HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS of Anakpawis, Pamalakaya, Kadamay and Gabriela protested in Manila on February 18 against the 32,000-hectare Manila Bay reclamation project. According to Pamalakaya and Kadamay, the said rehabilitation project is being used as a pretext for the reclamation of the area and the construction of commercial structures for eco-tourism which will result in […]
After the successive bombings inside and outside a Catholic church in Jolo, Sulu, Rodrigo Duterte was quick to declare that these were suicide bombings perpetrated by “foreign terrorists.” Nevermind that his police has just started investigating and has yet to obtain any evidence. According to Duterte, the bombings proved that ISIS minions are flourishing in […]
Only a handful of giant companies dominate the internet. Two of the biggest are Facebook and Google. These companies rake in billions of dollars in profit through monopoly and control of the biggest internet operations. Facebook is well known as a social media website where users communicate and interact. Google, on the other hand, started […]
Humugos sa mga lansangan ang daanlibong mamamayang Venezuelan noong Pebrero 21 para batikusin at labanan ang banta ng tuwirang panghihimasok militar ng US sa tabing ng pagpapadala ng “makataong ayuda.” Pinakahuli ito sa serye ng mga mapanghimasok na hakbang ng imperyalistang US na naglalayong pabagsakin ang lehitimong gubyernong Bolivarian at iluklok sa kapangyarihan ang isang […]
Only a handful of giant companies dominate the internet. Two of the biggest are Facebook and Google. These companies rake in billions of dollars in profit through monopoly and control of the biggest internet operations. Facebook is well known as a social media website where users communicate and interact. Google, on the other hand, started […]
IN THE PAST two months, consecutive and simultaneous attacks were carried out against websites of the Communist Party of the Philippines and online alternative news outfits. Such wide-ranging and coordinated attacks through DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) have been launched by no other than the special units of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)—the […]
THE US-DUTERTE REGIME, on February 13, formally requested to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (UN-WGEID) to remove from its list the 625 cases of enforced disappearances in the country. The list includes the names of those abducted by the reactionary state since 1975 until 2012. This scheme by the Duterte […]
SA IKAPITONG TAON ng One Billion Rising, daan-daang kababaihan sa pangunguna ng Gabriela, ang nagtipon sa Rajah Sulayman Park, Roxas Boulevard, Maynila noong Pebrero 14 upang sumayaw bilang protesta laban sa tumitinding pasismo at tiraniya sa bansa. Binigyang diin sa aktibidad ang lansakang pandarambong sa rekurso at yaman ng bansa alinsunod sa mga neoliberal na […]
THE 1ST SPECIAL Forces Battalion (SFB), under the command of Capt. Lorefel Judaya, arbitrarily arrested and detained Gloria O. Jandayan and her daughter Gleceria J. Balangiao in Macabalan, Cagayan de Oro City on February 11. They were brought to the 1st SFB camp in Mampayag, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon. Jandayan is a health worker in Barangay […]
AYOKONGMAGMAHAL ANG panawagan ng mga kabataang estudyante sa bantang pagtaas ng mga bayarin at matrikula. Noong Pebrero 15, nagrali ang Rise For Education-Cebu sa harap ng Commission on Higher Education Region 7 upang kundenahin ang muling pagtaas ng matrikula at iba pang bayarin sa mga kolehiyo at unibersidad. Ito ay matapos maghain ng petisyon noong […]