Indigenous groups in different parts of the Philippines commemorated the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on August 9. Led by the Katribu Kalipunan ng Katutubong Mamamayan ng Pilipinas, together with national democratic and environmental groups, they expressed their grievances at Camp Aguinaldo and the offices of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources […]

The Communist Party of the Philippines, the New People’s Army (NPA), the entire revolutionary movement and the masses saluted and gave recognition to the 10 Party cadres and fighters of the people’s army who were martyred in a series of encounters during the first and second week of August in Lambunao and Calinog in Iloilo. […]

The Makabayan Coalition warmly welcomed the announcements of Liza Maza, former representative of the Gabriela Women’s Party and the coalition’s co-chairperson, and Ronnel Arambulo, Pamalakaya vice president, of their plan to run for the Senate. Maza made her declaration on August 15 in an urban-poor community, while Arambulo announced his plans in a fishing community […]

The “declaration of cooperation” between the University of the Philippines (UP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) signed on August 8 elicited widespread denunciation. It is a brazen violation of academic freedom, critics said. The university’s entry into this agreement would make UP complicit in widespread human rights violations and political repression perpetrated […]

  3-day transport strike against jeepney phaseout, mounted anew. Jeepney drivers and operators again launched a transport strike in Metro Manila last August 14-16 against the anti-poor and pro-foreign transportation “modernization” program. They condemned Ferdinand Marcos Jr for refusing to heed the Senate resolution suspending the program until the issues raised by the drivers and […]