Radyo Natin-Guimba serves as model for new community radio stations in the Philippines
Radyo Nation-Guimba (RNG) expressed support for Kodao Productions’ ongoing women-led disaster risk reduction community radio station project in Eastern Visayas with assurances of technical support and competencies. As one of the most successful and dynamic community radio stations in the country, RNG shared its expertise in establishing an alternative media outfit in the countryside during […]
Progressives denounce SC decision on EDCA
Progressive organizations denounced the Supreme Court decision declaring the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) constitutional in a rally in front of the United States Embassy last January 14. The protesters maintain that the US-Philippine EDCA violates Philippine sovereignty by giving basing rights to foreign military, more so that the Philippine Senate has disapproved of the […]
Ka Bel’s 83rd remembered; 2016 bets dared
Workers and government officials commemorated late labor movement icon and progressive legislator Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran’s 83rd birth anniversary at Plaza Miranda in Manila on January 7, 2016. ILPS Philippines Chair Elmer Labog led the ceremonies supported by the City of Manila represented by Ms. Flordeliza Villaseñor. In his speech, Labog challenged 2016 national and […]
The State of Press Freedom 2015
The State of Press Freedom 2015: More journalists killed and threatened, many more laid off. And still no FOI… The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines has always said that we do not see any pattern that would lead us to conclude that the continued murder of journalists in the country is part of […]
VIDEO: Northeastern Mindanao celebrates CPP 47th founding anniversary
Despite checkpoints by the Philippine Army and threats by a paramilitary group that it will kill attendees, thousands of members, supporters and invited guests attended the grand Communist Party of the Philippines 47th founding anniversary celebrations in Northeastern Mindanao last December 26. Here is a video of the singing of the communist hymn “Ang Internasyunal” […]
NDFP-Mindanao on the CPP’s 47th anniversary (w/ English subtitles)
National Democratic Front of the Philippines-Mindanao spokesperson Jorge “Ka Oris” Madlos delivers their statement on the 47th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines. Madlos says the New People’s Army in Mindanao has doubled its tactical offensives against the Armed Forces of the Philippines from 250 in 2010 to more than 500 in […]
NPA in Mindanao grows, leaders say
Kitcharao, AGUSAN DEL NORTE—The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) further gained strength despite more than five years of brutal counter-insurgency operations by the Benigno Aquino government, a top rebel leader said during their 47th founding anniversary celebrations in this town last December 26. National Democratic Front of the Philippines-Mindanao spokesperson Jorge ‘Ka Oris’ […]
BAYAN MUNA: MEDIA ATTACKS SHOW AQUINO ADMIN’S INUTILITY
Bayan Muna Reps.Neri Colmenares and Carlos Zarate condemn the inutility of the Aquino administration in the midst of continuing attacks and threats against the media. The solons issued the statement in reaction to the ambush by unidentified armed group on an ABS-CBN crew in Marawi, Lanao del Sur last Saturday. “The sheer inutility of the […]
CPP’s 47th anniversary celebs in Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte
Ka Edroy, political officer of the New People’s Army’s Guerrilla Front 16 in Agusan del Norte, was among the leaders of today’s public celebration of the Communist Party of the Philippines’ 47th anniversary. About three thousand supporters and invitees braved the difficult terrain, intermittent rains and Philippine Army checkpoints to attend one of the rebels’ […]
Streetwise: Lessons learned By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
Streetwise Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City is not called the “killer highway” for nothing. It is notorious for vehicular accidents involving all manner of wheeled conveyances: speeding buses and jeepneys whose breaks invariably “fail”; tricycles that aren’t even supposed to be plying this major thoroughfare; sleek late-model sedans and SUVs whose drivers can’t resist going […]