Military and police forces continue to harass peasant communities in Cavite, Masbate, and Negros Occidental. In Masbate, authorities arrested and filed rebellion charges against four civilians. Ronnie Ursal, Manlik Espinosa, and Melicio Malaras were apprehended on June 25 in Barangay Baras, Esperanza, while Vicente Colomna was arrested on June 11. Except for Colomna, the other […]

In the past two years, the US aggressively expanded its military presence and constructed strategic military infrastructure in the Philippines. In 2024, it deployed the Typhon Missile System in northern Luzon. This year, it deployed the NMESIS, MADIS, and other weapons of war. Also this year, the US took over the naval facility in Oyster […]

Peasants cultivating 21 and 79 hectares of land in Hacienda Chiquita in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental are facing threats of eviction. The land was supposed to be distributed under the bogus Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension with Reforms (CARPER), but is again being taken away from them. Since 1952, peasant families and residents have lived […]

Ilocos Sur residents resolutely stood against the destructive dredging operations of Isla Verde Mining and Development Company (IVMDC) at the Abra River estuary and in parts of the West Philippine Sea covered by the province. They collectively held a fluvial protest on July 16 to demand an immediate halt to the operations, which are damaging […]