“Buhay Gerilya” series launched to highlight lives of NPA fighters
The Sine Proletaryo, a video outfit under the auspices of the Information Bureau of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), on 8 April, 2025, launched the first episode of its “Buhay Gerilya”, a series which depicts the lives and struggles of revolutionary fighters and commanders of the New People’s Army (NPA) and members of revolutionary organizations.
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NPA continues to bleed state terrorist forces
Amidst the call of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) for the entire revolutionary movement, particularly the New People’s Army (NPA) to forge ahead with the people’s war and overcome weaknesses, Red fighters have continued to advance and inflict significant casualties (in the period April-March) on state terrorist forces.
PH vulnerable to Trump’s tariff moves amid lack of national industries
As the global economy braces for the ripple effects of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s renewed push for tariffs, Filipino nationalist group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) issued a sharp warning against potential zero-tariff negotiations with the United States.
Renato Reyes, Secretary-General of BAYAN, cautioned that the Philippines’ weak and dependent economy—characterized by a lack of national industrialization and the continued decline of agriculture—would be devastated by any move toward a “zero-for-zero” tariff regime.
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Marcos Jr. hit for relentless oil price hikes
The Marcos Jr regime has been criticized by progressive forces for relentless oil price increases and the decline of the economy for the poor since the beginning of this year. Ang Bayan Ngayon, on March 30, 2025, reported that Bayan Muna Partylist 2nd Nominee Carlos Zarate expressed disappointment in the regime’s slow response to the continuous rise in oil prices.
Hegseth’s Manila visit to escalate war agenda vs. China
The visit to Manila last March 28 of US President Trump’s Defense Secretary Hegseth was meant to advance US imperialism’s wars of aggression agenda in the Indo-Pacific region and is specifically directed against its imperialist rival China. Hegseth has announced that the U.S. and the Philippines have come together to work toward reestablishing military deterrence in the Indo-Pacific region.
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On Duterte’s 80th birthday, Filipinos call for justice for EJK victims
On March 28, the 80th birthday of former Philippine Rodrigo Duterte, Filipinos at home and abroad came out to the streets to welcome his imprisonment and trial in the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague, in the Netherlands.
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Inside the revolutionary elections in the Philippine countryside
In a remote village deep in the Philippine countryside, the air was festive. Men and women dressed in their finest clothes, some with neatly combed hair, others with bright lipstick, all beaming with anticipation. It was election day—not the kind dictated by the reactionary state, but one rooted in the collective governance of the people. In this revolutionary stronghold, the masses themselves would select the leaders of their local government, a testament to the true exercise of democracy.
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Revolutionary organization of Filipino compatriots formally launched
Affirming its role to organize and mobilize Filipino compatriots for the national democratic revolution, Compatriots was launched formally last month participated in by scores of revolutionary Filipino overseas workers in a country in the Asia-Pacific region. Compatriots represents the special sector of Filipino migrants under the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, and joins 17 other revolutionary underground organizations in the NDFP representing all patriotic classes in Philippine society.
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Groups welcome Duterte arrest, demand conviction for crimes against humanity
The sensational arrest and transfer to The Hague of former president Rodrigo Duterte by virtue of a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been widely hailed both by individuals and organizations in the country and abroad. They also asserted that the struggle for justice continues under the present regime of Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
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