NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT OF THE PHILIPPINES (NDFP) chief political consultant Jose Maria Sison said that President Rodrigo Duterte failed to display patience in preempting the Communist Party of the Philippines’ announcement of its own unilateral declaration of ceasefire last night. In this interview, Sison responds to Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process chairperson Jesus Dureza’s […]
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte lifted the unilateral ceasefire he announced at his first State of the Nation Address last July 25 against the New People’s Army (NPA) at seven o’clock this evening. The announcement made through a statement by Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza came an hour before the NPA and the Communist Party of the […]
THE NEW PEOPLE’S ARMY (NPA) said that President Rodrigo Duterte was deceived by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) when it claimed the ambush that killed one paramilitary trooper and injured four others in Bagnakan, Sitio Muling, Barangay Gupitan, Kapalong, Davao del Norte last July 27 was unprovoked. In response to Duterte’s demand to […]
LISTEN to the first community radio broadcast of the International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT) – Philippines’ “Radyo Tacloban” Project, with Kodao Productions and Eastern Vista in Pinabacdao, Samar last July 23. “Radyo Tacloban” is the provisional name of the first women-led disaster risk and response community radio station project in Eastern […]
HIGHLIGHTS of the International Conference for People’s Rights in the Philippines (ICPRP) held in Davao City on July 23-24, 2016. Over 300 delegates from all over the world participated in the conference celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Algiers Universal Declaration on the Rights of Peoples.
PROGRESSIVE groups led by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) took to the streets of Manila last July 27 to protest United States Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to the Philippines. Kerry is in the Philippines to dialogue with president Rodrigo Duterte on Philippine international relations, specifically on its ongoing dispute with China over the South China […]
PROGRESSIVE organizations held a rally in front of the United States Embassy in Manila last July 26 to protest the final Supreme Court ruling declaring the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the US and the Philippines legal. Bagong Alyansang Makabayan’s Renato Reyes said that EDCA is an unjust agreement that is only advantageous to the […]
Coming from international solidarity missions, global activists join BAYAN-Southern Mindanao Region in a picket at the regional office of the Commission on Human Rights in Davao City to protest the killing of Hermie Alegre, chairperson of the Parents- Teachers Association of the Salugpungan Lumad school, and wounding of Bagobo tribal chieftain Datu Danny Diarog. The […]
The JustPeacePH platform mobilizes at the International Conference for People’s Rights in the Philippines (ICPRP) held in Davao City on July 24-25, 2016. It supports the resumption of peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), release of all political prisoners, dismantling of para-military groups and an end to […]
PROGRESSIVE organizations and activists from all over the country held a rally near the House of Representatives (HOR) as President Rodrigo Duterte delivered his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) last July 25. About 30,000 activists, including thousands from Mindanao, Visayas and Bicol, were allowed along Batasan Road that has never seen a rally as […]