By JAZHEEL C. SARINO Indigenous peoples (IPs) in Mindanao continue to suffer inequality, discrimination, and violence despite making up a significant portion of the region's population. This was pointed out by lawyer Raymond Marvic Baguilat, senior lecturer and lead legal officer of the...
Bakit na Moro mula sa Marawi City at mga sundalong militar. Larawan ni Jaja Necosia/The Breakaway Media Nang mag-umpisa ang bakbakan sa Marawi City, sinabi mismo ni Army Chief Lt. Gen. Eduardo Año na walang ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) sa Pilipinas, at...
THE LINGERING economic crisis of the global capitalist system is now intensifying geopolitical struggles and social conflicts all over the world. Imperialist states, led by the U.S., are becoming ever more aggressive in capturing and controlling more territories...
In the four days since Pres. Rodrigo Duterte placed Mindanao under Martial Law, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has carried out air strikes and heavy artillery shelling in eight provinces with the presence of communist rebels, leading to the death of one...
Several residents of Marawi City have taken to social media to appeal to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to stop air strikes, which have reportedly injured and killed several civilians. While the government has yet to release official figures, a report by...
Nasa kani-kaniyang mga tahanan pa ang mga residente ng Brgy. Marinaut sa Marawi City nang magsagawa ng air strikes ang Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) kaninang 10 a.m. Tinamaan ng splinter sa kanyang likuran ang sibilyan na si Jalil Hassan, 30. Ayon sa mga...
“Hirap” “Gutom” “Dahas” These short but striking words sum up the experiences of Madaum Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association, Inc. (MARBAI) farmers since they were forcibly ousted from their land in 2010 by Lapanday Foods Corporation. It took them several years...
NASA PILIPINAS ngayon ang mga delegado ng mga bansang ASEAN (o Association of Southeast Asian Nations) para pagpasiyahan ang isang importanteng kasunduan. Ito ang Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership o RCEP. Kapag naaprubahan, lilikhain ng RCEP ang isang...
"What we need is actually, 'yung promise ni Digong, not only his campaign promise but also 'yung promise niya noong February this year [na] wala na talagang contractualization." This was the statement of Michael Mendoza, one of the labor leaders present in a pre-Labor...
Community teachers of a Davao del Norte-based Lumad school were alarmed over the reported abduction of one of their students, Maui Bago on April 12. Witnesses reported that the 21-year-old Lumad was abducted by members of the 60th Infranty Battalion (IB) of the...
A total of 2,357 residents from 13 villages in Calbiga and Pinabacdao, Samar have fled their homes and are now temporarily staying at the Calbiga town gymnasium after intensified military operations in their communities. The evacuees--composed of 949 children,...
THE FORMAL peace negotiations between the Philippine government (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) concluded an “exacting yet successful” fourth round of talks in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. One of the gains made from the round was...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Sec. Judy Taguiwalo yesterday assured the department's support for the Lumad affected by militarization and promised relief and rehabilitation for communities, including those affected by recent aerial bombings...