Filipinos demand Marcos Jr. accountability, justice for victims of successive disasters in PH
- Published: 21 November 2024 21 November 2024
On the occasion of the 11th anniversary of Super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) last November 8, progressive groups and survivors of calamities led by People Surge National Alliance of Disaster Survivors marched in protest in front of Malacanang (Presidential Palace). This was a timely commemoration amidst the series of typhoons that devastated the Philippines in the past two months.
Groups call for intensified struggles in the next four years under Trump
- Published: 21 November 2024 21 November 2024
Two international coalitions call for more intensified people's struggles against US imperialism in the coming years as Donald Trump, the most undeniable champion of US monopoly capitalism, has been declared the winner of the recent US presidential elections.
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LAB-NDFP raises concerns on fully automated elections in PH
- Published: 05 November 2024 05 November 2024
The Liga ng Agham para sa Bayan (LAB), or People’s League for Science, one of the 18 member organizations of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, criticized the regime’s upcoming National Elections in May, 2025, as a means to maintain the semicolonial and semifeudal social system in the Philippines.
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NDFP urges UN to hold GRP accountable for child rights violations
- Published: 05 November 2024 05 November 2024
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) urged the United Nations (UN) to conduct “thorough, balanced investigations” in the Philippines to be able to hold accountable those truly responsible for violations of children’s rights in the country. In response to an October 21 report to the UN Security Council, NDFP Special Office for the Protection of Children (SOPC) chief Coni Ledesma said their group is committed to protecting the rights and welfare of children in all aspects of their struggle.
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GRP attacks on NDFP consultants create hostile conditions for peace talks
- Published: 05 November 2024 05 November 2024
In a statement signed by Panel Chairperson Julie De Lima, the NDFP Peace Negotiating Panel assailed the recent illegal arrests and detention of NDFP consultants Simeon Naogsan, Porferio Tuna, and Wigberto Villarico and said that the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) is deliberately creating “hostile conditions” to obstruct the peace negotiations.
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Marcos Jr. enables US, Japan military intervention using "disaster response" as pretext
- Published: 21 October 2024 21 October 2024
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) condemns the Marcos regime and its armed forces, the US and Japanese military forces for holding the so-called Doshin-Bayanihan 2024 military exercises at the Ebuen Air Base in Lapu-Lapu City in Cebu which started last October 2, and ended on October 7.
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CPP commemorates 75th anniversary of Chinese revolution
- Published: 21 October 2024 21 October 2024
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), in a statement issued 10 October 2024, commemorated the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The PRC was established following the victory of the people’s democratic revolution on 1 October 1949 led by the Communist Party of China and Chairman Mao Zedong.
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