Filipino migrants are demanding an investigation into the various ghost or fake projects of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) and Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in the US and Taiwan. According to the DMW, it allots ₱5 million every year for migrant shelters or temporary housing which it co-manages with non-governmental organizations in Taiwan. […]
Kilusang Bayan Kontra Kurakot (KBKK, or People’s Anti-Corruption Movement) announced on January 19 its relaunching of the large-scale anti-corruption protest on February 25, with the marking of the 40th EDSA People Power uprising anniversary. The group led 100,000 people in anti-corruption protests on September 21, 2025 and 20,000 on November 30, 2025 in Luneta Park, […]
Distribute land in Hacienda Luisita now! More than 150 farmers and farmworkers from Hacienda Luisita, Tarlac protested at the Department of Agrarian Reform in Quezon City on January 26 to condemn the long-delayed land distribution and to oppose fascism, militarization and bourgeois comprador’s land grabbing in the hacienda. Benguet indigenous people oppose mining. Indigenous […]
The New People’s Army (NPA)-Northern Samar (Rodante Urtal Command) reported some of its units’ armed actions against the 19th IB in December 2025. No less than three 19th IB soldiers were killed, with others wounded in action. An NPA unit ambushed 19th IB troopers on December 15, 2025 in Barangay Poponton, Las Navas. Earlier, the […]
The Negros revolutionary movement recognized and honored Reynaldo Erecre (Ka Amek) in February for his valuable contribution to advancing the revolution in Negros and Central Visayas. Fascist 94th IB troopers willfully killed Erecre after capturing him on January 30 in Sitio Apitong, Barangay Bi-ao, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental. The New People’s Army (NPA)-South Central Negros (Romeo […]
PLDT supervisors fight for CBA. PLDT Inc Supervisors launched successive actions this January to demand a substantial collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for 2026-2028 between the Gabay ng Unyon sa Telekomunikasyon ng mga Superbisor sa PLDT (GUTS-PLDT) and PLDT Inc management. GUTS representatives and PLDT management started negotiations for the new CBA on November 28, […]
Students opened the second semester this January-February with protests and activities in no less than 11 universities. Hundreds gathered to continue struggling for their democratic rights, hold the Marcos regime accountable for massive corruption, and resist repression. Protests broke out in 10 University of the Philippines (UP) System campuses, highlighted by the march of more […]
Pres. Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s allies in Congress swiftly junked the filed impeachment complaint to oust him from Malacañang. They referred it to the House Committee on Justice on February 4 which, by a 39-7 vote, declared the case against the president “insufficient in substance.” The complaint’s junking did not surprise the Makabayan bloc. They said […]
Seven residents of Dupax del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya were arrested on January 23 at their barricade against the planned mining of British company Woggle Corporation in their barangay. Using 400 police with support from Bureau of Fire Protection personnel, the company forcibly brought in drilling equipment (ground-boring machines), backhoe, and other machinery. The order to […]
Local and overseas journalist groups, along with church people, academics and progressive groups, widely condemned the guilty verdict in the “terror financing” case against Frenchie Mae Cumpio and Marielle Domequil. The court sentenced the two on January 22 to up to 18 years imprisonment and a fine of ₱500,000 each. Cumpio managed the independent media […]