Archive of Politics

Public works secretary Vince Dizon made much fanfare last week of his inspection of substandard infrastructure projects in Eastern Visayas, where he zeroed in only on the Maharlika Highway and the Calbayog Bypass Coastal Road while conspicuously ignoring many other eyesore projects in the region especially those in Leyte. He and his yes-men could not […]

The recently signed Philippines-United States Critical Minerals Pact last February 4 is a clear sell-out of Philippine natural resources to US imperialist interests. This agreement is part of US attempts to secure cheap and strategic raw materials for the US to tighten control over critical minerals supply chains as it intensifies its economic and political […]

Hundreds of Carbon Market vendors protested anew on Briones Street, Cebu City on February 5 to demand a review or total junking of the market’s privatization plan. Cebu2World Development Inc.’s (C2W) Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) with the city’s local government privatized and granted market management to C2W. The local government of Cebu City signed the […]

Nagprotesta ang daan-daang manininda ng Carbon Market sa Briones Street, Cebu City noong Pebrero 5 para muling ipanawagan ang pagrebyu o tuluyang pagbasura sa pribatisasyon sa palengke. Nasapribado at naipailalim sa pangangasiwa ng Cebu2World Development Inc. (C2W) ang palengke alinsunod sa Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) nito sa lokal na gubyerno ng syudad. Pinirmahan ng lokal […]

Mariing kinukundena ng NDFP-Palawan ang pinatitinding probokasyon ng imperyalismong US, gamit ang rehimeng US-Marcos II kasabwat ang iba pang tutang opisyales nito sa reaksyunaryong gubyerno, laban sa imperyalistang China na higit na nagsusubo sa Pilipinas sa nilulutong gera ng US sa rehiyong Indo-Pacific. Nitong Pebrero 3 lamang, pinagtibay ng Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Palawan ang isang […]

The recent news that US President Donald Trump has invited Marcos Jr to sit on his so-called “board of peace” is beyond absurd. There is no peace to be found among warmongers and mass murderers. What both Trump and Marcos Jr represent instead is the peace of the graveyard marked by the silence enforced by […]

Residents, council members, and employees of Barangay Payatas in Quezon City protested outside the barangay hall on February 3 to denounce their dismissal from work without legal basis. In December 2025, the contracts of four council members and several barangay staff were not renewed, supposedly as part of a reorganization. They said their removal without […]

Nagprotesta ang mga residente, myembro ng lupon at mga empleyado ng Barangay Payatas Quezon City sa labas ng barangay hall noong Pebrero 3 upang kundenahin ang pagkatanggal sa kanila sa trabaho nang walang ligal na batayan. Noong Disyembre 2025 ay hindi na muling ni-renew ang kontrata ng apat na myembro ng lupon at iba pang […]

The past few days saw an intense word war erupting between certain politicians and Philippine government officials and a Chinese embassy officer. This word war was ignited by Commodore Jay Tarriela, spokesperson of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) for the West Philippine Sea, who made use of mock images that ridiculed Chinese leader Xi Jinping, […]

Representatives of 45 progressive organizations went to Congress on February 2 to file an impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte. Their complaint was endorsed by Rep. Antonio Tinio, Rep. Sarah Elago, and Rep. Renee Co of the Makabayan Coalition. As with the complaint filed in December 2024, the accusation focused on the vice president’s […]