‘Kalokohan ‘yang Red October na ‘yan’
“Iyong Red October plot na inilalako ng gubyerno, kalokohan talaga iyon. Mabuti pa, pag-usapan na lang ang panawagan ng magsasaka dahil ang Oktubre ay Peasant Month.”—Evangeline Hernandez, Chaiperson, Hustisya
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Makabayan to field Neri in next year’s Senate race
The Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan o MAKABAYAN held its fourth National Convention at the Quezon City Sports Club last September 25, unanimously voting to again field former Bayan Muna Representative Neri Colmanares in the 2019 Senate race. Themed “Bagong Pulitika, Demokrasya Hindi Diktadurya,” Makabayan said it aims to win not only in the next elections […]
Rate hike for Maynilad customers approved: Looming increase in water rates to burden consumers more
Amid soaring prices, the MWSS Board of Trustees has given the nod to higher water rates for Maynilad Water Systems Inc. This and impending Manila Water Company, Inc. rate increases are bound to burden consumers anew, said water rights group Water for the People Network (WPN). WPN urged the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System-Regulatory Office […]
On the Disinformation and Harassment Against ‘Tu Pug Imatuy’
By the Concerned Artists of the Philippines We condemn the uploading of black propaganda against the film Tu Pug Imatuy (2017), directed by Arnel Barbarona who is a member of the Concerned Artists of the Philippines. Set in Mindanao, Tu Pug Imatuy (The Right to Kill) revolves around the story of Manobo couple caught amidst […]
‘Terrorist’ wins UN Champions of the Earth award
An indigenous people’s rights defender and environmentalist the Rodrigo Duterte government wanted labelled as “terrorist” is named winner of the Champions of the Earth Award by the United Nations, one of the international body’s most prestigious awards. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced that Joan Carling is the winner of the Champions of the […]
Ang inyong matatamis na ngiti
Ni Ibarra Banaag Sana’y di nagkamali sa treno’ng inyong sinakyan. Nakakaaliw man at nakakabingi ang hagikgikan. Ang sumakay ay di libre bagkus ay babayaran. Ng buwis at inutang sa kawatang dayuhan. Sana ay may preno ito sa pag-arangkada. At ng di rumagasa sa mga barong- barong. Malimas, madambong, pilak, gas at ginto. Habang pinapatag […]
Groups denounce killing of Moro human rights defender
Human Rights group Karapatan and Kawagib Moro Human Rights Alliance held an indignation protest Tuesday, September 25, at the Timog Circle in Quezon City against the recent killing of a Moro human rights worker in Mindanao. Mariam Uy Acob, 43 years old and paralegal of Kawagib, was gunned down by suspected military agents last September […]
CPP: ‘Red October’ plot an AFP invention
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) denied repeated claims by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) of a so-called Red October plot to oust President Rodrigo Duterte by October. The CPP said the AFP conjured the fictional plot only to set the stage for the Duterte government’s draconian measures against the people. “This […]
On conspiracy tales vs. the resumption of peace talks
Press Statement September 25, 2018 A recent interview of AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Carlito Galves and Brig. Gen. Antonio Parlade, Jr. revealed the sad truth that the Armed Forces of the Philippines remains in a quagmire of anti-democratic war-mongering, stale conspiracy peddling, and vicious red-tagging of known peace advocates in the GRP-NDFP peace process. […]
Panayam kay Dan Balusio ng BAYAN Bikol sa ika 46th na Komemorasyon ng Martial Law
Setyembre 21, 2018 – Panoorin ang panayam kay Dan Balusio, Secretary-General ng BAYAN Bikol hinggil sa kalagayan at panawagan ng mamamayan ng rehiyong Bikol tungkol sa Martial Law mula noon hanggang ngayon.