The recent so-called wage hike of P47, to be given in tranches, in Southern Mindanao is without question the final straw that breaks the horse’s back for workers across the region. It is the insulting apex of the US-Duterte regime’s anti-worker legacy that failed miserably in ensuring the welfare of the Filipino working class. To […]

Although Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has yet to sit on his stolen throne, the dagger of fascist repression and deception is already unsheathed, auguring six years of darkness facing the Filipino people. Over the past few weeks, the people’s democratic rights to free expression and peaceably redress their grievances and protests were sustainedly threatened and assaulted. […]

The Marcoses have fully returned to power as Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was proclaimed as the 17th president of the reactionary government of the Republic of the Philippines last May 25. At the same time, the Dutertes have perpetuated their rule with Sara Duterte’s victory as vice president. The Marcoses flaunted their power steal when the […]

Hundreds of families in towns of Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur and Ifugao evacuated after a series of bombing and militarization of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in their communities last May 23. More than 600 families of Datu Salibu town, Maguindanao were forced to evacuate after the AFP rained bombs on Barangay Ganta. […]

After several years, the Duterte regime finally increased workers’ wages across the country. Daily wages were raised in majority of the regions from ₱15 to ₱110. This will be implemented in two to three tranches in the next two to three years. Most increases will begin this June. Despite the increase, this is still a […]