Articles in English

The long-simmering conflict between the Marcoses, Arroyos and Duterte has been exposed to the public by the successive attacks and counter-attacks between its personalities. This conflict further intensified amid the economic crisis and because sharing wealth, power and state priviledge can no longer satiate or satisfy everyone. The conflict between Speaker Martin Romualdez and Vice […]

A team of the New People’s Army (NPA)-Bukidnon paralyzed two backhoes of Ulticon Builders Incorporated (UBI) on October 16 in Sityo Mahagwa, Barangay Hagpa, Impasug-ong. The UBI construction company is owned by a Duterte crony which has cornered large public contracts worth ₱1-3 billion per year. The UBI is involved in projects that destroy the […]

Red fighters of the New People’s Army (NPA)-Sultan Kudarat disarmed Junior Martinez, a local despot and 57th IB agent, in Sityo Badiangan, Barangay Salangsang in Lebak, Sultan Kudarat on November 13, at 5 a.m. An M16 rifle, a shotgun, two pistols, a hand grenade, and a VHF radio were confiscated from him. Martinez uses these […]

At least 18 soldiers under the 8th ID were killed and five were wounded in a series of tactical offensives by the New People’s Army (NPA) in Northern and Western Samar last June to August. Among those killed were five troopers of the 4th Scout Ranger Battalion (SRB), one of the “elite” forces most recently […]

Dong is troubled over where to get money for his three children, one of whom is already in college. “On the 15th, I got only eight thousand,” he said. Dong is a foreman in a large Manila port. He is not the lowest wage earner among more than 800 dockworkers who find it more difficult […]