The ecological debacle that the Philippines is currently facing is characterized by floods, landslides and mudslides which devastated vast areas in Luzon at the heels of successive typhoons in the past few weeks. The culprits are easily identifiable—mega dams stopping the flow of rivers, alongside historical denudation of the country’s mountains. Alongside their demand for social justice, a wide array of democratic sectors are clamoring for environmental justice. They demand an end to the plunder and destruction of the environment […]

Four journalists fell victim to another round of attacks against media workers in the Philippines. A radio commentator was killed and two others were arrested in Luzon on Tuesday, while another Visayas-based reporter was red-tagged last week. The attacks came after the Philippines was listed on October 28 as seventh most dangerous country in the world for journalists in the Committee to Protect Journalists’ 2020 Global Impunity Index. These attacks once again shattered the illusion peddled by the that the […]

The Filipino people are not assured by the Duterte regime’s economic managers’ claim that “the worst is over for the country,” as they continue to bear the brunt of the sharp economic crisis caused by the Duterte regime’s failed pandemic response as well as the impact of successive typhoons which slammed the country in recent weeks. These claims of Socioeconomic Planning Sec. Karl Kendrick Chua made yesterday are completely out of touch with the realities of the broad masses of […]

Three dump trucks and a bus used in plantation operations by multinational Del Monte Philippines Inc. (DMPI) were paralyzed by Red fighters of the New People’s Army-Misamis Oriental morning of October 6. Ka Nicolas Marino, the NPA unit’s spokesperson, confirmed the armed action which happened at Sitio Talambao, Brgy. Bulahan, Claveria, Misamis Oriental. Police reports estimated the equipment destroyed at P20 million. Del Monte plantation operations span 26,000 hectares of ancestral lands in Misamis Oriental and Bukidnon. The company generated […]

Private First Class Ariel Guinsod Maca was killed in an ambush by a unit of the New People’s Army in Surigao del Sur, Ka Sandara Sidlakan, spokesperson of the said unit confirmed in a statement. Maca belongs to the 36th IB and is assigned as the cadreman or handler of paramilitary groups in the area. The ambush took place last October 2 at Barangay Pakwan in Lanuza town. Red fighters seized a caliber .45 pistol, cellular phone, wristwatch and money […]

A businessman and two village officials in Masbate were abducted in separate places by the 2nd IB and the 1st Masbate Police Mobile Force Company on September 26 and brought to Barangay Alas, Mandaon where they were summarily killed two days later at around 5:30 a.m.. The victims were identified as businessman Jerry Regala of Barangay Dalipe, Cawayan who was abducted while on his way to Barangay Mactan to deliver rice supplies; and village councilors Judy Barruga and Joey Asne […]

That the Duterte regime would rather fund bombs than books is clearly demonstrated in Mindanao, where the military is on a spending spree in its relentless counterinsurgency campaign. Here, the regime spends at least P1.2 million daily in focused military operations, all while refusing to allocate sufficient funds for basic self-learning modules (SLM) for students. NPA reports show an estimated total of P418 million was spent on combat operations since May in three Mindanao regions alone. These funds could have […]

In a statement last September 28, Juanito Magbanua of the New People’s Army-Negros Island revealed that the 79th IB pocketed around P4 million from the “surrender“ of 63 supposed former mass supporters of the revolutionary movement in Barangay Sta. Rosa, Murcia. The military unit is headed by Lt. Col. Gerard Alvaran. The said military unit even held a parade in the village covered court, where the farmers were made to hold placards in an “anti-NPA rally.” Cash aid of up […]