The Duterte regime was exposed for having procured gross­ly overpriced medical equip­ment in the past months. The most recent was the procurement of 10 million personal protective equipment (PPE) sets from an unidentified Chinese company at P1,800 per set or a total of P20 billion. PPE sets are commonly bought at only P400-P1,000 per set. […]

The Duterte government’s response to the pandemic has been a big failure. The people are mired in hunger and joblessness even as the virus continues to spread after almost three months under lockdown. The regime squandered the people’s sacrifices in one of the world’s longest lockdown. It did not strength the health system. It did […]

Police forces arrested six jeepney drivers in Caloocan City who protested on June 2 to demand the lifting of the ban on jeepney operations. The protest was part of the national campaign of the Pag­ka­kai­sa ng mga Sa­ma­han ng Tsu­per at Ope­ra­tor Na­ti­on­wi­de (Pis­ton) for the resumption of jeepney operations. Jeepney driver Elmer Cor­de­ro, 72, […]

Migrante Philippines strongly condemned the Duterte regime for its garbage-like treatment of returning over­se­as Fi­li­pi­no wor­kers (OFWs) who are now queued in Metro Manila due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Approximately 24,000 of them have long been locked up in quarantine facilities due to the slow pace of testing and the delayed issuance of results. One […]

Everyday, news are filled with reports of “donations” provided by businesses owned by billionaire bourgeois compradors. “Our companies are here to support all efforts, and we are continuously looking for ways to further extend help and support,” declared Kevin Andrew Tan, head of the Alliance Global Group Inc., the company that controls Megaworld, Emperador Inc., […]