Articles in English

US plans to launch bigger military trainings in 2020
May 21, 2019

THE US PLANS to launch bigger military trainings in the country in 2020. Particularly, it is targeting to double its participants—from 900 this year to 1,700 next year—for the Salaknib training. Salaknib is conducted in preparation for the annual and much bigger Balikatan exercises. US activities have increased from January to March this year. According […]

#LabanBayan, protests against election manipulation
May 21, 2019

MORE THAN 2,000 protested last May 17 in front of the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) where tallying for the 2019 midterm elections was undertaken. The youth, women, church people and various groups led by Kontra Daya and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) collectively condemned the manipulation of and violence during the elections. On the evening […]

Las Navas residents expel encamping soldiers
May 21, 2019

LAST MAY 10, residents of Barangay San Miguel, Las Navas successfully expelled soldiers of the 20th IB who have occupied their community for more than a year. This came after the residents’ evacuation and dialogue with the local government of Las Navas, the 20th IB and the Department of Interior and Local Government last May […]

NPA-Negros seizes 8 firearms
May 21, 2019

THE NEW PEOPLE’S Army (NPA) successfully raided a detachment of the Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Bongcayao Brigade (RPA-ABB) at Sitio Mambinay, Barangay Locotan, Kaban­kalan City in Negros Occidental last May 8 at around 1:00 a.m. Two RPA elements were killed while three were wounded. The NPA seized a machinegun, a Browning Automatic Rifle, an M14, three […]

Fight for national sovereignty amid US arrogant display of force and China intrusions
April 17, 2019 |

Events over the past several weeks reveal the country’s dismal state of non-independence with the US-Duterte regime displaying utter slavishness and inability to uphold Philippine national patrimony and sovereignty. The country is now practically a playground for big power bullies to trample upon and assert their military and economic might. The struggle to uphold Philippine […]