The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today criticized the consummated purchase of the ₱2-billion Gulfstream G280 business jet ordered by Rodrigo Duterte and Defense Sec. Delfin Lorenzana from the US in October 2019. Theaircraft landed at the Clark International Airport in Pampanga last weekend. The jet plane had its inaugural flight to Davao City […]

Only in a society so backward as the Philippines and a government so neglectful as one being led by the US-Duterte regime could the construction of a public hospital take place years after warnings of an upcoming pandemic have been announced by epidemiologists. Duterte and his imperialist masters should be held accountable for the hundreds […]

The Duterte regime has reached a new level of international notoriety. Last week’s resolution of the European Parliament denounced the thousands of extrajudicial killings and other serious human rights violations both in the so-called drug war and against human rights activists, environmental activists, trade unionists and journalists. With his unmitigated and brutal reign of state […]

Ka Juliet de Lima, interim chairperson of the Na­tio­nal De­mocra­tic Front of the Phi­lip­pi­nes (NDFP), rated the Duterte regime’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic a “negative 99.9%.” “He (Rod­ri­go Du­ter­te) has absolutely done nothing right” and instead scourged the people and made the government bankrupt. “The regime’s response to the Covid 19 pandemic has been […]

The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) expressed intent to engage in discussions with Vice Pres. Leni Robredo as the constitutional successor of Rodrigo Duterte to press for the resumption of peace negotiations in case he gets ousted or forced to resign. “This can serve as a rallying point in the effort to oust […]