IAT ruling being made to serve US strategy of containing China
The International Arbitral Tribunal (IAT) ruling on July 12, 2016 which defined the Philippine exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in accordance with the UN Convention on the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS) is a victory for the Philippines' claims of maritime rights in its EEZ (properly named as the West Philippine Sea), within the South China Sea, debunking China’s claims of ownership under its so-called 9-dash line.
Read more: IAT ruling being made to serve US strategy of containing China
Duterte impeachment trial opens amid mounting calls for accountability
The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte opened this week amid heightened political tensions and renewed calls from progressive organizations for accountability, as prosecutors began presenting evidence while hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the Senate demanding that the proceedings lead to justice not only for Duterte but also for other public officials accused of corruption.
Read more: Duterte impeachment trial opens amid mounting calls for accountability
Groups in the Philippines and abroad protest six years of Anti-Terrorism
National-democratic organizations in the Philippines and abroad marked the sixth-year anniversary of the fascist Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) by a series of protest rallies and mobilizations. The use of the ATA and it’s twin legislation, the Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act (TFPSA), has worsened in suppressing the legitimate resistance of the people, as reported by the Ang Bayan Ngayon July 5, 2026.
Read more: Groups in the Philippines and abroad protest six years of Anti-Terrorism
NDFP, CPP express solidarity and sympathy to Venezuela
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) extended sympathies to and expressed solidarity with the people of Venezuela who suffered two successive major earthquakes that caused thousands of deaths with many more injuries and inflicted devastating damage to people’s home and public infrastructure.
Read more: NDFP, CPP express solidarity and sympathy to Venezuela
Duterte’s setbacks at the ICC continue
Former Philippine president Rodrigo Roa Duterte, presently detained since May 12, 2025, at the International Criminal Court’s detention center in the Hague, The Netherlands, and charged with crimes against humanity, has suffered another setback at the second status conference held last June 23, 2026.
Residents expel encamped soldiers in Sarangani as NPA resist AFP operations
Residents successfully expelled fascist soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ 105th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Sitio Green valley, Barangay Nalus, Kiamba, Sarangani. The said military unit has been carrying out a counterrevolutionary war under the guise of the Retooled Community Support Program (RSCP) for several month.
Read more: Residents expel encamped soldiers in Sarangani as NPA resist AFP operations
Violence in schools reflection of corrupt social system
On June 22, 2026, an unprecedented violence occurred at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City in Eastern Visayas where two students aged 14 and 15 years used hand guns to fire dozens of shots and killed three fellow students and wounded more than a dozen others. The nation-wide outcry prompted several lawmakers of the regime and Marcos Jr. himself to push for the lowering of the age for criminal responsibility and also mandatory military training in college or ROTC, social media ban on minors, and other measures.
Read more: Violence in schools reflection of corrupt social system
Final case against the Marcos family’s ill-gotten wealth dismissed
On June 2, 2026, the Sandiganbayan (Philippines' anti-graft court) dismissed the remaining asset claims case in the long-running forfeiture case (Civil Case No. 0141) against the Marcos family.
Read more: Final case against the Marcos family’s ill-gotten wealth dismissed
US “war games” as cover for counterrevolutionary operations
Together with the US, the use of the Philippines of successive “war games” as cover for counterrevolutionary operations marked by brutal violations of human rights was a factor in the Marcos regime’s failure to get a seat in the United Nation Security Council seat.
Read more: US “war games” as cover for counterrevolutionary operations
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"