The New People’s Army-South Central Negros ambushed police forces along the highway of Sitio Candida 2, Barangay Bi-ao, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental last February 13. Two police personnel were wounded. The NPA belied police reports that a 15-year old civilian was wounded in the NPA action. According to the NPA unit which carried out the attack, […]
Two battalions are currently deployed in Masbate (population: 908,920) in a desperate attempt to quell the people’s struggle and defeat the New People’s Army (NPA) in the island. It was reported in February that the transfer of the 96th IB to the island from Camarines Norte has been completed. This brings the soldier-to-civilian ratio to […]
Oil price hikes slammed. Members of Gabriela held a noise barrage in Marikina’s public market; in Baseco, Tondo; and in Tatalon and Mega Q-Mart in Quezon City last February 18 to protest relentless oil price increases since January. Earlier, drivers and jeepney operators organized a protest action along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City. Vegetable farmers […]
In cahoots with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), capitalists got away with slashing wages under the guise of “preserving jobs.” They exploited the workers’ desperation to hang on to their jobs in the midst of destructive lockdowns and absence of state aid. Big companies took advantage of the conditions borne out of restrictive […]
Soldiers and police illegally arrested a doctor, two young activists and three farmers in the past few days. In February 8, police arrested Dra. Ma. Natividad Castro at her sibling’s residence in San Juan City. Dra. Castro was among the health workers who assisted in establishing community health centers and health programs in the Caraga […]
The Bongabon town in Nueva Ecija is known as the Onion Capital of the Philippines because it produces the largest share of onions of the country. It is also called Asia’s Onion Basket. But onion farmers, known for being the best and most patient, are reduced to tears because all their efforts go to the […]
The SIM Card Registration Act now only awaits Rodrigo Duterte’s signature to become a full law. The proposed law mandates that all cellular phone users and subscribers of any type of telecommunications must register their full names and present their ID before purchasing SIM cards. The law also covers current and new users of social […]
Over the past weeks, the US imperialists have intensified provocations and warmongering in Ukraine in the hope o sparking an armed conflict and proxy war with Russia. In collusion with American big media and the military industrial complex, the US has been whipping up the threat of an “imminent invasion” by Russia in Ukraine to […]
Tumagal ng dalawang oras na hawak ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan (BHB) ang isang bahagi ng pambansang haywey sa Surigao del Sur (SDS) noong Pebrero 10. Nagtayo ang mga Pulang mandirigma ng mga tsekpoynt sa kahabaan ng lansangan sa Barangay Mabahin, Cortes habang isinasagawa ang pagdis-arma sa tatlong nagbitiw na mga sundalo sa kanilang bahay sa […]