Articles in English

The political intramurals being played at the House of Representatives over the speakership issue is a manifestation of cracks within the Duterte ruling fascist coalition. The shameless jockeying for position is part of the bigger competition to get a bigger slice in the 2021 pork barrel budget, especially with the fast approaching 2022 elections. On […]

The New People’s Army (NPA) mounted successive attacks against soldiers securing the plunderous mining and logging operations of big bourgeois compradors in Mindanao over the past few months. Forty soldiers were killed and at least 34 were wounded during the attacks in Sul­tan Ku­da­rat and Su­ri­gao del Sur. On September 2, the NPA-Far South Min­da­nao […]

Hawudon Jumar Bucales and two other elements of the Magahat-Bagani paramilitary force were killed in a firefight with the New People’s Army-Surigao del Sur last October 4. Red fighters ambushed Bucales at Sit­io Mam­sap­ra­non, Ba­ra­ngay Ba­na­hao in Lia­nga, Su­ri­gao del Sur. Bucales masterminded the massacre of ALCADEV executive director Eme­ri­to Sa­marca and Lu­mad leaders Da­tu […]

The Duterte regime is putting forward various schemes purportedly to stimulate the agricultural sector. These include the Mega Farm and Food Security Program is touted to ensure food security during the pandemic. The program aims to consolidate parcels of land tilled by individual farmers into mega farms which will specialize in producing certain crops for […]

The Covid-19 pandemic has further exposed the backward state of Philippine agriculture. Global agricultural production disruptions caused by lockdowns, quarantines, border controls and transportation production are aggravating the crisis in the local agricultural sector which is heavily dependent on imported inputs and is export-oriented. The food crisis, caused by decades of liberalization, monopoly of land […]