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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Duterte refusal to explain confidential funds ‘fuels people’s outrage’ - CPP

On 5 October, Marco Valbuena, Chief Information Officer of the Communist Party of the Philippines condemned Vice President Sara Duterte's response to critics on her use of the so-called ‘confidential and intelligence funds’ saying her refusal to explain “fuels the people’s outrage against brazen corruption.”

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Series of brutal killings and abductions by AFP, PNP documented

A series of brutal killings and abductions perpetrated by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) were documented by Ang Bayan, the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines.

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CPP: NPA offensives demonstrate ‘robust armed resistance’ to state terror

The recent string of successful tactical offensives and punitive actions conducted by the New People’s Army (NPA) and the people's militias in many regions across the Philippines “clearly demonstrate the robust armed resistance…against all-out state terrorism” according to Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Chief Information Officer Marco Valbuena. 

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NDFP assails Marcos regime’s confidential and intelligence funds

In a statement published 28 September, Malaya Asedillo, Spokesperson for the National Democratic Front of the Philippines - Laguna (NDFP-Laguna) assailed the Marcos Jr regime for including huge confidential and intelligence funds, P5.277 billion and P4.864 billion, respectively, in the 2024 national budget while slashing funds for social services and the needs of the public.

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NTF-Elcac ‘shot itself in the foot’ in its own presser on 2 missing envi activists

The 19 September press conference of the NTF-Elcac (National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict) seemingly backfired after two previously missing environmental activists were presented to the public as ‘surrenderees’ only to reveal that they had been abducted and tortured by the military. The statements of environmental activists Jonila Castro and Jhed Tamano at the press conference caught the NTF-Elcac off guard who immediately deleted the live feed from their Facebook account.

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