The claim yesterday by Sec. Benjamin Abalos Jr that the New People’s Army (NPA) now operates in only five guerrilla fronts is utterly ridiculous. Even a typical regional command of the NPA has more than that. Will Abalos and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) care to identify where these “remaining” fronts are? Abalos […]

The appointment of Camilo Cascolan, a PNP general, as one of the Department of Health (DOH)’s top officials is a huge insult for medical professionals and workers. Above all, Cascolan has no qualification for the said position. He knows nothing about saving lives and upholding the masses’ welfare. During his whole career as a police […]

Inflation rose to 7.7% in October (the highest since 2008) in the face of relentless increases in the prices of oil, food, housing, medicine, education and other basic necessities. The people’s extreme poverty and hardship are becoming more pervasive as standards of living continue to fall. The suffering of millions has intensified as a result […]

It has been four years since the tyrant Duterte masterminded the creation of National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict. Under its enforcement, government agencies were obliged to participate in Duterte’s war against the populace. From the outset, the nation has experienced nothing but ever worsening magnitudes of rabid fascism and endless human […]

The New People’s Army (NPA) ambushed soldiers from the 24th IB in Mount Basiwag, Barangay Gacab, Malibcong, Abra province last October 27. Two troopers were killed while another was wounded. The ambush is a punishment of the said unit for its fascist attacks and suppression of the people’s opposition to extensive mining operations in Abra […]