Opening new territories, or doing expansion work in an area, is a difficult but challenging task of the people’s army. In Negros, one such place is Niyog, a barrio in the island’s hinterlands. Almost all residents here are poor peasants. Some are farmworkers. They plant coconuts and produce copra. At the outset of expansion work, […]
Four full sessions of the Basic Party Course and an instructors training was recently conducted in the Bicol region. “The BPC further deepened my eagerness to join the NPA. This gave me a clearer understanding of what the people’s army actually does,” said Ka Troy, one of the students. Coordinated educational discussions were conducted to […]
Two civilians were killed and seven others were arrested by state forces in the past two weeks. Suspected state agents gunned down Sanggunian Kabataan (SK) councilor Harold Tablazan at Sitio Passi, Barangay Mayang, Tubungan, Iloilo last June 20. Tablazan was a former member of the Federation of Iloilo Farmers Association and is currently working in […]
Thousands of Americans marched in more than 100 cities across the US in June 19 to mark the 155th Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when the Black people were formally emancipated from slavery in the United States. Majority marked the commemoration with protests to demand justice over police brutality and racist killings that target Black […]
THOUSANDS OF CHILEANS trooped to Santiago, the national capital of Chile, on May 18 to express their anger and expose the hunger and poverty they are suffering due to the lockdown and the onslaught of the Covid-19 crisis. They condemned the surge in the prices of food and water in the country due to […]
LANDLORD AND COMPRADOR Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco, Jr died last June 16. He was one of the closest cronies of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos and is notorious for plundering the coco levy fund and land grabbing. He left a legacy of landlessness and oppression to farmers and farm workers. In Negros Occidental, he monopolized control over […]
Lalong lumalala ang dating di pagkakapantay-pantay sa lipunang Pilipino kasabay ng pagtalim ng mga kontradiksyon dahil sa militarista at anti-mamamayang pagharap ng rehimeng Duterte sa pandemyang Covid-19. Habang ang iilan ay nasa mga mansyon at palasyong malayo sa sakit, patuloy na nagkakamal ng yaman, nag-aabuso ng kapangyarihan at nabubundat sa pawis at dugo ng anakpawis, […]
Isa si Michelle Silvertino sa milyun-milyong Pilipinong nagpasyang maghanap ng trabaho sa ibang bansa para mabuhay ang kanyang pamilya. Nang hindi siya nakaalis, namasukan siya bilang kasambahay sa Metro Manila. Dahil ora-orada ang pagpataw ng lockdown sa Metro Manila, hindi siya nakauwi ng prubinsya. Nang magsimula nang luwagan ang pagbyahe, nagpasya siyang umuwi sa Bicol […]
Sunud-sunod na opensiba ang inilunsad ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan (BHB)-Mindoro laban sa Philippine National Police at mga pasistang sundalo ng 4th at 76th IB. Anim na operasyong haras ang isinagawa ng BHB-Mindoro sa mga bayan ng Mansalay, Bulalacao, Socorro ng Oriental Mindoro at Rizal, Occidental Mindoro noong Mayo 6 hanggang Mayo 18. Isa ang napatay […]
Koordinadong mga kilos protesta na tinaguriang “mañanita” ang inilunsad sa Metro Manila at 14 na prubinsya bilang pagtutol sa Anti-Terrorism Bill noong Hunyo 12. Ang mga pagkilos ay harap-harapang paghamon sa idineklara ng Malacañang na bawal magrali. Tinawag itong mañanita para kutyain ang piging na isinagawa ng mga pulis ng National Capital Region para sa […]