In his first State of the Nation Address, Marcos declared his government would consider renewable energy (RE) a key sector for supposedly developing the country’s economy. Since then, land grabbing and environmental destruction have aggressively and blatantly intensified to attract RE investors into the country. By 2024, up to 68% of foreign investments were channeled […]

In June, outrage and protest flared up anew in Kenya against the government’s anti-people tax proposal and its subservience. On June 25, thousands of Kenyans stormed the streets of Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisii, and other cities to commemorate last year’s protests. The police’s violent dispersal killed at least 16 people and injured more than 400. On […]

Former president Rodrigo Duterte’s camp submitted a series of petitions to delay hearings of his crimes against humanity before Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The most recent was a petition for an “urgent status conference” filed on June 17 to question the schedule of Duterte’s court appearance on September 23. The […]

Farmers in Barangay Bantud, San Roque, and other barangays in Guimba, Nueva Ecija filed a petition this July calling for minimum farmgate price of fresh palay to be pegged at ₱20 per kilo. They explained that production costs reach ₱14 per kilo, yet traders only buy the palay for ₱10–12. At the height of harvest […]

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) expressed solidarity with the Communist Party of India (Maoist) for their upcoming Martyrs Memorial Week from July 28 to August 3. Those receiving honors during the week include martyred CPI (Maoist) secretary general Comrade Basavaraju (Nambala Keshava Rao). According to the CPP, the heroes of the Indian people […]