Alyansa ng Manggagawang Bukid ng Asyenda Luisita (AMBALA, or Alliance of Hacienda Luisita Farm Workers) newly elected officers took their oath at a gathering in Barangay Lourdes, San Miguel, Tarlac City on November 16. They held the ceremony concurrent with marking the 2004 massacre committed by state forces killing seven farmers in Hacienda Luisita. The […]

  Enrile burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani opposed. Dozens of organizations and individuals expressed their opposition to the scheme to bury Juan Ponce Enrile at the Libingan ng mga Bayani on November 22. Enrile is the despised martial law architect, a killer, and a plunderer of the environment and the nation’s treasury. He […]

Successive typhoons Tino and Uwan struck the country in November, severely damaging agriculture, infrastructure, homes, and schools. These claimed many lives and displaced hundreds of residents from their communities. No less than 6,000 homes in Cebu were destroyed, while 2,812 were partially damaged when typhoon Tino hit on November 4. Forty barangays suffered from severe […]

The working class’ suffering is doubled whenever communities and roads are flooded. They often live in low-lying and flood-prone parts of cities where defective and profit-driven flood control projects were built. Their homes and communities are damaged, they lose income, work in unsafe conditions, and risk losing their jobs. Hardest hit by the damage are […]