2018 Yearender: Are You High? The Economy Isn’t
by Sonny Africa Executive Director, IBON Foundation The Duterte administration’s economic managers made some odd statements as the year wound up. Economic planning secretary Ernesto Pernia said “the Philippine economy became stronger and even more resilient than ever”. Finance secretary Carlos Dominguez III insisted on “the soundness of the Duterte administration’s economic development strategy”. Bangko […]
‘Disgusting’ Duterte scored for rape story
Rodrigo Duterte’s narration of his molestation of a house help in his high school days earned more disgust from a women’s group who said the President is a “maniac”. “It is deeply disturbing even for Duterte to brag about attempting to rape a maid when he was a minor,” women’s group Gabriela said in a […]
NPA in Bicol celebrates CPP’s 50th anniversary
The Romulo Jallores Command of the New People’s Army invited journalists of select local and international media groups to a press conference in a guerilla camp deep in the Bicol Region. The event was part of the nationwide celebration of the 50th anniversary of the reestablishment of the Communist Party of the Philippines.
CPP successfully celebrates 50th anniversary
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) successfully celebrated its 50th founding anniversary yesterday in many regions nationwide despite the government’s refusal to reciprocate its unilateral ceasefire declaration, the group’s information bureau announced. “In the guerrilla areas, NPA (New People’s Army) Red fighters and Party members gathered in fiesta-like assemblies together with the peasant masses […]
NUJP denounces ‘CPP legal front’ tag, news website takedowns
Dec. 26, 2018 On December 26, 2018, several news outfits carried stories about a certain Mario Ludades, who claims to be a former ranking officer and founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines, accusing the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines of being one of the supposed “legal fronts” of the revolutionary movement. […]
CPP hails Sison, heroes and martyrs on 50th anniversary
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) hailed Jose Maria Sison and its thousands of martyrs and heroes in a message on the revolutionary group’s 50th founding anniversary today. “The Central Committee gives highest honors to Comrade Jose Ma. Sison, the Party’s founding chairman, who masterfully applied Marxism-Leninism-Maoism to the concrete […]
Generations of fighters | Bicol as hotbed of revolution
A few weeks ago, President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the deployment of more troops to crush the “insurgency,” but the men and women, both old and young, of this armed revolution just laughed. By RONALYN V. OLEA BICOL REGION – Somewhere in the mountainous part of the region, there were makeshift huts made of freshly cut […]
GRP ceasefire chief’s resignation result of frustration with Duterte, military—Sison
The resignation of the head of the ceasefire committee of the government negotiating panel with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) exposes how President Rodrigo Duterte and the military have made the peace talks impossible, Prof. Jose Maria Sison said. Responding to Francisco “Pancho” Lara’s announcement of his resignation as chairperson of the […]
Duterte’s counter-insurgency measures will be defeated, Bicol NPA vows
BICOL–The New People’s Army (NPA) in the Bicol region vowed to defeat President Rodrigo Duterte’s latest counter-insurgency orders, saying the new militarist measures are barefaced efforts to extend martial rule and impose “fascist dictatorship” from Mindanao to the rest of the country. In a press conference days before the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) […]
Catholic shrine, activist organizations report police, military ‘harassment’
A revered Catholic Church shrine in Parañaque and a building housing activist organizations in Quezon City complained of harassments Thursday, reporting that police officers and suspected military agents are out to further intimidate institutions and organizations critical of the Rodrigo Duterte regime. In an alert, human rights group Karapatan said its national officers and staff […]