Groups deny conspiracy vs Duterte
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) denied having a formal alliance with the Liberal Party (LP) to overthrow the Rodrigo Duterte regime. In a statement, the CPP denied Duterte’s allegation there is a conspiracy between the Left and the “yellow” (LP) to oust the President, even as it praised initiatives against “Duterte’s tyranny.” “The […]
Duterte postpones barangays, SK polls
President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law last Monday the bill postponing the scheduled Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections from October 23 to the second Monday of May 2018. Making good on earlier statements he will postpone the elections while his government struggles to rid barangays of narco-politicians, Duterte signed Republic Act 10952 amending earlier laws […]
Streetwise by Carol P Araullo: AUTHORITARIAN CREEP (pun intended)
When President Rodrigo Duterte says something really outrageous then it backfires or he is proven to be lying or at least dissembling, he uses several tricks to get away with it. He or his apologists say he was just joking and because we are so gullible, we are asking for it. Or they say he […]
End war with social and economic reforms, Duterte urged
A National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) negotiator urged President Rodrigo Duterte to resume formal peace negotiations if he wants to end civil war in the country. In an interview, NDFP consultant Allan Jazmines said revolutionary groups would not agree to an open-ended bilateral ceasefire with the Duterte government unless it signs agreements on […]
Will the poor benefit from paying higher taxes?
by Audrey de Jesus/Ibon.org Among the hyped claims of the Department of Finance (DOF) about the government’s tax reform package is how taxes paid by the poor will go back to them in the form of infrastructure projects and social services. The reality however is that the taxes will go largely to big-ticket infrastructure projects […]
Throng fills Rizal Park for anti-tyranny rally
Speeches, songs and poems filled the air last night at Rizal Park as tens of thousands of protesters condemned extra judicial killings and tyranny on the 45th anniversary of Ferdinand Marcos’ declaration of martial law. The mass protest rally at Rizal Park in Manila, one of several across the country led by the Movement Against […]
Anti-tyranny rallies gather tens of thousands across the country and abroad
The Rodrigo Duterte government received the biggest public condemnation yet of widespread human rights violations in the country as tens of thousands across the Philippines and abroad took to the streets Thursday to protest extrajudicial killings and tyranny. At least 30,000 protesters braved a downpour midway through the Rizal Park protest in Manila as speakers […]
Government playing dirty, sabotaging Luneta rally–MAT
Organizers of the rally at Rizal Park accused the Rodrigo Duterte government of playing dirty in its bid to undermine the protest action today. In a statement, the Movement Against Tyranny (MAT) slammed officials of the National Parks Development Authority (NPDC) for assigning the area around the Lapu-Lapu monument instead of the Burnham Greens in […]
CPP open to talks resumption when Duterte drops ceasefire demand
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) said it remains open to the resumption of formal peace negotiations when President Rodrigo Duterte drops his demand for a bilateral ceasefire with the underground group. In a statement, the CPP said it is open to peace negotiations with any regime, including Duterte’s, as long at is expresses […]
Bahag ang buntot
Tula ni Ron Magbuhos Papag Bahag na ang buntot ng asong ulol Dati lahat ay inaangilan, kahol ng kahol Ngayo’y bumubula ang bibig at umaalulong Nambu-buladas kung hindi nagmamaktol Hoy, tuta, bistado na ang iyong istilo Istayl mo bulok, istayl mo bulok! Hoy, tuta, bistado na inyong gubyerno Gubyerno niyo bulok! Gubyerno niyo […]