NPA-Leyte launches two consecutive counter-ambush actions against fascist 93rd IB
The New People’s Army (NPA)-Leyte Island (Mt. Amandewin Command) launched a counter-ambush and harassment operation against the fascist troops of the 93rd Infantry Battalion operating in Baybay City, Leyte last September 8 and 10. In two consecutive tactical offensives, at least four fascist soldiers were killed while others were wounded.
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NDF-Eastern Visayas call for ouster of US troops and rejection of Pacific Partnership
Revolutionary forces in Eastern Visayas have called for the ouster of US and other foreign troops in Tacloban City, the capital of Leyte province south of Manila. Nearly a thousand US and other foreign troops were conducting the third leg of the Pacific Partnership 2026 – a two-week military exercise supposedly for “regional security” and “disaster response”.
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Resistance intensifies against Luzon Economic Corridor and Pax Silica projects
Protests erupted outside the Grand Hyatt Manila in Bonifacio Global City on September 10, where President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. attended the inaugural Luzon Economic Corridor (LEC) Investment Forum. Organized by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), hundreds demonstrated against the forum, calling it a sellout of Philippine sovereignty and national resources to American and Japanese capitalists.
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Youth movement on the rise in the Philippines and the diaspora
Both in the Philippines and abroad, youth and students have increasingly launched protests against various issues plaguing Filipino society. In August, youth and students launched campus protests across the archipelago to mark the opening of the new semester. The actions revived and carried forward the 2025 walkout movement against widespread corruption, primarily in flood control projects. In the US, youth were at the forefront of a national day of protest led by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan)-USA to call for the release of Filipino-American activist Christine Pasion and Mangyan-Buhid organizer Binay Serrano.
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Disaster and distrust: Bulakeños demand accountability over long-standing flood
Amidst systemic corruption and government inefficiency, hundreds of Bulakeños waded through floodwaters in a protest rally in Malolos City on August 31 to condemn the government’s failure to address Bulacan province’s long-standing flood crisis. Monsoonal rains and August typhoons submerged numerous towns across Bulacan, highlighting how corruption has compromised billion-peso flood control projects.
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Filipino solidarity strengthened in Brussels amid three days of resistance
A three-day series of activities here brought together international solidarity, political discussions and collective action in defense of peace, democracy and the rights of peoples. The Friends of the Filipino People in Struggle (FFPS) Europe chapter held a gathering on August 28, actively participated in the People’s Festival of Resistance for Peace, Democracy and Liberation on August 29, and staged a culminating rally on August 30.
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CPP commemorates Ka Benito and Ka Wilma
The Communist Party of the Philippine (CPP) through its Chief Information Officer Marco Valbuena marked the fourth year of the brutal murder of Benito Tiamzon (Ka Laan) and Wilma Austria-Tiamzon (Ka Bagong-Tao) by elements of the 8th ID in Catbalogan, Samar.
Valbuena said, “We remember Ka Benito and Ka Wilma for their selfless and total dedication to the Filipino people’s cause of national and social liberation...They sacrificed all as they performed their duties as leading cadres of the Communist Party of the Philippines. They vowed to fight US imperialism, feudalism and bureaucrat capitalism to the end, and championed the historic mission of the proletariat for socialism and communism.”
The quest to attain justice for Ka Laan and Ka Bagong-Tao and their companions continues.
Philippine workers defy crackdown as arrest warrants target union leaders
Labor groups and international rights organizations strongly condemned the issuance of arrest warrants against Filipino labor leaders, describing it as an intensifying state campaign to criminalize dissent and suppress demands for economic justice. The warrants target Jerome Adonis, chairperson of Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU); Jacq Ruiz, spokesperson of Kilusan ng Manggagawang Kababaihan (KMK); and James Anajao of Sandigan ng Manggagawa ng Quezon City.
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People’s war advances despite regime’s suppression
Despite the ever intensification of the relentless counter-insurgency campaigns of the Marcos Jr’s regime together with US imperialism, the revolutionary people’s war in the Philippines continue to develop and advance in different regions. Despite having suffered major and minor losses in the past, the New People’s Army (NPA) has been able to advance and strengthen itself after the rectification movement in 2023.
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Int’l Tribunal finds USA and Israel guilty of ecocide, forced starvation, genocide
The November 30 mass protest is just the beginning
Alternative program to replace Marcos-Duterte presented
CPP calls on solidarity groups to expose US-Marcos counterrevolutionary war
Pressure mounts as Filipino migrants face escalating exploitation, detention, and deportations
CPP calls for ending reign of thieves by revolution
Filipino peasants' struggle highlighted in recent FFPS webinar "Land is Life"