The upsurge of the youth and student movement in the first quarter of 1972 was used by Dictator Ferdinand Marcos as one of the major excuses to impose martial law nationwide and extend his monopoly of power and wealth. When I enrolled in Central Mindanao University in Musuan, Bukidnon in 1968, Mindanao was then budding […]

(This article was written by Jose Maria Sison, founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines and now in exile in the Netherlands, as his reply to allegations that as party leader, he ordered the bombing of the Liberal Party miting de avance at Plaza Miranda on Aug. 21, 1971. The allelgation was made by […]

Intellectual ferment for armed struggle among the youth and urban intellectuals has long been stirring, especially under the openly repressive Duterte regime. This ferment cannot be killed by Secretary Lorenzana by abrogating the UP-DND accord. In fact, in doing so with the aim of restricting academic freedom, he is only succeeding in further stoking the […]

A unit of the New People’s Army (NPA)-Ilocos Sur ambushed operating troops of the 71st Division Reconnaissance Company (DRC) in Barangay Lamag, Quirino. The ambush clearly disproves the recent AFP declaration of having “dismantled” the NPA in the area. The firefight lasted for about 40 minutes according to police reports. Pvt. Shame Reyes of the […]

Sa pagpasok ng bagong taon, walang bago sa papet at pasistang Rehimen ni Duterte, hanggang sa kaniyang mga berdugong galamay sa Timog Katagalugan. Anim na araw matapos lamang ang pagpasok ng taon, nilusob at pinagbantaang palayasin ng mga armadong ng mga goons ng Pamilya Yulo ang kabahayan ng mga magsasaka sa Sitio Buntog. Parte ang […]