Philippine Revolution Web Central
Philippine Revolution Web Central
MORE THAN SEVEN decades had passed since the Philippines was “granted” independence by the US. Up to the present, the county remains under US economic, political, military and cultural domination. This must be ended for the people to completely break away from US subservience. For more than 73 years, the US imperialists have perpetuated semicolonial […]
GROUNDS TO OUST Rodrigo Duterte from the presidency through impeachment strengthen as a result of his approval for China to fish in the country’s maritime territory. Duterte declared that he had a “verbal agreement” with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to China in 2016. They supposedly agreed to allow Chinese fishermen to cast […]
NO LESS THAN seven tactical offensives were launched by the New People’s Army (NPA) in the provinces of Quezon and Kalinga this past weeks. This resulted in 12 casualties on the side of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). NPA-Quezon (Apolonio Mendoza Command) successively conducted five armed actions from June 11 to 26. Three […]
The New People’s Army (NPA)-Northern Samar confiscated four firearms during its successful against a detachment of the Alpha Company, 63rd IB at Sitio Little Lanubi, Barangay Lanubi (EJ Dulay), Lao-ang, Northern Samar on May 21, 4 a.m. The NPA blasted and fired shots at the detachment. Three R4 rifles, a pistol, magazines, ammunition and other […]
Rodrigo Duterte displayed utter cowardice before China as he failed to defend Philippine sovereign interests amid widespread clamor to demand China’s culpability over the reported June 9 incident at Recto Bank, where a Chinese trawler rammed and abandoned a sinking fishing boat carrying 22 Filipino crew. Instead, Duterte parroted China’s subterfuge by downplaying the incident […]
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) welcomed the call of the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) to conduct an investigation into the worsening human rights situation in the country under the Duterte regime. Aside from widespread killings, state security forces also perpetrated various cases of illegal arrests, filing of trumped-up charges, legal harassment, […]
Duterte is not the only one in the government with an unexplainable accumulation of wealth. In 2018, the net worth of 15 of his cabinet officials increased based on their Statement on Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth or SALN. Similarly, seven congressmen—mostly allies of the incumbent regime—grew richer after only a year. In the cabinet, […]
Around 1,000 residents from eight barangays in Cawayan, Masbate protested in front of the municipal hall last June 3-8. They condemned the intense militarization of their communities and demanded the pull out of 2nd IB troopers who have been occupying these since May 20. Kilusang Magbubukid ng Masbate (KMM) said that the human rights violations […]
In just a week, eight activists and peasants were killed by armed state elements. Civilians were also subjected to various incidents of harassment and intimidation across the country. Two staff members of Karapatan-Sorsogon were shot-dead in the morning of June 14. Ryan Hubilla and Nelly Bagasala, 69, were aboard a tricycle when they were fired […]
The arbitrary arrest and detention of renowned journalist Fidelina Margarita Valle on June 9 by officers of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Region 9 was met with widespread condemnation. Valle was arrested while waiting for her flight to Davao City at the Laguindingan Airport in Misamis Oriental. She was detained for 12 hours based […]