In his State of the Nation Address 2020 on July 27, Rodrigo Duterte repeatedly lashed out at Sen. Franklin Drilon who challenged him to push for the implementation of the Anti-Dynasty Bill. Drilon proposed to ban dynasties in the reactionary government, extending the regulation up to the second degree of consanguinity and affinity. Duterte got […]

To cover up his his regime’s inutility and incompetence in controlling that Covid-19 pandemic in the country, the phrase “wait for a vaccine” has already become Rodrigo Duterte’s mantra. He has given no support to Filipino scientists in the effort to discover one. His P10 million bounty to first discoverers is worthless without funding for […]

Philippine politics has long been dominated by dynastic families at all levels. Election results in 2019 indicate that around 163 families have at least two members who are simultaneously seated as senator, congressman or governor. Eighty-eight of these families are from Luzon, 29 from Visayas, and 44 from Min­da­nao. The results reflect data during the […]

Based on reports by mass organization, at least 141 activists were arrested by the police during or on their way to rallies last July 23. In Met­ro Ma­ni­la, 34 activists were arrested including 5 PISTON members and 24 activists in Marikina City. In Sout­hern Ta­ga­log, 85 activists were arrested while on their way to participate […]

JOURNALISTS FROM Alter­mid­ya, Pi­noy Weekly, Ko­dao Pro­ducti­ons and Bu­lat­lat filed a complaint at the Com­mis­si­on on Hu­man Rights on July 30 against Na­tio­nal Task Force to End the Local Com­mu­nist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and Phi­lip­pi­ne Na­tio­nal Po­lice for subjecting them to continuing harassment. The complaint includes the recent confiscation of thousands of copies of Pinoy […]