Archive of Statements

On Duterte's declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao
May 24, 2017 | Communist Party of the Philippines | CPP Information Bureau |

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) strongly denounces the Duterte regime for imposing martial law in Mindanao and subjecting the Filipino people to military rule. By declaring martial law in Mindanao, Duterte has gone beyond the threats and theatrics of the past months. The civil-democratic rights of the people across Mindanao are being curtailed […]

Protest successive presence of US and China navies in Philippines--CPP
May 16, 2017 | Communist Party of the Philippines | CPP Information Bureau |

(Press Release) The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) urges the Filipino people to protest the successive presence and power projection of US and China naval forces in the country and stand firm to defend Philippine sovereignty against military intervention by big superpowers which is now being allowed by the Duterte regime. The CPP said […]

On the appointment of more military generals to the Duterte cabinet
May 12, 2017 | Communist Party of the Philippines | CPP Information Bureau |

The Filipino people are not laughing at GRP President Duterte’s supposed joke about forming or letting a military junta takeover after having appointed more ex-military generals to key posts in his cabinet. Duterte’s joke must be severely criticized. It smacks of contempt of the hardships, oppression and military abuses which the Filipino people were subjected […]

Lapanday farm workers must press land struggle after Duterte visit
May 10, 2017 | Communist Party of the Philippines | CPP Information Bureau |

The visit yesterday by GRP President Duterte to the Mendiola protest camp-out of farm workers of Madaum, Tagum City is a boost to their struggle to claim the 145-hectare land being controlled by the Lorenzo family’s Lapanday Food Corporation through so-called “agribusiness venture agreements.” With the Duterte visit, the Lapanday farm workers belonging to the […]

Ipagdiwang ang ika-200 taong kaarawan ni Karl Marx sa Mayo 5, 2018
May 05, 2017 | Communist Party of the Philippines | CPP Information Bureau |

Ginugunita ngayong araw ng mga manggagawa sa buong daigdig ang ika-199 taong kaarawan ni Karl Marx, dakilang guro at lider komunista. Sa araw na ito, nananawagan ang Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas sa lahat ng manggagawang Pilipino at sa buong sambayanan na simulan ang isang taong paggunita at pagdiriwang sa ika-200 taong kaarawan ni Marx sa […]

Celebrate Karl Marx’s 200th birth anniversary on May 5, 2018
May 05, 2017 | Communist Party of the Philippines | CPP Information Bureau |

Workers of the whole world commemorate today the 199th birthday of Karl Marx, great teacher and communist leader. Today, the Communist Party of the Philippines calls on all Filipino workers to start a year-long commemoration and celebration of Marx’s 200th birthday on May 5, 2018. The whole revolutionary movement must salute Karl Marx’ and Marxism’s […]

On Duterte's May 1 call to occupy oligarchs' lands
May 02, 2017 | Communist Party of the Philippines | CPP Information Bureau |

GRP President Duterte’s May One speech yesterday urging the people to occupy oligarchs’ lands can be seen as a welcome endorsement of the mass actions of peasants and farm workers demanding genuine land reform. He must, however, be more explicit and forthcoming. The people demand that, beyond mere rhetoric, the GRP president must back up […]

Mensahe sa Mayo Uno: Mga hamon sa Partido at sa uring manggagawang Pilipino
May 01, 2017 | Communist Party of the Philippines | CPP Information Bureau |

Bilang taliba ng uring manggagawang Pilipino, nakikiisa ang Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas (PKP) sa paggunita sa Pandaigdigang Araw ng Manggagawa. Sa araw na ito, marapat magbalik-tanaw at humalaw ng mga aral sa mahigit isandaantaon ng mga pakikibakang manggagawa upang bigyang-liwanag ang daan ng mga pakikibakang manggagawa sa mga darating na panahon. Walang katapusan ang pagdurusa […]

The Filipino people applaud NPA raid against Lapanday Company
April 30, 2017 | Communist Party of the Philippines | CPP Information Bureau |

The National Operations Command of the New People’s Army (NPA) commends the Southern Mindanao Regional Operations Command for successfully meting out a punitive action against the Lapanday Food Corporation of the Lorenzos, despotic big landlord and big bourgeois compradors responsible for widespread landgrabbing against the peasants and farmworkers in Davao, Bukidnon and elsewhere. Several platoons […]

Abu Sayaff in Bohol smacks of a US yarn
April 14, 2017 | Communist Party of the Philippines | CPP Information Bureau |

The news stories regarding the supposed arrival and presence of members of the Abu Sayaff criminal bandit group in Bohol island smacks of a US yarn. The Filipino people find most of the press statements released by the military, police and local government officials as highly suspect. According to information churned out by the Armed […]