Even before the mandatory SIM card registration was set to be implemented, concerns have been raised regarding disenfranchisement of millions of service users in the countryside. Since December 27 last year, all new SIM card users are required to register. Meanwhile, old SIM card users were given 180 days to register to avoid deactivation. Among […]

The stench of the padrino system, corruption and criminality pervades in the Armed Forces the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP). Generals and their cliques are openly elbowing each other for control of billions of funds reserved for the AFP’s modernization and counterinsurgency campaign. Yesterday, January 6, the news story broke out that […]

The Dole brand is known for its expensive fresh and canned fruit products. They go into favorite dishes during Christmas and special occasions. The multinational company earns billions of dollars annually from fresh fruit sales in the local and export market. This profit came from the land taken away from farmers and from the hard […]

The onion has yet to be sliced, but tears already well up with the high costs – this is the painful reality currently besieging the Filipino nation. Since these last few months, the price of a kilo of onions ranges from P600 to P720 in local markets in Bikol and the entire country. This is […]

The Maoist Communist Union extends revolutionary solidarity and expresses its grief upon hearing of the death of Prof. Jose Maria Sison, the great Filipino revolutionary leader and founding chairperson of the Communist Party of the Philippines. We salute the brave struggle of the Filipino people, who, even as they grieve for Ka Joma, are carrying […]