Ilan sa matitingkad na anti-demokratiko at anti-mamamayang katangian at probisyon nito ay ang sumusunod: Lubhang malabo na pakahulugan ng terorismo. Ayon sa batas, terorismo ang “sindakin ang publiko,” “lumikha ng takot”, “udyukan ang gubyerno o impluwensyahan ito gamit ang takot” o “seryosong yanigin o sirain ang saligang istruktura sa lipunan, ekonomya at lipunan” at […]
Malaki ang epekto sa mga magsasaka ng arbitraryong paghihigpit sa pagkilos na iniutos ni Duterte sa ngalan ng pagsugpo ng Covid-19. Kabilang sa mga apektado ang mga magsasaka sa Bicol na hindi pa nakababawi mula sa pinsalang idinulot ng bagyong Tisoy noong nakaraang taon. Para makaagapay, inilulunsad ng mga rebolusyonaryong organisasyon ng magsasaka rito […]
Walong magsasaka ang magkakasunod na pinaslang ng mga armadong elemento ng rehimen sa loob lamang ng walong araw. Lahat ng mga biktima ay malisyosong inakusahang mga kasapi o may kaugnayan sa Bagong Hukbong Bayan (BHB). Pinaslang si Jose Jerry Catalogo, upisyal ng National Federation of Sugar Workers ng mga ahente ng estado bandang alas-5 […]
9 na taga-ulat ng UN, kumontra sa terror bill SIYAM NA ESPESYAL na komite at taga-ulat ng United Nations ang sumulat kay Rodrigo Duterte noong Hunyo 29 para ipahayag ang kanilang ekspertong opinyon at pagsalungat sa Anti-Terror Bill (ngayon ay Anti-Terror Law). Anila, nilalabag ng naturang batas ang mga internasyunal na alituntunin ng mga karapatang […]
WALANG AWANG IBINALIK sa Manila City Jail Female Dorm ang bagong-panganak na bilanggong pulitikal na si Reina Mae Nasino, kasama ang kanyang sanggol noong Hulyo 2. Dalawang araw pa lamang matapos manganak si Nasino at nangangailangan pa ang kanyang sanggol ng atensyong medikal dahil kulang ito sa timbang. Kabilang si Nasino sa mga lider ng […]
Michelle Silvertino was one of millions of Filipinos who sought a better paying jobs abroad to feed their families. Fail to travel abroad, she worked as a maid in Metro Manila. Due to strict lockdown restrictions, she was not able to travel back home to her province. When restrictions were eased, she decided to go […]
“This is a mañanita, not a rally” Coordinated mass protest actions, dubbed “mañanitas,” were mounted last June 12 in Metro Manila and 14 provinces to oppose the Anti-Terrorism Bill. The protests actions were an outright act of defiance to the Malacañang’s ban on rallies. Protesters called their protest a “mañanita” as a sarcastic reference to […]
THE NEW PEOPLE’S Army (NPA)-Mindoro mounted successive offensives against the Philippines National Police and fascist troopers of the 4th and 76th IB last month. Six harassment operations were launched in Mansalay, Bulalacao, Socorro ng Oriental Mindoro and Rizal, Occidental Mindoro from May 6-18. A soldier was killed and seven others were killed in the attacks. […]
ONE OF THE 16 youths who were illegally arrested after conducting a peaceful protest action at the Rotonda in Barangay Pala, Iligan City on June 12 said that she still could not stop crying due to trauma. Majority of those arrested were former students of the Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology. They were apprehended […]
From east to west Philippines, one can find US and Chinese warships. Both are saber-rattling. Tensions and threats of war breaking out are heightening. There is rising danger of the Philippines getting caught in the armed conflict of two imperialist powers. In the West Philippine Sea, Chinese Coast Guard and “militia” ships are permanently stationed. […]