The support of the peasant masses in Cagayan Valley to the New People’s Army (NPA) remains firm amid intense combat and psywar operations of the military across the region.” The people here are as hard as stone,” soldiers often conclude after repeatedly mounting Retooled Community Support Program operations in a barrio. According to comrades, agrarian […]

The 2nd ID continues to sow terror in Southern Tagalog (ST) this 2021. At least 25 towns in five provinces across the region are covered by focused military operations and Retooled Community Support Program (RCSP) operations. The region is among the eight focus regions of the regime’s counterinsurgency war. The military campaigns are launched under […]

At least 500 activists marched to Malacañang on January 22 to mark the 34th anniversary of the Mendiola Massacre wherein 13 protesting farmers were killed by the police. Until today, justice is yet to be served to the relatives of the victims. On the contrary, the attacks and hardships suffered by the sector continued to […]

The prices of basic commodities are increasing rapidly but workers’ wages are not keeping up. The price of pork, for instance, has been steadily increasing since last year rising by 77% this January. This pushed the inflation rate to 3.5% last December 2020, the highest in 21 months. Because of this, the real value of […]

The Kilusang Mag­bu­bu­kid­ ng Pilipinas (KMP) called on the regime last February 1 to lower pork prices to pre-African Swine Fever levels. This was after the price of pork belly skyrocketed to ₱400 per kilo, and pork shoulder to ₱370. It said that this is doable by providing production subsidy and aid to hog raisers. […]