Translation/s: Bisaya | Pilipino All democratic forces must consolidate their ranks and help each other in their democratic struggles against the Duterte regime. The need for unity is urgent in the face of the successive attacks of the tyrant against the people’s interests. On July 10, Duterte’s rubberstamp congress carried out his order to shut […]

At least 14 soldiers and police of the US-Duterte regime were killed and 10 others were wounded in successive tactical offensives mounted by the New People’s Army (NPA) from June 8-16. In Neg­ros Occi­den­tal, 12 elements of the 15th IB were killed in an ambush by the NPA-Southwest Neg­ros (Arman­do Su­ma­yang Jr. Com­mand) in Ba­ra­ngay […]

With a vote of 70-11, the Congress finally decided to kill the franchise bid of ABS-CBN, the biggest radio and television broadcast network in the country. Thirteen hearings were held to deal with various issues hurled by Duterte’s minions in congress against the network. Among the issues discussed were the network’s alleged tax evasion schemes, […]

Every evening, since July 10, employees and artists of ABS-CBN have been converging in front of its Quezon City station to conduct a noise barrage to protest the decision of Congress to deny the network’s bid for franchise renewal. On July 18, ABS-CBN supporters held a caravan from Makati and converged in front of the […]

In his upcoming State of the Nation Address (SONA) this July 27, expect Rodrigo Duterte to once again aggressively push for the implementation of neoliberal economic reforms to further squeeze the already overburdened Filipinos. As what happened with the Anti-Terror Law, these schemes will surely be railroaded by his majority as Congress resumes its sessions. […]