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During a congressional hearing last June 14, Mindanao lawmakers raised their concern over the criminal negligence and favoritism of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) in the distribution of vaccines against Covid-19. They blamed vaccine czar Gen. Carlito Galvez for the deaths of patients in the island for neglecting the lawmakers’ urgent […]
The oral arguments at the Supreme Court on the Anti-Terror Law (ATL) ended last May 17. This came after four months of debates since lawyers of petitioners filed their cases against the oppressive law. The anti-democratic nature of the ATL was further manifested when the Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) accused 29 individuals of being “terrorists,” including […]
The Isnag minorities of Cordillera strongly oppose the Gened Hyrdoelectric Power Plant, a project for the construction of two megadams that will inundate their communities. They said that they are against the project as it encroaches on their ancestral land, contrary to claims by the company that residents entered into an agreement with the company. […]
Rodrigo Duterte’s subservience to China has further escalated in recent months. From his defeatist response to tensions at the West Philippine Sea, to the issuance of policies such as the Executive Order No. 160 which favors Chinese mining operations in the country, Duterte is outrightly selling off the sovereignty of the country. In exchange for […]
Forbes Magazine is one of the leading magazines of the monopoly capitalist world. It recently released its latest list of the biggest 2,000 corporations. It is instructive to study the list to come up with an overall view of the current picture of the global capitalist system: who are the biggest capitalists and the level […]
In Samar province, at least 11 barrios in the town of Calbiga, five in Pinabacdao, and five in Hinabangan have been under relentless Retooled Community Support Program (RCSP) operations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) since 2019. During this period, the Duterte regime poured millions of funds into these barrios for various projects […]
Rodrigo Duterte once again exposed his tyrannical response to the pandemic by arbitrarily ordering on May 5 to arrest “those who are not wearing their masks properly.” This was his response after local cases of Covid-19 surged. Government agencies rushed to devise new guidelines disregarding the Department of Justice’s clarification earlier in April that state […]
Nurses led by the Filipino Nurses United (FNU) commemorated the International Nurses Day on May 12 by wearing red face masks and raising calls to just wages and occupational safety. Since last year, nurses and other health workers have been demanding for humane treatment from the regime in order for them to carry out their […]
Rodrigo Duterte favored oligarch Enrique Razon Jr.’s proposal to build a mega vaccine center on public land this May. The project will cover 10 of the 15-hectare property managed by the Pilipino Nayon Foundation (PNF) in Paranaque. The said property is one of the last “urban jungles” in Metro Manila and has grown trees and […]
Israel’s brutal bombing of Gaza Strip, an enclave densely populated with 2 million Palestinians, has been on the news since the second week of May. The headlines screamed of an “Israel-Palestine conflict,” an “escalation of violence” in Gaza Strip and of the “growing question” of crimes against humanity being committed by “both sides.” These paint […]