Articles in English
COIN Operations during Covid-19 pandemic
Download: Data sheet of COIN operations (as of April 14)
On the Int'l Situation, Covid-19 pandemic & people's response
I am highly honored and delighted to be the first speaker in this series of webinars, billed as Teach-Ins or Interviews, online discussions on international events and people’s struggles, under the auspices of ILPS Solidarity. The format is simple. I make the presentation. And the audience can react with observations, questions and further discussions. My […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has become more than just a health concern
From being a health crisis, the situation brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic has rapidly developed into an economic, social and political crisis. More and more get infected and die in the Philippines and across the globe. Simultaneously, more and more Filipinos suffer from hunger, disease and other hardships brought about by Duterte’s lockdown imposed […]
Lockdown rouses anger, esprit de corps
The lockdown has failed to prevent the breakout of the people’s outrage over the regime’s blunders in facing the Covid-19 crisis. On April 1, residents of Sitio San Roque, Barangay Bagong Pag-asa, Quezon City protested to demand quick distribution of food aid. More than 6,000 residents live in the said community, majority of whom are […]
Where is the people's money?
The P200-billion financial aid allocated by Duterte regime is not only insufficient but its coverage is also limited. This was exposed during the regime’s first batch of distribution of the P5,000-P8,000 aid to appease the hunger and poverty caused by the militarist lockdown. To make do with the budget, the regime imposed a quota system […]