Filipinos recall the brutal killings in the war on drugs during the hearing for confirmation of charges against Rodrigo Duterte at the International Criminal Court (ICC). The court held the hearings in The Hague, The Netherlands, on February 23-24 and February 26-27. During the four days, prosecutors’ lawyers, including victims’ lawyers on one side, clashed […]

Successive exposures of anomalies and its personnel’s involvement in massive corruption in recent months highlighted the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) utter rottenness. These events reveal the AFP serving as henchmen of corrupt bureaucrat-capitalists and accomplices of various ruling factions. The Duterte faction’s latest move paraded 18 men claiming to be “former Marines” who […]

Over and above high salaries and allowances, many in the Philippine National Police engage in criminal activities for bribes and cash. Using fascist power, the police extort, steal from, and abuse ordinary citizens. The PNP’s own records show that more than 2,500 police officers were dismissed from service in 2025 for involvement in the illegal […]

Soldiers of the 3rd IB killed peasant Jaime Pabillar, 44 years old, in a murderous burst of gunfire in Barangay Cagtoto-og, San Jorge, Samar on February 2. Pabillar was inside his house with his wife, child, and grandchild when the soldiers riddled it with bullets. The New People’s Army (NPA)-Western Samar (Arnulfo Ortiz Command) denied […]

The Jose Maria Sison Legacy Foundation (JMSLF) launched a series of activities in February to celebrate what would have been Comrade Jose Maria Sison’s 87th birthday on February 8. The group also marked the first anniversary of the foundation’s establishment. These events carried the theme “Rejoice, Rectify, Remember: Commemorating the Life and Legacy of Jose […]