weeks. All victims are being accused of having links or being members of the New People’s Army. In Surigao del Sur, 75th IB troops arrested […]
12th anniversary of San Roque’s People’s Barricade. Residents and supporters of Sitio San Roque staged a protest in front of the National Housing Authority on September 25 to commemorate the 12th year of the People’s Barricade that stopped the demolition of their community. Sitio San Roque is part of the land being grabbed by […]
Filom (not his real name) was not even 10 years old when he witnessed his grandfather being beaten up by elements of the Philippine Constabulary (PC) in their farm in Barangay Panaytayan, Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro. The reason? His grandfather was carrying a long bolo. “Things were so strict that even carrying a bolo to town […]
Calls to save Sierra Madre resounded a day after supertyphoon Karding rampaged across the provinces of Cagayan, Central Luzon and Southern Tagalog on September 25. The day (September 26) coincided with the Save Sierra Madre Day which was first declared in 2012. The Sierra Madre mountain range plays a crucial role in protecting the people […]
Over the past few weeks, the value of the Philippine peso against the dollar has been dropping to record lows almost everyday. Since the start of the year, the peso’s value against the dollar has slid by more than 15 percent from ₱50.9 to ₱58.9 to the dollar. There are estimates that the peso will […]
Pinarusahan ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan (BHB)-Central Negros noong Setyembre 24 ang isang elemento ng CAFGU na nasa likod ng mga pagpaslang sa mga sibilyan sa Guihulngan City. Tinarget sa isang partisanong operasyon si Joselito Raboy, operatiba sa maraming operasyong kombat ng 62nd IB at mga yunit ng pulis. Kabilang sa pinakamalaking krimen ni Raboy ang […]
Sa bigong kaso na bansagang “terorista” ang Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas (PKP) at Bagong Hukbong Bayan (BHB), inihapag ng Department of Justice (DOJ) bilang ebidensya ang siyam na insidente para ipadeklarang “terorista” ang Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas at Bagong Hukbong Bayan. Ibinasura ito ng korte at sinabing hindi sapat ang mga kaso para patunayan ang […]
Idinaos kamakailan ng Christians for National Liberation (CNL) ang ika-9 na pambansang kongreso nito. Ang CNL ang lihim na rebolusyonaryong organisasyon ng mga taong-simbahang Kristyano na kaanib sa National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). Ang kongreso ay may temang “Konsolidahin at palawakin ang ating hanay! Magkaisa at ibagsak ang tiraniya ng US-Marcos II sa […]