Vegetable prices spiked drastically last month. In Metro Manila, the price per kilo of cabbage (₱300) reportedly increased by 375%. The price of Chinese cabbage and carrots also doubled, while the prices of eggplants rose by 75%, and squash and bitter gourd by 25%. The Department of Agriculture (DA) blamed the increase in prices and […]

Tatay Kaloy is a 60-year old bitter gourd farmer in Southern Mindanao. He is landless and only rents a half-hectare land in order to farm. In an interview with him by comrades, he narrated how he suffered losses during the last planting season. He said that the regular planting and harvesting cycle of bitter gourd […]

At the outset, I declare that the charges of terrorism and common crimes being made against me by the Duterte regime are patently false, puerile and futile and do not bother me a bit. These trumped up charges constitute gas lighting to deflect public attention from the gross and systematic crimes of treason, mass murder […]

1. The number of daily new Covid-19 cases in the Philippines hit another record-high of 22,415 yesterday. This number is anticipated to further rise in the coming weeks with the prevalence of the more contagious Delta variant and in the face of the continuing failure of the Duterte regime to effectively respond to the crisis situation. With the gross lack of testing, the actual number of infections is likely two to three times bigger.

Walang ipinag-iba ang mga militar sa kanilang amo na si Digong Duterte sa kawalang pagkilala at paglabag sa karapatang pantao lalong higit sa masang populasyon na nakakaranas ng krimen na likha ng isang pabaya, korap at mapanupil na pangulo. Kahapon, napabalita na nakatayo na ang bagong kampo-militar sa Barangay Ilayang Ilog A, Lopez. Ayon sa […]