Philippine Revolution Web Central
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Six farmers were arrested by armed state agents these past weeks. The victims were arrested while the military were combing peasant communities, and forcing residents to surrender. On October 17, the police arrested Cristina Magistrado, former organizer of Amihan-Cagayan, at her house in Binangonan, Rizal based on trumped-up charges. She was brought to a police […]
Third part of the series on the inhumane and destructive use of drones and aerial bombing. FIRST PART: Killing by drone and aerial bombing SECOND PART: Brutal weapons of bombing and strafing The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)’s aerial bombardment, together with the use of drones and aerial strafing by helicopters, is one of […]
World Hunger Day. Peasant activists protested on October 16 in front of the Mega Q-Mart in Quezon City to mark the World Food Day which they dubbed as World Hunger Day. The challenged candidates in the 2022 elections to lay down “concrete solutions to address the chronic food and agricultural crisis based on economic sovereignty […]
Pineapple is among the top agricultural products in the Philippines. The country is the second biggest pineapple exporter in the world. Last year, the country produced 2.7 million metric tons (MT) of pineapples valued at ₱26.1 billion. Majority (85%) of local production is controlled by two multinational companies Del Monte Philippines Incorporated and Dole Philippines […]
The Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA) criticized the report of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on October 4 which claimed that pineapple is the “most profitable agricultural product for Filipino farmers.” The group belied this statement saying that thousands of farmers in Polomolok and Tupi in South Cotabato who are under contract growing […]
Correspondence. The hardships suffered by migrant workers doubled when the Covid-19 pandemic raged across the world. These migrants include Julie, a migrant teacher from Mindanao who has been working for several years in another Asian country, where the number of Filipino migrants is relatively low. She admitted she decided to leave her family and country […]
It is impossible that Rodrigo Duterte has nothing to do with the “grand conspiracy” to defraud the government of billions of pesos during the height of the pandemic last year. He is in the center of the swindle perpetrated mainly by his Chinese businessman friend and economic adviser Michael Yang, officials of the Pharmally Pharmaceutial […]
Walong armas ang nasamsam ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan (BHB) sa isinagawa nitong reyd laban sa 29th IB sa Barangay Maraiging, Jabonga, Agusan del Norte noong Setyembre 28. Tig-dalawang R4 at M16-A1, isang M14 at tatlong kalibre .45 na pistola ang nasamsam sa reyd. Apat na sundalo ang napatay at dalawang iba pa ang nasuatan. Nagsisilbing […]
Iniulat ng Larab, rebolusyonaryong pahayagan ng Eastern Visayas (EV), noong Oktubre 2 na naparusahan na ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan-EV si Jojo “Pekulo” Lucero, kriminal na kasama sa mga pumaslang kay Carlito Badion. Pinatawan siya ng rebolusyonaryong hustisya sa Ormoc City noong Hunyo 25. Si Lucero ay nahatulang may-sala ng hukumang bayan sa Leyte matapos mapatunayan […]
Natapos na ang paghahain ng mga papeles sa pagkakandidato noong Oktubre 8 pero hindi natapos ang paghahanayan ng mayor na mga partido. Sa huling araw ng paghahain, ginawang katatawanan ng pangkatin ni Rodrigo Duterte ang proseso nang biglang sumulpot si Sen. Ronald de la Rosa bilang kandidato sa pagkapresidente ng PDP-Laban. Mismong si de la […]