By Edward Alipio | Baretang Bikolnon Daet, Camarines Norte — “Serbisyo sa tao, ‘wag gawing negosyo.” This was the chant of various consumers, labor workers, and youth representatives in front of the Camarines Norte Electric Cooperative, Inc. (CANORECO) building in Magallanes Ilaod, Daet on...
At some point, in one of the numerous checkpoints one has to pass through travelling the highway (smile, show some ID, say where you've been and where you're going to), a fully armed soldier went into our bus carrying a laminated roster of wanted terrorists, their...
HUWAG DAW mabahala sa Martial Law dahil terorista lang ang target nito at hindi ordinaryong mamayan, aktibista, o sibilyan. Sisiguraduhin daw ng gobyerno na walang mangyayaring paglabag sa karapatang pantao ng mga taga-Mindanao. Pero sinu-sino ba ang mga nasa likod ng...
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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...