‘AFP Modernization Program’ exposes Marcos Jr. as a tool of US aggression

Volume IV, Number 21. 15 November 2022.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. stated in no uncertain terms on 8 November that the Armed Forces of the Philippines modernization program will continue during his term. In the same breath, he cites ‘terrorism’ as justification to use taxpayers’ money to purchase more night-fighting systems capability, transport aircrafts, additional helicopters capable of night flight and more communications and surveillance equipment for police and military forces.

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Marcos Jr is digging his own grave

Volume IV, Number 20. 31 October 2022.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines’ rampage in Himamaylan City, Negros Oriental, has already left at least 18,000 rural community residents forcibly displaced, and thousands more traumatized due to relentless artillery shelling and aerial strafing. Their attacks have escalated to the point where they declared parts of the city ‘no man’s land’ and anyone left behind are to be considered shoot-to-kill targets.

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Let them eat cake!

Volume IV, Number 19. 15 October 2022.

The first 100 days of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. was marked with greater economic hardships and repression suffered by the Filipino people. It was marked by skyrocketing prices, increasing unemployment and poverty incidence, decreasing purchasing power, plummeting value of the peso and galloping national debt, not to mention natural disasters. Having already ascended the throne, however, Marcos, Jr. would not be bothered by these trifles.

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@NeverForget: Fascism, dictatorship & neocolonial puppetry

Volume IV, Number 18. 30 September 2022.

The German Embassy to Manila recently offered an international perspective to the barrage of historical revisionism and social brainwashing currently plaguing the Philippines. In commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law by President Ferdinand Marcos, Sr, the Germans recalled, “The heavy legacy of the Martial Law period in the Philippines and the records of thousands of victims, killings and enforced disappearances are a call to responsibly engage in and learn from this dark period for a brighter future.”

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Marcos II 2023 Budget: Feed the rich, starve the poor

Volume IV, Number 17. 15 September 2022.

What better way to highlight a government’s (mis)priorities than its national budget? The proposed PhP5.3 trillion 2023 national budget of the Marcos II regime provides massive payouts for the Office of the President, Office of the Vice President Sara Duterte, national defense, foreign and national debt servicing, discretionary funds and gratuitous infrastructure. On the other hand, it extracts from the already pauperized coffers of essential social services such as health, education, social welfare, labor and the agricultural sector.

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