Articles in English
Aid, not imports and loans
PROGRESSIVE PEASANT ORGANIZATIONS demanded the US-Duterte regime this October to immediately end rice importation and provide palay farmers with necessary aid. They called for revocation of the Rice Liberalization Law or RA 11203 which burdened farmers further. They said that machines and research will be of no use if rice farmers are already dead. […]
PAKED launches fourth edition of MKLRP
THE FOURTH EDITION of the Short Course on the Society and Revolution (MKLRP) was launched last September 23. MKLRP is a basic education course published by the Party through the National Education Department (PAKED). This edition added a section about the regime of Benigno Aquino III. Several discussions about post-Marcos regimes were also polished. The […]
NKTI workers gain victories
THE ASSOCIATION OF health workers at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute announced the victories it gained from its collective negotiating agreement (CNA) with the hospital management. The workers were able to assert the provision of benefits including a mutual benefit allowance (P5,000 per employee), free meals, free hospitalization for surgeries, and other health benefits, […]
How did the Alcantara family accumulate its wealth?
The Alcantara family has a big investment in the Tampakan Copper-Gold Project. This is only one of the businesses of the Alsons Consolidated Resources Incorporated (ACR or Alcantara Group), a consortium with diverse interests across Mindanao. They Alcantara group also owns a large share in the Australian company Indophil Resources NL. They also have businesses […]
Militarization and mining, double disaster in Tampakan
An incessant military campaign has again escalated along the borders of South Cotabato, Davao del Sur, Sultan Kudarat and North Cotabato this year. The focused military campaigns were mounted in the said area by fascist forces of the 39th IB, 27th IB and 73rd IB under the 1002nd IBde of the AFP, and the Special […]