In the race of billionaires, ranking second is Enrique Razon Jr, one of Duterte’s biggest bourgeois-comprador cronies. In the past six years, he was favored with government and military contracts, and drew profits from the sweat of workers and other toiling classes. During the Covid-19 pandemic, his wealth almost doubled. From ₱182.7 billion in 2020, […]

Indigenous and other Ecuadorians launched a Paro National (national strike) on June 13 against neoliberal policies which has caused them much hardship. Led by the Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas (Conaie), a federation of indigenous peoples in Ecuador, thousands blockaded streets to prevent the movement of vehicles and people. They paralyzed more than 20 major roads. […]

For the first time ever, Colombians elected a left-wing and anti-neoliberal president. Gustavo Petro, together with his vice president Francia Marquez, won last June 19. He is likened to recently elected anti-imperialist presidents in Chile, Honduras and Peru. Petrov served as mayor of Ecuador’s national capital, Bogota. He is also known as a former member […]

Chemical and chemical product manufacturing are key elements in agricultural production and almost all manufacturing subsectors. It is considered a backbone of national industrialization. Production utilizes high technology and has a relatively high added value. In the Philippines, it is the third largest manufacturing subsector—after food and electronics. In 2021, its value-added reached ₱390 billion, […]

CONTRIBUTE TO ULOS! Editors of Ulos are now accepting literary and artwork contributions—poems, essays, narratives such as reportages, flash and short stories, comics and drawings. Ulos 2022’s theme is “the people and their army’s struggle against the US-Marcos regime, then and now.” Send your contributions to [email protected] until October 31, 2022.