Articles in English

Women’s Day against charter change
March 21, 2024

ON WOMEN’S DAY, March 8, women’s groups led by Gabriela, and various democratic organizations, marched to express their opposition to the charter change (chacha) of the Marcos Jr regime, and their demand for human rights, livelihood and sovereignty. From España Avenue, they planned to march to Mendiola but were stopped by the police at Morayta […]

Protests
March 21, 2024

  Passage of RBH7 in Congress opposed. Various democratic organizations protested in front of Congress in a People’s Rally on March 20 to oppose the passage of RBH7, the bill pushing for charter change (chacha). A few hours later, Congress passed the proposal with a vote of 288 in favor, eight against and two abstentions. […]

The masses link arms to confront El Niño
March 21, 2024

The total cost of damage brought by the El Niño drought to the agricultural sector in Negros Occidental has reached ₱78.45 million. The province is in Western Visayas, one of the regions that is presently experiencing the brunt of El Niño. The drought severely affected eleven (three cities and eight towns) out of its total […]

Imported LNG, its facilities and plants,
bring disaster to the environment and people
March 21, 2024

This March, three big bourgeoisie-compradors announced their “merger” for the operation of the Ilijan LNG terminal, the first “integrated LNG import facility” built by the Atlantic Gulf & Pacific Company (AG&P) along the coast of Barangay Ilijan, Batangas. City. Meralco PowerGen, Aboitiz Power and San Miguel Global Power (SMGP) converged to buy the said facility […]

US officials arrive in the country this March
March 21, 2024

Protests met the arrival of Anthony Blinken, secretary of the US Department of State, in Malacañang on March 19. Blinken was in the country to meet with Ferdinand Marcos Jr and the AFP on the upcoming Balikatan wargames and to again push the Indo-Pacific Security Strategy, the US strategy to maintain its hegemony in Asia […]