Caravan for rights and justice
Dumating na kahapon sa Maynila ang mga kinatawan ng mga magsasaka, kabataan at kababaihan mula sa Eastern Visayas. Ito ay bahagi ng kanilang kampanya laban sa kagutuman at mlitarisasyon na kanilang kinakaharap sa Samar at Leyte. Mainit silang sinalubog ng iba’t ibang sektor at nagdaos sila ng maikling programa sa Mendiola. Inaasahang magtatagal sila ng […]
Hindi Ako Maglo-Loan (Petmalu na joke)
Ni Jocelyn C. Tripole Hindi ko alam paano simulan Baka maraming magtaasan Wala pong personalan Hindi po ako exempted sa listahan Huwag po magtaka para-paraan Ang aking joke gusto ko pong simulan. Hindi ako maglo-loan Kahit pilipitin hindi makiki-isa Ayoko makiuso sa mga kasama. Unang taon sa eskwela Kasama ang pisara May darating daw na […]
Bislig mayor eyed in broadcaster’s slay
A mayor may face investigations for the killing of a broadcaster and the wounding of his companion in Bislig City, Surigao del Sur Tuesday night. The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) said slain broadcaster Christopher Lozada has formally notified them of death threats he received from Bislig City Mayor Librado Navarro before his […]
LakbayMagsasaka reaches Mendiola; peasants vow to ‘occupy’ more land
Thousands of farmers from all over the country marched to Mendiola today at the culmination of their month-long Lakbay Magsasaka national peasant caravan and vowing to defeat the Rodrigo Duterte government’s “fascism”. About 5,000 farmers, many of whom earlier joined the Lakbayan ng Visayas ang Lakbay Paraoma in Bicol arrived at the National Capital Region […]
On Egai Talusan Fernandez’s ‘Padayon’ and today’s Lakbay Magsasaka culmination
by Walkie Miraña, Concerned Artists of the Philippines THE mural says it all. The people’s suffering and oppression will give rise to people’s resistance. It will serve as a fertile ground for the people’s struggle for genuine agrarian reform. “Padayon” is a Visayan word which means to continue, persist or carry on. For this piece, Padayon […]
Norway appoints new GRP-NDFP talks facilitator
The Royal Norwegian Government (RNG) appointed a new special envoy to the Philippine peace process, its embassy in Manila announced Tuesday. Diplomat Idun Tvedt is appointed as the new facilitator to the peace process between the Government of the [Republic of the] Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), replacing Elisabeth […]
PNP blocks Bicol farmers’ caravan
Hundreds of farmer-activists from Bicol complained of harassment when members of the Quezon Province police blocked their caravan on its way to Manila Sunday night. The Provincial Public Safety Company-6th Maneuver Platoon of the Philippine National Police (PNP) blocked Lakbay Paraoma’s 28 buses, a jeep and a van at around 7:30 last night led by […]
NDFP to Duterte on talks resumption: ‘We have always been open’
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Negotiating Panel said it remains open to resume formal peace negotiations with the Rodrigo Duterte government. Reacting to Duterte’s statement Friday he still has to talk to the New People’s Army (NPA), NDFP chief negotiator Fidel Agcaoili told Kodao the revolutionary movement is also open to reviving […]
Lift martial law in Mindanao now, Moro groups urge Duterte
Moro groups called for the immediate lifting of martial law in Mindanao and the pull-out of both Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and United States troops following President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of the liberation of Marawi City after five months of fighting. In a statement Thursday, Tindeg Ranao and Suara Bangsamoro said they find […]
Duterte an ‘arrogant fake’–CPP
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) called President Rodrigo Duterte an “arrogant fake” for cussing the drivers and small operators who recently held a two-day nationwide transport strike against the government’s planned phase out of the iconic jeepney. “Nagpupuputok ang butse mo sa ibinubugang usok ng mga jeep, pero tameme ka naman sa napakakapal […]