Philippine National Artist pays tribute to Fidel Castro
Philippine National Artist Bienvenido “Bien” Lumbera pays tribute to Fidel Castro as a great anti-imperialist and socialist leader at the offering of candles and flowers in Quezon City on the eve of Castro’s interment. Rita Baua of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) led the ceremonies attended by progressive leaders from the working class, health and […]
Filipino leaders pay tribute to Cuba’s Fidel Castro
Filipino activists signed a Book of Condolence as tribute to the late Cuban revolutionary and long-time president Fidel Castro in a special event at the University of the Philippines last December 1. Louis Jalandoni of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), other peace consultants and progressive leaders led the special program, also participated […]
Zumel and other genuine heroes memorialized at the Bantayog
Revolutionary journalist Antonio Zumel was honored with 18 other heroes and martyrs at the latest roll of the the Bantayog ng mga Bayani’s Wall of Remembrance on November 30, 2016. Former senator, rights advocate and Bantayog’s Board of Trustees Chairperson Wigberto “Bobby” Tanada presented the citations of the event, held during Andres Bonifacio’s 153’s birth anniversary. […]
Workers call for immediate end to contractualization on Bonifacio Day
Thousands of militant laborers commemorate Andres Bonifacio’s 153rd birth anniversary with a rally to demand from the Rodrigo Duterte government the immediate end to contractualization. The workers reminded Duterte of his campaign promise to end the practice. Five months into the Duterte presidency, contractual workers have yet to be regularized through executive action. They also […]
LARAWAN: Pagpupugay at pamamaalam kay Cuban President Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz
Palma Hall Lobby, UP Diliman December 1, 2016
No change under Duterte–workers
MILITANT workers celebrated “true Filipino heroes who follow in the footsteps of Andres Bonifacio” with a protest rally on the occasion of the national hero’s 153rd birth anniversary yesterday. Thousands of Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) unionists and their supporters marched from Welcome Rotunda in Quezon City to Mendiola Bridge in Manila to demand that President […]
Kabataang Makabayan: Ibasura ang Oplan Bayanihan, sumapi sa Hukbong Bayan at ipagtanggol ang mamamayan
Naglunsad ng iglap-protesta ang mga kasapi ng Kabataang Makabayan kaninang umaga sa panulukan ng Blumentritt sa Maynila. Isa sa panawagan nila na ibasura na ni Presidente Duterte ang Oplan Bayanihan na ayon sa kanila ay pinagmumulan ng maraming paglabag sa karapatang tao at sumisira ng kabuhayan ng mga mamamayan lalo na sa kanayunan. Ang Kabataang […]
LARAWAN: Laban ni Andres Bonifacio, nagpapatuloy
Lakbayan ng Visayas decries militarization and continuing lack of rehabilitation
Survivors of suptertyphoon Yolanda from Eastern Visayas traveled to Manila to decry the lack of genuine rehabilitation three years after the disaster. Participants of the Lakbayan ng Visayas said they came to remind President Rodrigo Duterte of his campaign promise to help the survivors, which seems to have been forgotten. Instead, they now suffer militarization […]
Yolanda survivors call out Duterte in Mendiola rally
Supertyphoon Yolanda survivors from Eastern Visayas trooped to Mendiola last November 28 to challenge President Rodrigo Duterte to make good on his promise of change. The Lakbayan ng Visayas (Caravan of the Visayas) arrived in Metro Manila in several buses demanding justice for the previous administration’s failure to provide them relief since 2013. “Eastern Visayas […]