Articles in English

The Cordillera People’s Democratic Front (CPDF)-Kalinga called on national minorities and peasants to collectively oppose the operation of Makilala Mines Corporation Inc (MMCI) in the town of Pasil, Kalinga. This company is a subsidiary of Australia’s Celsius Resources. MMCI’s investment in Kalinga follows Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s pimping of the country’s resources during his recent visit […]

Miners of the Dontog-Manganese Pocket Miners Association (DOMAPMA) barricaded against the big mining company Benguet Corporation, Inc. (BCI) in Sitio Dalicno, Itogon, Benguet on May 13. The barricade is part of their struggle to defend their rights to land and livelihood against BCI’s forced seizure of DOMAPMA’s pocket mines and unjust increases in mining equipment […]

A few weeks before the 7-year anniversary of the bombing by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Marawi City, residents staged a protest to demand the extremely delayed justice. On May 13, residents who have yet to return to their communities gathered at Rizal Park in the city. They condemned the Marawi Compensation […]

The reactionary government officially recognized ownership by 90 farmers belonging to the Malayang Kilusang Samahan ng mga Magsasaka ng Tinang (Makisama-Tinang) of the 68 hectares of land in Hacienda Tinang in Concepcion, Tarlac on May 8. This is the result of a three-decade struggle for the land and the relaunching of their land recovery campaign […]

Big local and foreign business drool over the province of Batangas because of its natural resources and its vital location in the country and the region. For several years, the reactionary state has been prating about reducing reliance on fossil fuels (oil and coal) as the country’s source of energy. Under the Duterte regime, the […]