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Ilusyon ang 11.8% pagdaku sang GDP
August 21, 2021

Umpok lang halin sa nagsadsad nga ekonomya ang nalista nga 11.8% pagdaku sang gross domestic product (GDP) sang Pilipinas para sa ikaduha nga kwarto sang tuig. Ginkuha ang numero halin sa 17% pagbagsak sang GDP sa unang kwarto sang 2021. Halin ini sa naghinay (-1.3%) sa pangaduha nga kwarto. Sa tantya sang Ibon Foundation, indi […]

US, ginpalayas sa Afghanistan; Taliban, nabawi ang poder
August 21, 2021

Tapos na ang gera. Ini ang deklarasyon sang Taliban sang Agosto 16 pagkatapos agawon sang mga hangaway sini ang Kabul, kapital sang Afghanistan, kag tapuson ang 20-tuig nga okupasyon sang US kag papet sini nga gubyerno. Ang Taliban ang nagaharing hubon sa Afghanistan sang una nga ginlunsar sang US ang gerang agresyon sini sang 2001. […]

Protesta
August 21, 2021

Pagkakwari sa Negros, ginapahunong. Niadtong Agosto 12, miapela ang mga mag-uuma sa Silay City aron ipahunong ang mga operasyon sa pagkwari sa Silay City, Negros Occidental. Gikundena nila ang walay hunong nga paghawan sa kalasangan nga nagbunga sa pagbaha ug pagkaguba sa ilang mga umahan. Sa lima ka operasyon sa pagkwari sa lugar, usa ang […]

NPA mounts 11 offensives in conjunction with Duterte's SONA
August 07, 2021

Units of the New People’s Army (NPA) mounted 11 offensives in Samar, Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental and Sorsogon from June 15 to 29 as challenge to Rodrigo Duterte’s last State of the Nation Address (SONA). Initial reports indicate that enemy units sustained 30 casualties with at least 26 killed. Northern Sa­mar. The NPA-Northern Samar am­bushed […]

Continuing US intervention
August 07, 2021

Rodrigo Duterte formally reneged on his threat to abrogate the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) after personally meeting US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on July 29. Thus, the unimpeded entry and exit of huge number of US troops, materiél and military equipment to and from Philippine sovereign territories was officially restored. The push for the […]

Duterte's lies in his last SONA
August 07, 2021

Rodrigo Duterte delivered his last State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the Batasang Pambansa Complex, Quezon City in the afternoon of July 26. Lasting around three hours, his speech predictably focused on his agenda for the military and counterinsurgency, as well as his bogus war against drugs, terrorism and corruption. He also laid out […]

On Duterte's last SONA: #DuterteWakasanNa, Filipinos clamor to end Duterte's reign
August 07, 2021

According to reports, around 6,000 protesters marched along the Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City on July 26 in conjunction with Rodrigo Duterte’s fifth and last State of the Nation Address (SONA). Organizations from Southern Tagalog and Central Luzon participated in the protest. With the theme “Duterte, wakasan!” (End Duterte) and “Goodbye Duterte,” they demanded an […]

Metro Manila undergoes third ECQ
August 07, 2021

For the third time, the Duterte regime placed Metro Manila and Laguna under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), the strictest form of lockdown, from August 6 to 20 to purportedly stop the spread of the more infectious Delta variant of Covid-19. The lockdowns in Cagayan de Oro and Iloilo, which have been under ECQ since July, […]

In short
August 07, 2021
Religious sector expresses willingness to mediate peace negotiations
August 07, 2021

Despite the resolution issued by the Anti-Terrorism Council declaring the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) as a “terrorist” organization, the religious sector expressed its willingness to mediate peace negotiations between the NDFP and the reactionary government of the Philippines. The Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform (PEPP) announced its plans to conduct public consultations and […]