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Serye ng armadong aksyon, inilunsad ng CPI-Maoist
June 07, 2019

Serye ng mga armadong aksyon ang inilunsad ng People’s Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA) na pinamumunuan ng Communist Party of India (Maoist) mula Mayo hanggang unang linggo ng Hunyo. Ito ay matapos pinaslang sina Ramko Narote, kasapi ng CPI-Maoist at Shilpa Dhurva, isang gerilya, noong Abril 27 sa Gundurwahi. Tinatayang umaabot sa 79 ang kaswalting sundalo […]

Discussions on the Philippine revolution in France
June 07, 2019

LAST MAY 25, the Juenes Révo­lu­ti­on­nai­res (Revolutionary Youth) in France conducted a study meeting on the Filipino revolution being led by the Communist Party of the Philippines. Local revolutionary and anti-fascist organizations attended. They discussed the liberation move­ment in the Philippines, par­ticularly the people’s armed struggle. A discussion on the people’s war in India and […]

Trump's impeachment gains ground
June 07, 2019

CALLS TO impeach US President Trump are intensifying. This followed the release last May 30 of the Office of the Legal Counsel’s (OLC) report on its investigation regarding Russia’s intervention in the 2016 presidential elections. The report detailed the widespread and systematic social media campaign for Trump by Russian company Internet Research Agency and its […]

CPI-Maoist launches series of armed actions
June 07, 2019

THE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION Gue­rril­la Army (PLGA) led by the Com­mu­nist Party of India (Maoist) launched a series of armed actions from May until the first week of June. This came after the killings of Ram­ko Na­ro­te, a CPI-Maoist member and Shil­pa Dhurva, a guerrilla, on April 27 in Gun­dur­wa­hi. The police and military sustained an […]

Police disperses picket in front of CHEd
June 07, 2019

POLICE FORCES violently dispersed the protest mounted by students in front of the Com­mis­si­on on Hig­her Educa­ti­on (CHEd) on Ma­y 30. The group condemned the Supreme Court decision which favors CHEd Me­mo No. 20. Daryl Ba­bay­do, national president of the Col­le­ge Edi­tors’ Guild of the Phi­lip­pi­nes criticized CHEd Com­mis­sio­ner Pros­pe­ro de Ve­ra’s statement lauding the […]

Court convicts union organizer
June 07, 2019

Unjust and condemnable. This was Karapatan’s reaction to the conviction of unionist Marklen Maojo B. Maga by the San Mateo Rizal Regional Trial Court Branch 76 based on a trumped-up charge of illegal possession of firearms last June 3. Maoj’s family was extremely dismayed with the conviction. Maga, who is currently detained in the Metro […]

Court issues writs of Amparo & habeas data
June 07, 2019

THE SUPREME COURT issued writs of amparo and habeas data in favor of Ka­ra­pa­tan, Gab­rie­la and Ru­ral Mis­sio­na­ri­es of the Phi­lip­pi­nes last May 24. As per the writs, state agencies are obliged to cease from persecuting the groups until accusations against the latter are proved and justified. The petition was filed by the said groups […]

The two-year martial law is bane to the people
June 07, 2019

The people of Mindanao have been living in terror and poverty for two months now since Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law in the island.. Nobody believes anymore that the imposition aims to foil the terrorism threat of the Maute group. This has long been exposed as one of schemes to establish an unrestrained and perpetual […]

“Brexit” at ang krisis na bumabagabag sa UK
June 07, 2019

Luhaang inanunsyo ni Theresa May noong Mayo 24 na bababa siya sa poder bilang punong ministro (PM) ng United Kingdom (UK) makaraang tatlong beses siyang mabigo na makabuo ng isang kasunduan kaugnay sa paglabas ng bansa sa European Union (EU) sa prosesong tinawag na “Brexit.” Noon pang Marso dapat umalis ang UK sa EU pero […]

ADB loans: Further consolidation of foreign control over K-12 implementation
June 07, 2019

The Asi­an Deve­lop­ment Bank (ADB) is further consolidating its control over the implementation of the K-12 program. This Ma­y, the ADB and the Duterte regime signed the Secon­dary Educa­ti­on Sup­port Prog­ram, a $300-million loan agreement which particularly aims to “refine” the K-12 curriculum based on capitalist demands. The ADB is using the loan agreement to […]