Workers’ groups and environmental defenders condemned the negligence and unsafe working conditions at the Binaliw Landfill in Cebu City on January 8. An estimated 20-storey-high mountain of garbage collapsed and buried the buildings at its base. The landfill is operated by Prime Integrated Waste Solutions Inc. (PIWSI), owned by comprador bourgeois Enrique Razon Jr.. When […]
Guided by the rectification movement, the Negros Island Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines continues to deepen and expand its roots among the Negrosanon masses. In 2025, the committee reported relative progress in overcoming pinpointed weaknesses. Consequently, the Party successfully led the struggles of the working masses and democratic sectors in the […]
Military abuses against the Filipino people continue relentlessly at the start of 2026. Cases of shooting, attempted abductions, the filing of trumped-up criminal charges, harassment, and other human rights violations were recorded since the second week of January. In Samar, 46th IB soldiers fired an M203 grenade and shot two young siblings in Sitio San […]
Progressive groups and human rights defenders in the Philippines and overseas condemned the 2nd ID for baselessly detaining Filipino-American activist Chantal Anicoche at Camp Capinpin, Tanay, Rizal. They demanded her immediate release and for justice for the victims of bombings in Mindoro. The military claimed “finding” Anicoche in a pit near the site of its […]
The Congress and the Senate approval of the proposed 2026 national budget revealed that the Marcos regime will pour ₱8.1 billion into the National Task Force (NTF)-Elcac’s Support to Barangay Development Program (SBDP). This was condemned by various groups, including religious organizations, saying it is rewarding fascism in the countryside rather than responding to the […]
The World Nuclear Supply Chain Conference will be held in the Philippines this May. This is the second gathering organized by the World Nuclear Association that aims to strengthen the global supply for nuclear projects. In November 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced that the Philippines is now open to the construction of nuclear […]
Progressive organizations in the Philippines and Japan strongly denounced the Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) signed between the two countries on January 15. According to Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), this “deepens the imperialist agenda in the Philippines.” The ACSA extends the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA), which allows the stationing of Japanese troops in the country. […]
Continuous and tireless protests are erupting inside and outside Venezuela demanding the US to return President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores to their country. On January 3, Maduro and Flores were abducted by US troops in Caracas and brought to the United States. Inside Venezuela, daily demonstrations began on the very day of […]
Pinupuntirya, sinisindak at pinagbabantaan ng rehimeng US-Marcos ang taumbayan, laluna ang mga kabataan, sa harap ng patuloy nilang pagkadismaya sa garapalang korapsyon at paniniil. Sinusupil ang kanilang hinaing sa harap ng lubhang makupad na mga hakbang ng reaksyunaryong gubyerno para mapanagot ang lahat ng sangkot sa korapsyon. Gamit ang mga armadong galamay at mga ahensyang […]