Articles in English
The Ivatans don't want Balikatan
On April 8, the local government of Batanes issued a sober reminder to all visitors to the province to be considerate of their herds while touring the island. They ask them not to startle or stress the animals in the pasture and leave them alone on the roads and parks. Batanes is one of the […]
American troops are turning the Philippines into a battlefield
Thousands of American troops and their vehicles landed in the country even before Balikatan began. At least 400 military vessels from the US Indo-Pacific Command headquarters in Hawaii were offloaded from large ships in Subic Bay in March. On April 1, the US conducted combat maneuvers in Philippine waters with Australian and Japanese warships and […]
Cope Thunder exercises strike fear among Cagayanons
Although Balikatan 2024 has not yet officially opened, Cope Thunder exercises launched by the US Air Force and Tactical Operations Group (TOG) troops on April 17 have already sown fear and distress among the citizens of Cagayan and Apayao. Residents of Gattaran, Sto Niño, and Lasam in Cagayan said low-flying jet fighters caused mayhem in […]
Presence of foreign troops in the Philippines stirs protests
Various groups protested before the US embassy on April 11 to condemn the “trilateral summit” between the Philippines, Japan and the US held in Washington D.C. The groups know that this meeting was part of the US plan to expand its presence in the first-island chain under the guise of “security” and “freedom” in the […]
The face of the rectification movement in Masbate
Branches and committees of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), New People’s Army (NPA) units and the entire revolutionary movement in Masbate are striving to carry out the rectification movement initiated by the Central Committee in December 2023. Assessments and studies are in full swing since the first quarter of the year. Study movement […]