The United Nations set August 9 as the International Day of Indigenous Peoples. National minorities in the Philippines mark this day with their continuing struggle for land and rights. Among them are the Lumad in far south Mindanao who have suffered decades upon decades of attacks, most especially under Ferdinand Marcos Sr’s martial law. The […]

Two associations of contractual employees scored successive victories the past week. In Davao, the National Labor Relations Commission ordered Foodpanda Philippines Incorporated to pay a ₱2-million compensation package to seven delivery rider workers illegally terminated last year. Foodpanda is a food-delivery service company. The seven were part of the hundreds of Foodpanda workers who protested […]

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) joins the Palestinian people and people around the world in condemning in the strongest terms the Israeli government for the indiscriminate and despicable aerial bombing against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. We support the demand of peace-loving peoples around the world for Israel to put an […]

The NDFP regards the continuing gross and systematic violations of the human rights of the majority of Filipino children by the ruling system of big compradors and landlords as one of the compelling reasons for the revolutionary struggle of the Filipino people. Such violations have been aggravated by the deliberate targeting of these children in […]