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Palaweños are denied aid
September 07, 2021

Palaweños have been experiencing hardships and hunger due to successive lockdowns imposed across the province. They are further burdened by the convoluted, slow, and unfair distribution of funds under the Special Amelioration Program (SAP) and other aid from the reactionary government. Aside from complaints, the distribution of funds were riddled with allegations of corruption and […]

89th IB guns down peasant leader in Bukidnon
September 07, 2021

Farmer Veneranda Guinanao, member of the Amihan National Federation of Peasant Women-Bukidnon, was killed after elements of the 89th IB strafed her house at Purok 5, Musuan, Maramag, Bukidnon on August 19. Her husband Reynaldo Guinanao and son Christian were wounded in the incident. The couple are members of the Buffalo-Tamaraw-Limus (BTL), while Reynaldo is […]

Lawyer, activist, killed
September 07, 2021

Suspected state agents ambushed Atty. Rex Fernandez who was aboard his vehicle in Banawa, Cebu City on August 26. Fernandez gave legal assistance to vendors of the Carbon public market in their fight against privatization. He also gave legal assistance to the activists who were arrested for protesting against the Anti-Terror Law last June 2020. […]

Oppression against i-Kalingas and their struggle against dams
September 07, 2021

The people of Kalinga are facing a huge threat with the impending implementation of 15 hydropower projects which were recently awarded to nine companies directly or indirectly owned by big capitalists. At least three of these can be considered as megadam projects which will require reservoirs with a minimum depth of 15 meters capable of […]

Who will learn if schools are closed?
September 07, 2021

On September 5, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers reiterated the need to reopen schools this academic year. This came after the Department of Education (DepEd) announced last August that schools will continue to operate under the failed and burdensome blended learning system this coming September 13. This is in compliance with Rodrigo Duterte’s order to […]

Wilting under costly veggies
September 07, 2021

Vegetable prices spiked drastically last month. In Metro Manila, the price per kilo of cabbage (₱300) reportedly increased by 375%. The price of Chinese cabbage and carrots also doubled, while the prices of eggplants rose by 75%, and squash and bitter gourd by 25%. The Department of Agriculture (DA) blamed the increase in prices and […]

Bitter conditions in bitter gourd production
September 07, 2021

Tatay Kaloy is a 60-year old bitter gourd farmer in Southern Mindanao. He is landless and only rents a half-hectare land in order to farm. In an interview with him by comrades, he narrated how he suffered losses during the last planting season. He said that the regular planting and harvesting cycle of bitter gourd […]

Mga mar­tir ng Sa­mar at Neg­ros, pi­na­ra­nga­lan
September 07, 2021

Pinarangalan ng Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas at buong rebolusyonaryong kilusan ang mga Pulang mandirigma ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan (BHB) na nasawi sa Eastern Samar at Negros Occidental noong Agosto habang nagpapatupad ng kanilang mga rebolusyonaryong gawain. Tinawag ng Partido na “pinakamahuhusay na anak ng bayan” ang 19 na nasawi noong Agosto 16 sa walang habas […]

50 ka­ba­ta­an, su­ma­pi sa KM-EV
September 07, 2021

Nasa 50 kabataang magsasaka ang nanumpa bilang bagong mga myembro ng Kabataang Makabayan (KM) sa inilunsad na kumperensya sa isang larangang gerilya sa Eastern Visayas noong Agosto 21. Sa temang “Kabataan, suportahan ang kilusang masa sa mga baryo! Sumapi sa Bagong Hukbong Bayan! Labanan ang pasismo ng AFP!,” nagbuklod sila at binalikan ang makasaysayang mga […]

4 opensiba sa Samar, inilunsad ng BHB
September 07, 2021

Magkakasunod na armadong aksyon ang inilunsad ng mga yunit ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan (BHB) sa Samar noong Agosto. Sa Northern Samar, dalawang elemento ng Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) ang napaslang sa Barangay Happy Valley, San Isidro noong Agosto 21. Sa parehong araw, isang sundalo ng 43rd IB ang napaslang sa labanan sa Barangay […]