As Duterte vacillates, NDFP perseveres on peace documents
While President Rodrigo Duterte has yet to decide whether to resume formal peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) the Reds are hard at work on their draft documents on social and political as well as political and constitutional reforms. NDFP Chief Political Consultant Jose Maria Sison said the NDFP has […]
Activists burn Duterte effigy in US Embassy rally
On the 25th anniversary of the Philippine Senate rejection of the extension of the US-Philippine Military Bases Agreement, nationalist groups marched to the US Embassy in Manila Friday to protest what they say is the increasing American intervention in the Duterte regime. The rally ended with the first-ever burning of a Duterte effigy by activists.
‘To freely oppose fascist regime,’ Makabayan bolts House majority
To be able to freely oppose the “fascist Rodrigo Duterte regime,” the Makabayan bloc announced Thursday it is bolting from the majority coalition in the House of Representatives. The group’s sitting representatives and other leaders said in a press conference said they will henceforth be an independent bloc in Congress. “Today, we, seven party list […]
74-year political prisoner dies while in hospital detention
BANGKOK, Thailand–A 74-year old political detainee arrested under President Rodrigo Duterte died in a Philippine hospital Tuesday. Marcos Aggalao, a veteran of the struggle against Ferdinand Marcos’ Chico Dam project, died while on hospital arrest at the Kalinga Provincial Hospital in Tabuk September 12 from complications arising from multiple strokes he suffered in detention. The […]
‘Never again to tyrants!’ progressives say
Progressive groups commemorated Ferdinand Marcos’ 100th birth anniversary Monday by holding a protest rally at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetary) in Taguig City, saying President Rodrigo Duterte is as much as tyrant as the late dictator. (Photos by Kathy Yamzon and Roberto de Castro)
CPP dismisses Duterte’s demand for NPA surrender
BANGKOK, Thailand–The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) dismissed President Rodrigo Duterte’s demand for the New People’s Army (NPA) to declare another ceasefire and for guerrillas to surrender and work for his government as paramilitaries. In a statement Saturday, the CPP Information Bureau said Duterte’ demand for an NPA ceasefire as a precondition for the […]
CPP says it’s time to fight Duterte’s ‘repressive tyrannical rule’
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) called for the isolation of the Rodrigo Duterte administration after the successive killings of minors believed connected with the government’s war against drugs as well as its martial law in Mindanao and counter-insurgency program. In an editorial of the party’s official organ Ang Bayan, the CPP’s said the […]
Farmers condemn Mariano’s rejection as DAR secretary
The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) condemned the rejection of Rafael Mariano as Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) secretary and blamed President Rodrigo Duterte for the Commission on Appointments (CA) decision Wednesday. “The marching order to reject Ka Paeng came directly from Malacañang and President Duterte,” KMP in a statement said after the CA decision. […]
Sandugo blames Duterte on death of 19 year old Lumad student
National minority groups camped out at the University of the Philippines in Diliman blamed President Rodrigo Duterte for the death of a Lumad teenager in Davao del Norte Tuesday. In a press conference on their sixth day in Metro Manila, Sandugo (Movement of Moros and Indigenous Peoples for Self Determination) said the killing of LUmad […]
Groups launch Movement Against Tyranny
Various groups and personalities launched the Movement Against Tyranny in Quezon City today “to unite all freedom-loving Filippines against tyranny and build a broad front to counter the increasing fascism and militarist rule of the (Rodrigo) Duterte government.” The group approved the manifesto “Stop the Killings, Stand Against Tyranny” that accuses Duterte of unleashing police […]