Filipinos worldwide join solidarity actions for Palestine
As the US and Zionist-Israel continue their genocidal war crimes against the Palestinian people in Gaza, Filipinos joined various solidarity protests and actions in many parts of the world in support of the Palestinian people.
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Marcos Jr. pushes for more consumer taxes despite inflation, low wages
At least eight economic bills are being proposed by the Marcos Jr. administration to generate additional government income for the next five years. Six of these proposals involve imposing additional taxes, four of which will directly impact common Filipinos. The two other proposals involve taxes on junk food and beverages.
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Planned joint Japan-PH military agreement criticized
Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) criticized the plan of the Marcos Jr. regime to sign a military agreement with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as Japan and the Philippines started negotiations on a recriprocal troop access deal last 3 November.
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Rep. Castro files first post-presidency criminal complaint vs Rodrigo Duterte
ACT-Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro of the progressive Makabayan Bloc on 24 October, filed a criminal complaint against former president Rodrigo Duterte before the Quezon City Prosecutors Office in connection with the grave threats from the former chief executive.
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AFP’s food blockades lead to widespread hunger in Quezon
Economic and food blockades imposed by the 2nd Infrantry Division (ID) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in at least two barangays in General Nakar, Quezon has caused widespread hunger and poverty.
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CBCP panel withdraws from NTF-Elcac exec committee
On October 23, 2023, Fr. Jerome Secillano, executive secretary of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) Commission on Public Affairs, announced that their panel had withdrawn from the executive committee of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Conflict (NTF-ELCAC).
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Marcos Jr., Sara Duterte suffer double-digit drop in approval ratings
The approval ratings of Bongbong Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte suffered a double-digit drop in the latest survey conducted by Pulse Asia in September. From 80 percent last June, Marcos Jr’s approval rating plummeted to 65 percent, while Duterte’s rating declined from 84 percent to 73 percent in the same period.
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Communique of the Theoretical Conference on Imperialism and War
Various proletarian-socialist, anti-imperialist, and democratic parties representing peoples from across the world gathered from 14 to 15 October 2023 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands for the Theoretical Conference on Imperialism and War convened upon the invitation of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP).
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Workers march united for jobs, wages, rights in PH Labour Day
Last 29 April, in a press briefing by the labor federation Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) and the All Workers Union, KMU Secretary General Jerome Adonis said “This First of May, we have a runaway president. BBM (Marcos), running away from the workers who have legitimate demands.”
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Amid AFP claims of dismantling NPA, armed struggle perseveres
Groups laud UN rapporteur’s recommendation to abolish NTF-ELCAC
Former Sen. De Lima, Duterte’s staunch critic released from unjust imprisonment
Duterte refusal to explain confidential funds ‘fuels people’s outrage’ - CPP
Series of brutal killings and abductions by AFP, PNP documented
CPP: NPA offensives demonstrate ‘robust armed resistance’ to state terror
NDFP assails Marcos regime’s confidential and intelligence funds