When abuse is inevitable, fight back!
- Published: 31 May 2022 31 May 2022
Volume IV, Number 10. 31 May 2022.
With the stamp of approval of the Commission on Elections and Philippine Congress, Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. will be the next President of the Republic of the Philippines, succeeding Rodrigo R. Duterte on 30 June 2022. Joining the son of the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos is Vice President-elect Sara Z. Duterte-Carpio, daughter of the tyrant Duterte. The tandem’s so-called landslide electoral victory is nothing but a blatant confirmation that the country’s ruling classes condone – nay, handsomely reward – plunder, torture, murder and treason against the Filipino people.
Big recruiter for the New People's Army
- Published: 15 May 2022 15 May 2022
Volume IV, Number 9. 15 May 2022.
International observers are asking us in disbelief, how can the greediest political dynasty in the world come back to power? Also, compatriots who were deeply engaged in the electoral campaign against the Marcos-Duterte gang are in shock and in rage, seeking answers on how the son of the infamous dictator and daughter of the notorious tyrant managed to win the May 2022 elections, and even so by a ‘landslide’.
Marie Hilao-Enriquez: Advocate for human rights, justice and peace
- Published: 30 April 2022 30 April 2022
Volume IV, Number 8. 30 April 2022.
It was with great sadness that we heard the news of the passing of Amaryllis Hilao-Enriquez on 24 April. We join the Filipino people in mourning the passing of our beloved and most admired Marie, and we extend our deepest condolences to her family, colleagues and friends.
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Of cornered beasts and paper tigers
- Published: 15 April 2022 15 April 2022
Volume IV, Number 7. 15 April 2022.
Less than a month remains before the 9 May elections. Less than a month remains for the Duterte ruling clique to ensure that the successor regime will not hunt them down for their atrocious crimes against the Filipino people.
War and Peace
- Published: 31 March 2022 31 March 2022
Volume IV, Number 6. 31 March 2022.
The ongoing armed conflict in Ukraine affords us a front seat view of the ravages of war. Intensive and up-to-the-minute video footages, photos and field reporting of the conflict are broadcasted to every news media outlet around the world. We see up close the destruction, economic ruin, death, horrific injuries and the displacement of entire populations. Simultaneous to these, calls for ending the war reverberate, with hopes that peace will soon be restored.