Lantad ang pamamayani ng kapitalistang interes ng malalaking kumpanya sa midya sa pagtrato ng mga ito sa kanilang mga empleyado at sa pagbabalita tungkol sa mga laban ng mga manggagawang Pilipino. Matingkad na halimbawa nito ang sunud-sunod na mga protesta ng mga manggagawa ng PLDT nang tanggalin ng maneydsment nito ang 8,000 kontraktwal na manggagawa […]
Twenty-eight troopers of the Marine Battalion Landing Team 2 (MBLT 2) were killed in offensives by the New People’s Army (NPA)-Sultan Kudarat from September-October. Red fighters ambushed the 3rd Marine Company Reconnaissance Group-Marine Brigade Special Unit in Barangay Batangbagras, Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat last October 14 at 9 a.m. The firefight lasted for 15 minutes during […]
“War on drugs”“I hate drugs” is Duterte’s favorite mantra. In reality, however, Duterte has proven himself to be the overlord of all druglords and syndicates. Peter Lim, one of the biggest druglords in the country, is his compadre. Duterte’s police officers and death squads has already murdered more than 20,000 individuals, including the alleged heads […]
One of the lawyers assisting in seeking justice for the recent massacre in Sagay City, Negros Occidental was shot and killed at around 10:50 p.m. last November 6. Atty. Benjamin Ramos, secretary general of National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL)-Negros, sustained three bullet wounds after being shot by unidentified men in front of a store […]
AFTER AN INTENSIVE investigation, the National Democratic Front (NDF)-Negros identified several of the paramilitaries involved in the massacre of nine peasants in Hacienda Nene, Sagay last October 20. Fr. Frank Fernandez, spokesperson of National Democratic Front-Negros, named the suspects as Vito Lotrago, Eduardo Linugon, Rexi Robles, and alias Rako, former members of the Revolutionary Proletarian […]
From October 30 to November 5, more than 2,000 peasants encamped in the plaza of Barangay San Miguel to demand the demilitarization of their communities in Las Navas and Catubig, Northern Samar. Amid relentless harassment, the peasants demonstrated their firm unity and collective determination to fight. They said that the continuous operation of the military […]
Corn farmers from Capiz successfully reduced the loan interest rate imposed by merchant-usurers by half. After a series of meeting-dialogues and negotiations held by corn farmers in the towns of Cuartero, Maayon and Tapaz with traders, a memorandum of agreement was signed by representatives of both parties last October. The agreement states that the compounded […]
15,000 join protests against martial law More than 15,000 individuals carrying calls to end martial law and oust Duterte joined protest marches across Mindanao last October 23. Dubbed as the Mindanao Day of Action Against Martial Law, mass actions were held in Davao City, Cagayan de Oro, Butuan and General Santos. In Cagayan de Oro, […]
Two militia members warmly welcomed the comrades who visited a guerrilla front in the Bicol region last October. After a few minute trek, they were greeted by a platoon commander of the New People’s Army with firm handshakes. Ka Leon, one of the militias, and the platoon commander Ka Bager are both former members of […]
Based on the recently released yearly report for 2017 of the Commission on Audit (COA) of the reactionary government, the funds allotted in the “confidential, intelligence, and extraordinary and miscellaneous expenses” increased more than double in 2017 from 2016. This allocation is also called “black budget” because despite being public funds, the offices and agencies […]