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More than a thousand individuals marched to the Mendiola Bridge in Manila to mark Rodrigo Duterte’s fifth year in power last June 30 and hold him accountable for his regime of corruption, treachery, killings, and oppression. Led by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, various organizations demanded an end to the killings and for the Duterte regime to […]

75-years of neocolonialism. Around 100 students mounted a lightning rally in front of the United States Embassy in Pasay City on July 4. Youth activists led by the League of Filipino Students demanded the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement, Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement and other unequal agreements and treaties between the Philippines and the […]

The helicopters and planes of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have been recently dubbed as “flying coffins.” This came after the crash of a C-130 Hercules transport plane of the AFP last July 4 in Barangay Bangkal, Patikul, Sulu, which recorded the highest number of casualties in the past three decades. Latest reports […]

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) once again placed the Philippines in its “grey list” last June 24. This means the FATF will put the country’s bank and financial transactions under closer scrutiny. Money laundering is “cleaning” illegally obtained dirty money through transfers involving banks or investments in legitimate businesses. The FATF is an international […]