Fighters of the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAF), the armed wing of the ng Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), are displeased with false promises of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Many of them remain jobless despite having surrendered their weapons in compliance with the decommissioning provision stated in the final agreement between […]
The Makabayan Bloc filed the Union Independence Act of 2021 in Congress on September 19 to prohibit any person from harassing, theatening or coercing workers and unions. This was filed amid reports of successive red-tagging incidents against unions in export processing zones, and incidents involving workers being coerced to renounce their affiliations to the Kilusang […]
Corn is the second most important staple agricultural commodity produced and consumed in the country next to rice. This is not only consumed by the people, but also serves as an important raw material in the production of animal feeds and other food products. Despite this, the reactionary state is systematically neglecting corn production. Over […]
A human rights rights lawyer and a Red fighter rendered hors de combat were killed by armed state agents in the past weeks. Two gunmen gunned down Atty. Juan Macababbad, vice chairperson of the Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao and member of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers, in front of his house in […]
Roger is 32-years old and one of nine siblings who own corn farms in the island of Negros. Seven of them live under one roof and work together in their cornfields. They own a total of 12 hectares of farmlands, a fourth of which is dedicated to the production of white corn for family consumption. […]
The Communist Party of the Philippines expressed its condolences to workers, peasants and all oppressed classes and sectors in Peru over the demise of revolutionary leader Manuel Rubén Abimael Guzmán Reynoso. He was known as as Presidente Gonzalo, founder and leader of the Communist Party of Peru and Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path), one of the […]
The US military left a bloody crime in Afghanistan before the last American soldier left the country after its 20-year of war of occupation. On August 29, a US armed drone fired a 20-pound Hellfire missile into a residential compound in the capital city of Kabul, killing ten civilians, including seven children. In the face […]
Sinalubong ng sabay-sabay na protesta ng mga magulang, guro at estudyante sa ilang paaralan ang pagbubukas ng klase noong Setyembre 13. Bitbit ang panawagang #LigtasNaBalikEskwela, kinundena ng Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) ang “manhid” na si Rodrigo Duterte sa kanyang pag-abandona sa sektor ng edukasyon sa gitna ng pandemyang Covid-19. Nagmartsa ang mga myembro ng […]
Pinaputukan ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan (BHB)-Central Negros (Leonardo Panaligan Command) ang detatsment ng CAFGU Active Auxillary (CAA) sa Barangay Guba, Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental noong Setyembre 8. Isang sundalo ng 62nd IB ang napatay. Ayon sa mga residente, pinipilit sila ng mga sundalo na “sumuko” at magpalista bilang mga CAFGU. Isang backhoe ang pinaralisa ng BHB-South […]
Ipinanawagan ng National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) at ng Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas ang kagyat na pagpapalaya kay Loida Magpatoc, konsultant sa usapang pangkapayapaan sa pagitan ng NDFP at gubyerno ng Pilipinas. Ligtas dapat siya sa pag-aresto at panggigipit sa ilalim ng Joint Agreement on Safety ang Immunity Guarantees. Dapat kagyat na ibasura […]