Every Tuesday, the prices of petroleum products change in the Philippines. From January to May 20, prices rose eleven times while decreasing ten times. The increases are larger than the decreases, which resulted in a net rise of ₱4 per liter for gasoline and ₱3.80 per liter for diesel. On May 20, democratic groups led […]

The Marcos regime drew endless ridicule for its “new” peace plan which the National Security Council made public in the last week of April. The regime formally endorsed the National Plan for Unity, Peace and Development (NAP-UPD) when it issued Memorandum Circular No. 83 on May 2. As the NAP-UPD propagated, the regime and the […]

In the municipality of Amai Manabilang (formerly Bumbaran) in Lanao del Sur, large-scale and violent land grabbing now affects Moro, Lumad, and settler farmers. The successive Duterte and Marcos regimes, the local Manabilang dynasty, and the Armed Forces of the Philippines have all conspired to evict residents and use their lands for foreign multinational companies. […]

The SPDA is a tool in the oppressive “counterinsurgency” war under the guise of “economic development.” It was established in 1975 as part of the package for the “surrendered” revolutionary Moro National Liberation Front forces in the past. In 1980, the SPDA established the Kapatiran Agro-Industrial Cooperative Settlement Project in the towns of Wao and […]