One need not be such a keen observer of Philippine politics to note the quite dramatic deterioration in the relationship between the Left and President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, self-styled “Leftist” and “socialist” president of the Philippines. At the beginning, a de facto tactical alliance existed between the two. It was premised on Duterte’s promise that…
Progressive lawmakers want to realign funds for infrastructure, military and debt service.
Without any proof and by merely attributing it to his sources in the military establishment, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has been saying that the presence of left-wing personalities in the Duterte administration has enabled “hundreds of CPP-NPA (Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army) cadres” to be employed in the Department of Social Welfare and…
Of course, during the presidential campaign last year he already talked in a favorable light about martial law and expressed sheer admiration for the deposed dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos. But did anyone anticipate that within his first six months in office, President Duterte would facilitate Marcos’ political rehabilitation by allowing the burial of his remains…
The study discusses different forms of militarism, the reasons behind it and its effects in women.
By DEE AYROSO
By DEE AYROSO
“The US wants to make the Philippines another Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria or Somalia.”
The lumad urged CHR Chair Chito Gascon and the CHR to go directly to the Lumad communities to investigate.
After the military has destroyed Marawi City’s business district, it alleged that the Mautes have taken to planting bombs in the city, and that’s why they will still not allow the Maranao to reclaim the city.
President Rodrigo Duterte is absolutely right. The Balangiga bells, seized by United States Army soldiers from the Catholic church of Balangiga town, Samar in 1902, “are part of our national heritage,” and should be returned to the Philippines. Mr. Duterte made the demand in the presence of the US Ambassador to the Philippines during his…