Halos limang dekada na ang lumipas mula nang ipataw ni Ferdinand Marcos Sr. ang Martial Law sa buong bansa subalit hanggang ngayon, wala pa ring hustisya ang mga biktima ng sapilitang pagkawala sa panahong iyon at sa mga sumunod pang rehimen. Masahol pa, tila pinagdurugo ang sugat ng mga mahal sa buhay ng mga desaparecidos […]
Isang malaking kalokohan ang pahayag ng kasalukuyang executive director ng Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD) na si Teodoro Jose Matta na ang pangunahing dahilan ng pagkasaid ng mga kagubatan sa lalawigan ay ang agricultural expansion. Sinabi ito ni Matta sa Palawan Planning Summit noong Agosto 17-19. Itinatanggi at ikinukubli ni Matta at ng PCSD […]
Neoliberalism is at the root of the sugar fiasco currently spotlighted on mainstream media. The US-Marcos II regime is aligning its allies within the sugar bloc while it blows up an unauthorized SRA order to muddle the issue of sugar importation. It performs as a typical bureaucrat capitalist government beholden to the dictates of its […]
August 21st is a sobering reminder that the People Power was never a peaceful revolution as many interested parties would like to paint it to be. Before its culmination in 1986, the Marcoses were already spilling blood left and right. In 1983, dictator Ferdinand Marcos had his rival Ninoy Aquino assassinated at the airport as […]
The recent study from Philippine Statistics Authority, that the number of Filipino families suffering under the yoke of poverty increased significantly, should hardly even be considered news anymore. The non-news said that almost 20 million Filipinos are living in poverty; that is, 18.1 percent of the population which is at 16.5 percent a mere three […]
Dear Compatriots and Friends, I am honored and delighted to be invited to contribute a statement to The Wednesday Forum and participate in the celebration of the life of President Fidel Valdez Ramos (FVR). I am aware of the many virtues and achievements of the late FVR. But I wish to focus on his outstanding […]
Hindi dapat isalaksak at pilit na ipalunok sa mga kabataang Pilipino ang sapilitang pagpapatupad ng Reserve Officer Training Corps o ROTC pagsapit ng senior highschool. Dapat na tutulan at labanan ng mamamayang Pilipino laluna ng laksang kabataan ang panunumbalik ng ROTC batay sa plano ng pasistang tambalang Marcos II at Sara Duterte. Isa ito sa […]
Kasama ng buong hanay ng mga manggagawa sa Timog Katagalugan, mariing kinukondena ng Revolutionary Council of Trade Union – National Democratic Front – Southern Tagalog (RCTU-NDF-ST) ang patuloy na pagbabahay-bahay sa mga lider unyon, pag-iinteroga sa kanilang aktibidad pang-unyon, pananakot para sapilitang tumiwalag sa militanteng sentrong unyong kinaaniban nila at ang militarisasyon sa komunidad ng […]
Central Negros has been a military focus for the last year or so as the AFP/PNP is compelled to protect the interests of big landlords and comprador bourgeoisie. The mountain ranges in Binalbagan and Himamaylan City in Negros Occidental and Tayasan and La Libertad in Negros Oriental are targeted for largescale mining to the detriment […]
Mariing kinukundena ng Artista at Manunulat ng Sambayanan-Timog Katagalugan (ARMAS-TK) ang lansakang pagbabaluktot at pagsalaula ng pamilya Marcos sa madilim na kasaysayan ng bansa sa ilalim ng diktadurang Marcos at sa pagpopondo at pagpapalabas ng pelikulang Maid in Malacañang. Ito ay itim na propaganda ng mga Marcos para patibayin ang kanilang naratibo na sila ay […]