SAPILITANG PINAPIRMA NG mga elemento ng 71st IB ang 153 manggagawa ng Musahamat Farms sa Pantukan, Compostela Valley para palabasing nagbitiw sila sa kanilang mga trabaho noong Marso 8. Kabilang sa mga pwersahang pinagbitiw ang presidente at bise-presidente ng unyon na sina Esperidion Cabaltera at Richard Genabe, at sekretarya ng unyon na si Ronald Rosales. […]
HINDI BABABA SA 3,295 pamilyang Moro o halos 16,000 sibilyan ang napilitang lumikas mula sa kanilang mga komunidad sa limang bayan sa Maguindanao dulot ng matinding atake ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Joint Task Force Central mula noong Marso 11. Ang mga pamilya ay naglalagi ngayon sa mga sentro ng ebakwasyon sa mga […]
Nitong taon, dalawang beses nang nakipagnegosasyon ang US sa Taliban, ang pangunahing armadong grupong kalaban nito sa Afghanistan, sa isang prosesong ayaw nitong tawaging usapang pangkapayapaan. Ito ay matapos ang 18 taong pagbuhos nito ng tropa, gamit at pondo at sa kabila ng paulit-ulit na panata ng US na hindi ito makikipagnegosasyon sa mga “teroristang […]
Hindi direkta ang okupasyon ng mga tropang Amerikano sa Pilpinas pero malinaw ang kontrol at direksyon nito sa lokal na programang “kontra-insurhensya.” Ang Counterinsurgency Guide ng US ang pinagbatayang dokumento ng “whole-of-nation/government approach” na balangkas ng mga kampanyang mapanupil sa bansa sa nakaraang dekada—mula sa Oplan Bayanihan ng rehimeng Aquino hanggang sa Oplan Kapayapaan at […]
The social and economic conditions of the Filipino people continue to deteriorate unabatedly under the Duterte regime as a result of its burdensome policies. Their daily individual effort to survive is always a losing struggle. The Duterte regime throws them mere crumbs to scrounge on, while giving the big oligarchs all opportunities to amass wealth. […]
UNITS OF THE New People’s Army (NPA) in Bulacan and Mindoro Oriental launched two consecutive military actions on February 25 at 26 wherein 16 firearms were consfiscated and the destructive operation of a notorious company was paralyzed. Bulacan. The NPA-Bulacan successfully raided the office and detachment of the Seraph Security Agency (SSA) in Barangay San […]
Last February 26, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) declared March 2019 as “NPA Month” in commemoration of the 50th founding anniversary of the New People’s Army (NPA) on March 29. This is in celebration of all the victories and advancement of the people’s war in all fields. The CPP challenged all revolutionary forces […]
THE “PERSONA NON grata” declarations against the New People’s Army (NPA) is a product of the intimidation and psywar campaign of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). This was revealed by Ka Rigoberto F. Sanchez of the NPA-Southern Mindanao Region after successive broadcast about the so-called condemnation of the NPA by various local government […]
Elements of the 88th IB illegally arrested and detained two minors in Sitio Sanggiapo, Barangay Sinuda, Kitaotao, Bukidnon on February 18 at around 11 a.m. The victims were identified as Loujean Antian Lumbatan, 17, a student of Sinuda High School, and Ara Mystica Antian Pangcat, 10, a student of Cabalansihan Elementary School. They were detained […]
In a semicolonial and semifeudal society, women are exploited not only as workers or farmers but are further oppressed due to gender discrimination and male chauvinism. Compared to men, women’s wages are relatively lower and working conditions are more exploitative. Likewise, they are constrained by the predominant patriachal culture which sets their societal “role” as […]