On Oct. 25, thousands of farmers from around the Philippines will march to Mendiola.
Peasant groups call on public to support fight for genuine land reform, join Oct. 25 protest
Month: October 2017
Lucena PNP blocks peasant protest caravan from Bicol
Twenty-eight buses bound for Manila for the peasant rally on Oct. 25 were held by police in Quezon.
Who’s holding the wheel?
By RENAN ORTIZ
Rolling in their graves
By DEE AYROSO
A coup by any other name
The Marcos terror regime may have been overthrown 31 years ago, the institutions of liberal democracy restored, and a new Constitution drafted. But the threat of dictatorship has never really passed. The conditions that made the making of a tyrannical regime possible in 1972 are still in evidence. Among them are a lawless and self-aggrandizing…
‘CLAMOR’ | Peasants, church groups form coalition for genuine land reform, end to killings
“Land is life.”
Like Marcos and Arroyo, Duterte errs on rebellion
The late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos was touted to be a brilliant lawyer. Rodrigo R. Duterte, who idolizes the tyrant, prides himself on having been a prosecutor. But as the country’s presidents, each in his own time, both made erroneous public pronouncements about rebellion as a political offense. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is no lawyer. As…
Black Friday protest slams killings of farmers, activists
“We cannot allow this reign of impunity to continue. We demand justice and an end to the killing spree.
Revoluuu…what?
By DEE AYROSO
Parade inspires Filipinos to replace meat with plant-based food
Some of the top causes of death in the Philippines are linked to red meat consumption.
‘Liberated?’ | Moro groups call for probe on military rights abuses in Marawi
Groups called President Duterte’s declaration of Marawi’s liberation “ironic.”