LANDLORD AND COMPRADOR Edu­ar­do “Dan­ding” Cojuangco, Jr died last June 16. He was one of the closest cronies of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos and is notorious for plundering the coco levy fund and land grabbing. He left a legacy of landlessness and oppression to farmers and farm workers. In Negros Occidental, he monopolized control over […]

The Party urges all democratic sectors–health workers, drivers, women and children, media workers, artists and cultural workers, teachers and government employees, the youth and students, movie and television personalities, small professionals, the religious and all workers, peasants, the urban poor and unemployed–to unite and bring together all their grievances and aspirations. Translation/s: Pilipino | Bisaya […]

The New People’s Army (NPA)-Bukidnon lobbed a grenade at a checkpoint manned by elements of the First Bukidnon Police Mobile Force Company in Barangay Cabulohan, Cabanglasan on June 1. Two policemen were wounded in the offensive. A day after the incident, responding police troops were again blasted by another NPA unit. Along with the military, […]

Rodrigo Duterte’s “suspension” of the notice of termination for the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) which he signed on February 11 came as no surprise. Since the issuance of the notice, it was very obvious that the regime will not proceed with the termination. Duterte only wanted to seek more funds and weapons from the US […]

The Filipino people face widespread devastation after close to three months of Duterte’s martial law lockdown and sheer incompetence in handling the Covid-19 pandemic. Women, especially working women, have borne the brunt of the lockdown. Women are at the forefront of the battle against Covid-19. Up to 80% of Filipino nurses are women, many of […]