Philippine Revolution Web Central
Philippine Revolution Web Central
Parents, teachers and students greeted the opening of the school year with protests last September 13. Demanding #LigtasNaBalikEskwela (Safely Open Schools), the Alliance of Concerned Teachers condemned Rodrigo Duterte for displaying no sympathy in abandoning the education sector amid the pandemic. ACT members marched to Mendiola in Manila calling for state support for teachers and […]
Never again to martial law! This is the united battlecry of the people against attempts of the family of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos to revise history and return to Malacañang. The Marcos family is shamelessly clinging to power in connivance with the equally detestable Duterte family. This clamor resounded further with the approach of […]
Roger is 32-years old and one of nine siblings who own corn farms in the island of Negros. Seven of them live under one roof and work together in their cornfields. They own a total of 12 hectares of farmlands, a fourth of which is dedicated to the production of white corn for family consumption. […]
August 31 has come and passed marking the failure of the Department of Health (DOH) to meet the 10-day dealine it set to give health workers their due benefits. This was the reason why nurses and other health workers walked out from at least 10 hospitals in Metro Manila on August 30 and September 1. […]
Rodrigo Duterte can no longer hold off the rotten stench of his regime. In the past weeks, big cases of plunder involving his closest factotums and anomalous favored companies have been continually unearthed. From the onset, Duterte maneuvered to monopolize public funds in the name of fighting the pandemic. The rubberstamp Congress passed the Bayanihan […]
The criminal prioritization of the defense sector and counterinsurgency war amid the public health crisis is evident in reports issued by the Commission on Audit (COA) in recent months. On top of the huge chunk of funds allocated to the military and police, COA exposed the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict […]
Palaweños have been experiencing hardships and hunger due to successive lockdowns imposed across the province. They are further burdened by the convoluted, slow, and unfair distribution of funds under the Special Amelioration Program (SAP) and other aid from the reactionary government. Aside from complaints, the distribution of funds were riddled with allegations of corruption and […]
The people of Kalinga are facing a huge threat with the impending implementation of 15 hydropower projects which were recently awarded to nine companies directly or indirectly owned by big capitalists. At least three of these can be considered as megadam projects which will require reservoirs with a minimum depth of 15 meters capable of […]
On September 5, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers reiterated the need to reopen schools this academic year. This came after the Department of Education (DepEd) announced last August that schools will continue to operate under the failed and burdensome blended learning system this coming September 13. This is in compliance with Rodrigo Duterte’s order to […]
Vegetable prices spiked drastically last month. In Metro Manila, the price per kilo of cabbage (₱300) reportedly increased by 375%. The price of Chinese cabbage and carrots also doubled, while the prices of eggplants rose by 75%, and squash and bitter gourd by 25%. The Department of Agriculture (DA) blamed the increase in prices and […]