Mahigit isang buwan na nang muling simulan ang demolisyon ng mga tahungan sa Navotas sa isang bahagi ng Manila Bay. Katwiran ng lokal ng pamahalaan na naglabas ng utos ng demolisyon noong Pebrero, ‘iligal’ at ‘marumi’ ang mga tahungan. Paliwanag ng Navotas LGU, sinusunod lamang nito ang...
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) yesterday criticized the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for “continuing to make aggressive moves in and around the areas of operations of the NPA (New People’s Army),” despite a unilateral ceasefire order by Pres....
THE FIRST ROUND of formal peace talks between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) ended August 26 in Oslo, Norway and was hailed as “unprecedented” by the negotiators. Jesus Dureza, presidential adviser on the peace...
OSLO, Norway—The ongoing formal peace negotiations between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GPH) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) is expected to end successfully on Friday, with both parties agreeing on three out of five...
More and more Filipinos are now looking forward to seemingly bright prospects of peace between the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front of the Philippines (CPP-NPA-NDFP) and the government of the Philippines (GPH). The media...
More consultants of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) were released on bail today, in time for the resumption of formal peace talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GPH) and the NDFP. Alan Jazmines, Tirso "Ka...
Nanay Lani, a sugar worker, earns only P43 for 15 days during Tiempo Muerto (dead season), made worse by the effects of El Niño. Photo by Nadja de Vera. BACOLOD CITY – Nanay Lani holds up her pay slip, a small piece of paper more akin to a list of dues that the...
The Comval North Davao South Agusan Subregional Command of the New People's Army (NPA) today said that the Philippine Army's 72nd Infantry Battalion and Alamara paramilitary troops were engaged in combat operations before the NPA ambush...
Pres. Rodrigo Duterte seems to move towards his promise of reviving the steel industry by appointing steel industry pioneer Ramon Jacinto--more commonly known as a musician--as his economic adviser. As Jacinto shared in a Facebook status: “We agreed that reviving and...
Report by Danielle Isaac and Wowie Tubije Three days after Hacienda Ilimnan sugar farmers decided to cultivate food crops to address their hunger, police and military under orders from the Negros Occidental Provincial Government forcibly evicted them from their...
Halos araw-araw na sa balita ang pagsuko, pag-aresto, at pagpatay sa mga hinihinalang sangkot sa ilegal na droga. Nagaganap ang lahat ng ito sa gitna ng “war on drugs” ni Pang. Rodrigo Duterte. Silipin natin ang tinatakbo ng kampanya laban sa ilegal na droga, na ayon...
It was dawn of February 21, 2014 when three battalions of the combined forces of the police, air force and special weapons and tactics team entered the quiet community of Patungan. They were in search of community leaders who were struggling for their right to land...
Disgruntled workers in Region 4 went on strike yesterday, paralyzing production in two separate factories in Batangas and Laguna. Workers from the Soro-Soro Ibaba Development Cooperative (SIDC) and Renaissance Foods Corporation (RFC) lament the very low pay and the...