Philippine Revolution Web Central
Philippine Revolution Web Central
Peasant and farmworker groups protested at the Department of Agriculture in Quezon City to mark the 7th anniversary of the enactment of the rice import liberalization law last February 13. Rice imports rose from 2.57 million tons to over 5 million tons from 2019 to 2026. This drove down palay farmgate prices, from an average […]
Amid anti-China criticisms by Philippine Coast Guard officials, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and by pro-US senators—who engage in pretentious promotion of Philippine sovereignty—the US relentlessly conducts aggressive and interventionist military and naval maneuvers in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). These maneuvers heighten the possibility of armed clashes erupting between the US and China, […]
For nearly a decade of fake transportation modernization program, conditions of drivers and commuters in the country have sharply worsened. The Public Transport Modernization Program (PTMP), formerly Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program or “jeepney phaseout,” removed over 180,000 jeeps from the streets and took away the livelihood of roughly 500,000 drivers and operators. Millions of […]
The Philippine government and the US signed an agreement on February 4 for the “development of cooperation” in mining critical minerals and rare earths in the country. The government formed the agreement while attending the 2026 Critical Mineral Ministerial held in Washington. Besides the Philippines, the US signed similar bilateral agreements with 10 other countries. […]
The New People’s Army (NPA)-Camarines Norte strongly condemned the surrender, ultimate betrayal, and treachery against the masses by the couple Marlon Asis (alias Pots) and Julie Grace Lola (alias Haraly). The 42nd IB presented the two to the public as “surrenderees” on February 4 at the battalion headquarters in Labo, Camarines Norte. The 42nd IB […]
Cases of abduction, Red-tagging, harassment, and the filing of fabricated charges against peasants, workers, and human rights advocates were recorded in various parts of the country. Abduction. Elements of the 47th IB abducted 60-year-old peasant Lolly Alperto while he was picking coffee near his home in Sitio Agpapataw, Barangay Binobohan, Guihulngan, Negros Oriental on January […]
The Filipino masses have shouldered the 12% value-added tax (VAT) for two decades since the reactionary government began imposing it in February 2006. The government raised the VAT from 10% to 12% and extended it to nearly 90% of products and services. This marks the highest VAT rate across Southeast Asia. The government collects VAT […]
Marapat na gunitain ng sambayanang Pilipino ang ika-40 anibersaryo ng Pag-aalsang Edsa, ang apat na araw na makasaysayang pagbabangon na nagsilbing huling bigwas ng 14-taon ng pakikibaka ng sambayanang Pilipino na nagtapos sa korap at pasistang diktadura ni Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Para palawigin ang pagkakaluklok niya sa Malacañang, ipinataw ni Marcos Sr ang batas militar […]
Isiniwalat ni Rep. Antonio Tinio ng ACT Teachers Partylist ang ilang detalye ng korapsyon na kinasasangkutan ni Ferdinand Marcos Jr kaugnay sa maanomalyang mga proyekto sa flood control. Sa isang talumpati sa Kongreso noong Pebrero 10, sinabi niyang personal niyang nakita ang mga palitan ng mensahe sa pagitan ni Marcos at Adrian Bersamin, dating pinuno […]