The military agreement between the Philippines and Japan, the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA), was signed on July 8. For the first time since the end of the Second World War, imperialist Japanese will be allowed to have its troops enter and deploy in the country. This will allow Japanese troops to freely enter and leave […]

The cries of protests of activists rang out during the speech of war-freak US congressman Rep. Darrell Issa at the conference of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, in Washington, DC last July 11. They condemned the US military presence in the Philippines, its crimes against the Filipino people and its war provocations against […]

Drug-crazed 2nd IB soldiers shot to death brothers Ronel, 22, and Robert Monsanto, 18, in Sitio Laray, Barangay Aguho, Esperanza, Masbate on July 8. The brothers were herding their livestock when operating soldiers chanced upon and shot them in cold blood. The soldiers took the remains of the brothers to Barangay San Roque and made […]

THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) successfully held its 7th international assembly from June 21 to 24 in Malaysia. The organization issued a communiqué on July 11 reporting that 535 individuals from 44 countries attended the assembly. The 432 delegates were from 192 ILPS member organizations while 103 were guests and observers. The assembly […]

Sitio Canonghan, Barangay Osmeña, Palapag, Northern Samar is being plagued by soldiers of the 74th IB. Since April 2023, when the butcher unit invaded the sitio, repeated human rights violations have been recorded in the area. On June 2, 74th IB soldiers opened fire on 11 farmers, including seven minors, while they were in their […]