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The Duterte regime’s Covid-19 fund worth billions of pesos is a corruption goldmine. Government reports last June 25 estimate that ₱168.7 billion or 25.43% of the entire ₱665.7 billion appropriated for the program have not been spent by various agencies of the Duterte government since March 2020 for unexplained reasons. These funds were from the […]

The helicopters and planes of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have been recently dubbed as “flying coffins.” This came after the crash of a C-130 Hercules transport plane of the AFP last July 4 in Barangay Bangkal, Patikul, Sulu, which recorded the highest number of casualties in the past three decades. Latest reports […]

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) once again placed the Philippines in its “grey list” last June 24. This means the FATF will put the country’s bank and financial transactions under closer scrutiny. Money laundering is “cleaning” illegally obtained dirty money through transfers involving banks or investments in legitimate businesses. The FATF is an international […]

The semiconductor industry is at currently at the center of rising imperialist rivalries between giant capitalists US and China. The rhetoric of “free trade” has been set aside as the imperialist states take a direct role in their race to control the production and distribution of this key technological product. This conflict is part of […]

Even with a few months left in Duterte’s official term, he continues to give huge favors to his armed agents, especially to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). He often calls them “my soldiers” when he visits their camps, when he incites them to kill or rape, and when he prioritized them to be […]

When I was young, my father always wanted me to enlist in the military hoping to get rid of the gay in me. Now that I am grown-up—still gay as ever—his wish was fulfilled. However, I became a soldier in a different army, a better one. I’m a Red fighter of the NPA.” Ka Oliver […]

The situation of the Philippine oil industry is indicative of the backward economic conditions in the country. Because of its low production and refining capacity, the local oil industry is tightly dependent on the importation of finished products. It will further become dependent because of fierce competition among large oil refining companies, especially those from […]

Whenever Tiempo Muerto is nearing, farmers and farm workers in sugarcane plantations typically look for alternative sources income. Tiempo Muerto pertains to the off-milling period between sugarcane planting seasons from August to September. During this period, their incomes plummet drastically, while many others earn nothing at all. A survey by the reactionary state indicates that […]

Paghimakas, revolutionary publication in the Negros island, reported that farm workers will start to benefit this month from their dialogue with a landlord last September 2020 to demand wage increase. In line with their calls, their daily wage was raised from ₱150-₱170 to ₱200. Additionally, they also won a raise in the daily wage for […]

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the rivalry among imperialist countries is set to further escalate after the meetings held by the Group of Seven (G7) and NATO during the second week of June. The three-day G7 Summit in Southwestern England ended on June 13 in which a resolution was passed to prevent the growing economic and […]