The New People’s Army (NPA)-Ro­selyn Jean Pel­le Com­mand ambushed intelligence agent Be­ne­dicto Omble­ro last September 4 in Negros Occidental. Two .45 caliber pistols and ammunition were seized from him. Omble­ro was an ele­men­t of the Mi­li­tary Intel­li­gence Bat­ta­li­on under the command of the 3rd ID, and a member of the anti-communist group ANAD. Meanwhile, the […]

The Filipino people were shocked and enraged with Rodrigo Duterte’s decision granting Joseph Scott Pemberton, a US soldier found guilty of murdering transgender Jennifer Laude in 2015, absolute pardon last September 6. Pemberton has only served half of his 10-year sentence. In a statement on September 7, the Communist Party of the Philippines said that […]

Various sectoral groups launched successive street and online protests in the past few weeks. Youth groups staged a picket in front of the Congress in Quezon City in conjuction with the budget hearing on education last September 16. This was followed by a mobilization by the urban poor who asserted their right to emergency aid […]

The Communist Party of the Philippines and other progressive groups and individuals paid tribute to Dr. Ed­ber­to Vil­le­gas, one of the country’s most fervent patriot, champion of anti-imperialism and revolutionary intellectual. He passed away at the age of 80 after suffering a stroke last September 7. He was among the founding members of the patriotic […]