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US intervention in Venezuela and Ph denounced

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Local affiliates of the Philippines Chapter of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS-Phils) led by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) picket the US embassy in Manila to denounce the intensifying US intervention in Venezuela and the on-going US-Ph Balikatan military exercises. They demanded the repeal of Obama’s March 9 Executive Order vilifying Venezuela as a security threat to the US while, in the Philippines, protesters called for the junking of the US-Ph Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) and the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA). The protest is part of the Global Solidarity Campaign with Venezuela.

LARAWAN: Kalbaryo ng Maralitang Taga-lunsod 2015

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Plaza Miranda, Manila
March 30, 2015

Marking the first day of the Holly week, Anakpawis together with urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (KADAMAY) today staged their own progressive version of the passion of the Christ. It cited six major issues of the people in which President Noynoy Aquino failed to address — landlessness, low wage, demolition of urban poor, massive conversion of local fishing grounds, the continuing neglect of Yolanda survivors, unabated skyrocketing of prices and basic utilities.

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BAYAN: Paano uunawain si Pnoy kung ayaw magsabi ng katotohanan

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Panayam ng Kodao Productions kay Renato Reyes, Jr., Pangkalahatang Kalihim ng Bagong Alyansang Makabayan kaugnay sa talumpati ni Pangulong Noynoy Aquino (hinggil sa insidente sa Mamasapano) sa pagtatapos ng mga kadete ng Philippine National Police Academy sa Silang, Cavite noong Marso 26, 2015.

“Minsan Karaniwang Tao” – Chikoy Pura of The Jerks with Renato Reyes, Jr. of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan

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Noynoy Resign Mobilization
Mendiola, Manila
March 20, 2015

Aquino Resign: Establish the People’s Council for National Unity, Reform and Peace

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Illustrated manifesto of the Noynoy Out Now (NOW) Movement, which was launched March 5, 2015 at the Quezon City Sport Club, laying down the context, basis, and goals of the people’s ultimate drive for the ouster of President Noynoy Aquino.

More Filipinos now open to Aquino’s resignation

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Progressive groups press for President Benigno Aquino’s resignation after both the Philippine National Police Board of Inquiry and the Senate revealed he is accountable for the death of police troopers in the Janaury 25th Mamasapano incident.

In a rally at Mendiola, Manila last March 20, the explained that such a call is within the bounds of the Constitution.

The rally also came at the heels of the March 1-7 Pulse Asia survey showing that while 42 percent are not in favor of Aquino’s resignation, 29 percent are for it and 28 percent are undecided.

“This shows that 57% to 58% of respondents are open to idea of the President’s resignation. This is a very significant change in public opinion and shows how Aquino’s support has dramatically eroded,” former Bayan Muna representative Teddy Casino said.

“Tayo’y mga Pinoy”: Noynoy Resign Now!

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Heber Bartolome of Banyuhay, with Mae Paner aka Juana Change, renders “Tayo’y mga Pinoy” at the Manila protest march rally calling for Pres. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino’s resignation. Aquino was depicted as a Pinocchio puppet of the United States whose nose gets longer as he tells more lies about the Mamasapano incident. Elmer “Bong” Labog, Chair of the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) and the Philippines Chapter of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS-Phils), speaks at the program covered live by nationwide TV broadcasts for the evening news.

ILPS-Phils picket at Mexican embassy

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Workers and peasants, including rural women, picket the Mexican embassy in the Philippines seeking justice for the murder of Gustavo Salgado Delgado, an activist-leader of the Frente Popular Revolucionario in Mexico. The embassy received a formal complaint from the Philippines Chapter of the International League of People’s Struggle (ILPS-Phils).