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Pres. Rodrigo Duterte recently repeated his rants against the US government. Last month, he announcd that he will push for the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). He said that he will carry this out within a month if the US fails to reverse the cancellation of his rabid henchman, now senator, Ronald “Bato” […]
FIVE SOLDIERS WERE killed in an armed action mounted by the New People’s Army (NPA)-Mindoro against 4th IB forces on January 26, at Sitio Kianay, Barangay Naibuan, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro. Ka Madaay Gasic, NPA-Mindoro spokesperson, said that the armed action is a response to intensifying focused military operations in the province. Military operations commenced […]
The suppression campaign mounted by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) across the Far Southern Mindanao Region (FSMR) has been continuing for more than three years now. It launches sustained military operations in the provinces of the region to facilitate the entry and defend the plunderous activities of multinational and local agribusiness and mining […]
Due to the absence of an efficient public mass transport system across the country, many commuters opt to avail of the services of motorcycle taxi riders in urban centers and habal-habal riders in the countryside. Instead of improving the rotting transport system, the Duterte regime is hell bent on attacking the livelihood of riders who […]
TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN Metro Manila ranked second in the world according to the Traffic Index 2019, a report issued last month by German company TomTom. The report analyzed traffic congestion in 416 major urban centers across the globe. The report indicates that the average congestion level in Metro Manila is at 71%. It revealed that […]
Troopers of the butcher 4th IB killed civilians Mark Ederson Valencia Delos Santos and Jay-ar Mercado in Barangay Happy Valley, Socorro, Oriental Mindoro on January 31. Mercado was a volunteer organizer of Bigkis at Lakas ng mga Katutubo sa Southern Tagalog who was abducted by the military on January 26. The butchers buried Mercado’s cadaver […]
Nissen Electronics Philippines is a Japanese company that produces automotive fuses. The companies supplies these to various car manufacturing multinationals in the country including Toyota, Nissan, Ford and Isuzu. The company is a local subsidiary of the multinational company Nippon Seisen Cable, Ltd which reported a sales of 10 billion yen (P4.6 billion) in March […]
LABOR GROUPS CRITICIZED the Philippine National Police (PNP) after it launched the Joint Industrial Peace and Concern Offices (JIPCO) on January 22 at the Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga. The PNP claims that the program will purportedly protect various economic zones across Central Luzon. The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights, however, said the […]
In Northern Samar, 15 farmers from Barangay Osmeña, Palapag were arrested by the military. On January 22, elements of the 20th IB arrested Constancio Capate Martinico, Renaldo Longcop, Gonzalo Magayes, Jomar Orua, Delphin Meraya Jr. and JR Laoreno. The six were brought to their military camp and were interrogated. On the next day, nine farmers […]
PROGRESSIVE GROUPS AND RELATIVES of Mendiola Massacre victims converged in Mendiola, Manila on January 22 to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the massacre. They said that the Duterte regime has failed to give justice to the 13 farmers killed on January 22, 1987. The 13 farmers were among thousands who protested in Mendiola to call […]