The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) calls on the Filipino people, especially advocates of a just and lasting peace, to reject and denounce Duterte’s Executive Order (EO) 158 issued last December 27, 2021 that purportedly “strengthens peace, reconciliation and unity” but which, in fact, is anti-peace and counterrevolutionary. Duterte’s EO 158 promotes a fake […]

Duterte’s fiendish and fascist mindset is again revealed when he declared that “enemies of the state” should not be prioritized in Covid-19 vaccination. Duterte is obsessed with counterinsurgency. He even wants to use medical service as a weapon of war which is inconsistent with basic medical ethics and humanitarian principles. In line with humanitarian principles […]

Duterte is criminally liable for the worsening neoliberal direction of the Covid-19 response. In the face of Covid-19’s most contagious variant yet, the regime completely abandoned the necessary basic medical response and has turned it into the sole responsibility of individuals. The Department of Health declared the strategy shift from quick virus containment and eradication […]

Big businessmen and oil cartels hijack the pandemic to pocket even larger amounts of superprofit. From December 2020 to January 2022, the net increase in diesel prices reach P20.95, P22.05 for gasoline and P17.89 for kerosene. The price hikes accumulated in that single year is higher than the three-year combined price increases from 2016 until […]

Instead of adequate economic recovery, Sara Duterte and running-mate Bongbong Marcos’ platforms focus on the perpetuation of the oppressive war and militarization. Duterte’s juniora presses for mandatory military service and trainings and the molding of youth as mercenaries instead of creating jobs and opportunities for them. If elected as vice-president, she also plans to head […]