Articles in English
Social Media Registration Proposal: Surveillance and suppression of right to expression
On January 21, the Department of Information and Communication Technology pushed a draft policy requiring Filipinos to register before opening an account on any social media platform. The proposed law would require users to provide their real names and other personal data to enable them to use their own accounts. Parental verification would be mandatory […]
Filipino migrants demand investigation of US and Taiwan ghost projects
Filipino migrants are demanding an investigation into the various ghost or fake projects of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) and Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in the US and Taiwan. According to the DMW, it allots ₱5 million every year for migrant shelters or temporary housing which it co-manages with non-governmental organizations in Taiwan. […]
Anti-corruption protest set on February 25
Kilusang Bayan Kontra Kurakot (KBKK, or People’s Anti-Corruption Movement) announced on January 19 its relaunching of the large-scale anti-corruption protest on February 25, with the marking of the 40th EDSA People Power uprising anniversary. The group led 100,000 people in anti-corruption protests on September 21, 2025 and 20,000 on November 30, 2025 in Luneta Park, […]
Protests
Distribute land in Hacienda Luisita now! More than 150 farmers and farmworkers from Hacienda Luisita, Tarlac protested at the Department of Agrarian Reform in Quezon City on January 26 to condemn the long-delayed land distribution and to oppose fascism, militarization and bourgeois comprador’s land grabbing in the hacienda. Benguet indigenous people oppose mining. Indigenous […]
NPA-Northern Samar armed actions
The New People’s Army (NPA)-Northern Samar (Rodante Urtal Command) reported some of its units’ armed actions against the 19th IB in December 2025. No less than three 19th IB soldiers were killed, with others wounded in action. An NPA unit ambushed 19th IB troopers on December 15, 2025 in Barangay Poponton, Las Navas. Earlier, the […]