Poor and middle peasants in the Bukidnon and Lanao del Sur border towns usually till one hectare of land or even less. They usually plant vegetables such as squash, chili, cabbage, potato, carrot, tomato, Baguio beans, bell pepper, eggplant, and broccoli, as well as sweet potato and corn. They endure multiple layers of semi-feudal oppression, […]

In recent weeks, five victims of political killings by state forces have been recorded. There were cases of arrest, shooting, and harassment. These incidents add to the US-Marcos regime’s mounting crimes in its three years in power. In Masbate, state forces shot and killed 25-year-old civilian Joey Oas in Barangay San Carlos, Palanas on June […]

More than 70 representatives of various faiths and human rights groups from 13 countries held the “Pagtatanim: Sowing Seeds of Faith Solidarity for the Filipino People’s Struggle for Peace” gathering in Rome, Italy on June 27-28. Organizers held this in response to the urgent need for unity among church people to support the Filipino people’s […]

THE US-RUTO REGIME in Kenya violently dispersed the people’s protests on June 25, killing up to 16 rallyists and injuring 400 others. The protest was part of the commemoration of a series of massive demonstrations last year against the neoliberal Finance Bill 2024, intensifying police violence, and state repression. Recall that massive demonstrations in 2024 […]

Military spokesmen, official and de facto/online mouthpiece, exerted much effort to spin doctor the punishment of AFP spies as “senseless killings” of “defenseless civilians” by the NPA in Northern Negros. But this narrative collapsed in thin air with the seizure of numerous assorted firearms and ammunitions from these so-called ordinary “civilians” proving they were armed […]