Hundreds of members of revolutionary organizations under the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) staged a lighting rally Dec. 19 to mark the 46th anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). With their faces covered, members of the Revolutionary Council of Trade Unions (RCTU), Katipunan ng Samahang Manggagawa (Kasama), Kabataang Makabayan (KM),…
Month: December 2014
Revolutionary health group calls for advancement of people’s war
MANILA – Members of the revolutionary health group Makabayang Samahang Pangkalusugan (MSP) held a lightning rally in Manila on Tuesday, Dec. 16 on its 36th anniversary. It was also an early commemoration of the Communist Party of the Philippines’ 46th year on Dec. 26. The revolutionary group condemned the situation of health and the society…
Degeneracy
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
Blue Ribbon or Torture Committee?
Govt reports ‘better quality jobs,’ labor campaigns vs ‘contractualization’
“From contract to contract, an untenured worker is threatened with unemployment and hence is forced to surrender entitlements labor have fought for and won in its long history of arduous struggle…”
Torture in US, Philippines: We need to be outraged
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Torture — including the most brutal type used by state security forces on suspected “enemies of the state” — is back in media focus both in the United States and the Philippines. And human rights groups are challenging both Presidents Obama and Aquino: “What…
More ‘super’ typhoons mean more media responsibility
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Military encampment of communities results in violence against women – group says
Rape by state forces came to light in a recent reported case in Bukidnon.
Woman farmer-activist among those killed in Bukidnon bombing
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Emergency power seen as another source of pork, private profit
“It is like giving the President a bazooka to kill a fly when all that is needed is a fly swatter.”
It’s bleak Christmas for GMA 7 talents
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