Consecutive protests were mounted by democratic organizations in Metro Manila and different parts of the country in the past two weeks. Oppose the Marcos cha-cha. Various sectors protested in front of Congress on March 6 to express their opposition to the attempt to amend the 1987 Constitution. Marcos Jr’s lackeys railroaded the bill to create […]

The reactionary state has pushed for the pro-foreign and pro-capitalist phaseout of traditional jeepneys in the name of modernization in the past five years. This year, the Marcos regime furthered this by imposing a new deadline for the consolidation of franchises. Several thousands of drivers and operators mounted a transport strike and protest actions in […]

A year after the war in Ukraine commenced, several democratic and anti-imperialist organizations criticized the US government and its allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for stoking the proxy war in Ukraine against Russia. On February 25, different organizations came together in a protest in Brussels, Belgium to commemorate the first anniversary of […]

Consecutive cases of human rights violations against peasants were reported in the past weeks. Units of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) are involved in attacking civilian communities in violation of the international humanitarian law. In Albay, state forces killed peasant Vernon Bonggat on February 20 inside his house in Barangay Tablon, Oas. His […]

Defense Sec. Carlito Galvez takes the Filipino people for fools when he claimed last week that allowing the US government to build more military facilities in additional sites specified under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) will serve as a “deterrence” for war. This is the exact opposite of the truth. Since last year, the […]