Martial Law activists call on youth to remember horrors of dictatorship
PROGRESSIVE groups marched to Mendiola last Wednesday, September 21, to mark the 44th year since dictator Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law and to press their opposition to talk of another military rule in the country. Martial Law survivors and National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultants narrated their torture under Martial Law and called […]
‘Never again to Martial Law’ survivors say
SURVIVORS of Martial Law marched to Mendiola last September 21 to press their demand for justice on the 44th anniversary of its declaration. They were joined by recently-released National Democratic Front of the Philippines peace consultants who themselves were victims of the Marcos dictatorship. The activists also reiterated their opposition to the burial of the […]
PODCAST: Resumption of Formal Peace Talks 2016
Itanong mo kay Prof Topic: Resumption of formal peace talks September 2, 2016 Intro ni Prof Sarah: Naging madulas at nagbunga ng mga positibong hakbang tungo sa makatarungang kapayapaan o just peace ang nakaraang pagbubukas ng Peace Talks sa pagitan ng rebolusyonaryong gobyerno ng Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas sa pamamagitan ng pakikipagnegosasyon ng Pambansa Demokratikong […]
Despite reported violations, NDFP and GRP discuss bilateral ceasefire
NATIONAL Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) representatives met Tuesday and Wednesday (September 20 and 21) at the Royal Norwegian Government’s (RNG) Embassy in Taguig City to discuss the possibility of revitalizing their Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC) on human rights and international humanitarian law and […]
One Billion Rising 2017 to focus on violence of poverty
One Billion Rising international coordinator Monique Wilson led the launch of the fifth year of its annual event with the theme “Solidarity against exploitation of women.” Through dances and songs it has popularized since 2011, Wilson said their next celebration would focus on poverty and how it worsens the other injustices they suffer. The One […]
Taguiwalo’s MC9 and the fight against lawmakers’ pork barrel
A special report by Abril Layad B. Ayroso “IT took eight months,” senior citizen Constancio Favor said of his attempts to get benefits from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through his district congressman. “I was only asking for medicine. I had to return to the office of Quezon City Third District […]
Second round of GRP-NDFP talks to be held earlier
THE Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) has announced that the second round of peace negotiations between the Duterte government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) will be moved to earlier dates. “The Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the NDFP have agreed to adjust […]
Bayan protest at US Embassy supports Duterte’s ‘independent foreign policy’
PROGRESSIVE groups led by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) marched to the US Embassy last September 16 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Philippine Senate’s rejection of the extension of the Philippine-United States of America Military Bases Agreement and to support “President Rodrigo Duterte’s independent foreign policy.” The protest celebrated the 1991 rejection by 12 senators […]
Bayan explains need for independent foreign policy
As it commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Senate vote rejecting an extension of the US-Philippine Military Bases Treaty, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan expressed support for President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration that foreign soldiers must leave Mindanao. Watch highlights of today’s protest action at the US Embassy.
Activists commemorate bases treaty rejection anniversary with protest at US Embassy
Commemorating the 1991 rejection of a U.S. bases treaty, militant mass organizations stormed the U.S. embassy in Manila on Sep. 16, 2016 to protest the continued presence of American troops under the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) and Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA). They expressed support to Pres. Duterte’s pursuit of an independent foreign policy, which […]