UPDATES Philippines is a fortnightly publication of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP).

Zaldy Co is a thief who has amassed wealth from bureaucrat capitalism while holding the reins of the congressional appropriations committee in most of the years since 2016—both under Duterte and Marcos. Like all the lower rung bureaucrat capitalists, Zaldy Co could only have carried out his large-scale plunder of the people’s money since 2016, […]

On the 12th anniversary of the onslaught of super typhoon Yolanda, revolutionary forces in Eastern Visayas stand in indignation with the Filipino people over the prolonged tragedy suffered by victims of disasters. We deeply condole with the people of Cebu, Southern Leyte, Negros and other areas ravaged by typhoon Tino. Like other disaster victims, their […]

The Task Force Philippines formed by the imperialist US must be strongly denounced and opposed as it will be used for further military intervention in the country. With the establishment of Task Force Philippines, the US increasingly places under its control the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and other security forces of the neocolonial […]

US Department of War (formerly the Department of Defense) secretary Pete Hegseth announced on October 31 the establishment of the US “Task Force Philippines” at the ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM)-Plus in Malaysia. This task force will consist of 60 elements from the US Pacific Fleet and will be led by an American general. It […]