Awarding individual land titles in oil palm plantations in Agusan del Sur has been on the swing these past months. This is in line with the World Bank’s Support to Parcelization of Lands for Individual Titling or SPLIT program touted as an implementation of a “genuine land reform.” In reality, this is a way to […]

A tuna handliner must possess high levels of skill and patience in order to catch a large and quality tuna. The tuna must be handled extra carefully as its price goes down if its meat is bruised or damaged. If they have no or few catch, they go home with empty pockets. This is the […]

The decision of the Regional Trial Court of Marinduque last May 16 ordering the Marcopper Mining Corporation to pay up to ₱10 million in damages for the 1993 mine spill, can be regarded as a victory. However, no amount of money can fix the repeated and long-term destruction wrought by the mining company on the […]

Led by the International League of Peoples’ Struggles (ILPS) and organizations under the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, the International Anti-war Campaign was launchd last May 21 through a protest action in front of the US Embassy in Manila. The program was violently dispersed by police who arrested Lloyd Manango, vice president of League of Filipino Students, […]

A NUMBER OF Latin American and Caribbean countries said their leaders will not be attending the upcoming 9th Summit of the Americas this June 6-10 set to be hosted by the Biden government in Los Angeles City. The Caribbean Community had earlier said in the first week of May that if any American country will […]