Makabayan launches anti-political dynasty campaign
“We are against political dynasty. This is against democracy. This results in corruption and only serves the narrow interests of those already in power and their families,” Makabayan said.
Civilian accused of ‘financing terrorism’ with adobo
Anti-terrorism cases against civilians are getting weirder and weirder, with another charged of financing terrorism with the favorite Filipino dish adobo. After a Cordillera activist was accused of terror financing for operating a sari-sari store, Southern Tagalog civilian Alaiza Mari Lemita had been charged before the Department of Justice with violating republic Act 11479 or […]
Another NDFP peace consultant arrested; CPP demands Porferio Tuna’s immediate release
CPP chief information officer Marco Valbuena said Tuna’s arrest is meant to punish him for serving as consultant to formal peace negotiations between the NDFP and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP).
Eleksyon Serye: ‘Team Buo’ vs ‘Team Wasak’ sa 2025
Hindi maaaring maliitin ang mga panawagang diretso sa puso ng mamamayan kahit sa karton o sako lamang ito nakasulat, mga balatenggang nakasabit sa pagitan ng mga puno ng niyog, sa may ilog, tulay, kalsada ng mga komunidad, sa mga paaralan at upisina, at iba pa. Ito ang eleksyong mag-iiwan ng tatak sa puso ng mamamayan kung ano ang tunay kahulugan ng pambansang demokrasya at kung bakit kailangang isulong ito mamamayan.
Women condemn ‘absurd’ terror financing charge against sari-sari store owner
Operating a “sari-sari” has become a dangerous occupation, an owner now being accused of using her small community convenience store to finance groups the government has designated as “terrorist.”
Marami Pa Ring Lamok sa Dilim: Revivifying the Mosquito Press
It is Altermidya’s 10th anniversary this week. Like mosquitoes, today’s alternative journalists hope to lay thousands more eggs to pester the people’s enemies, the real bloodsuckers in our rotten society.
One year of war: Stop censoring truth in Gaza
There is no doubt that Israel’s war deliberately targets journalists and civilians. This holds true with the recent killing of 19-year old Palestinian journalist Hassan Hamad in Gaza for documenting the war’s destruction. It speaks volumes of the willful act of Israel to erase information necessary for the people to hold them accountable.
Irrigation and food production
No rice producing country is food self-sufficient without an effective nationwide irrigation program. Despite abundance of water sources, only 20% of the Philippines’s agricultural lands are effectively irrigated, however. Listen as PAKISAMA leader Ireneo Cirilla discusses skewed priorities in the use of the country’s freshwater resources and how big business and traditional politics are misusing it for private profit.
Kumbakit nananatiling walang hustisyang panlipunan
Nuel M. Bacarra
Mula nang sakupin tayo ng iba’t ibang dayuhang bansa, Kastila, US, Hapón tapos US uli, hindi kailanman naging patas ang batas para sa malawak na sambayanan. Hindi tayo nakatikim ng hustisyang panlipunan na hindi natin ipinaglaban. Hind natin makakamit ang hustisyang panlipunan hangga’t nananatiling malakolonyal at malapyudal ang lipunan.
Ang isang dahilan ng kandidatura ng MAKABAYAN 11
“Ang pagtakbo ng labing-isang kandidato para sa pagka-senador mula sa taumbayan ay isang pagpapakita na gusto na nating wakasan na ang pulitika ng iilan, ang pulitika na pinaghaharian ng mga political dynasty.”