“With a DDS at the helm of DAR, the prospect of genuine land reform and rural industrialization is now next to impossible.”
Peasants lament Duterte’s appointment of ‘DDS minion’ as acting agrarian reform chief
Month: December 2017
Transport groups want explanations from Secretary Tugade in Senate hearing
“We welcome and appreciate the effort of Sen. Grace Poe. That’s what we want to hear from the government.”
Black Friday protest vs spate of killings, attacks on activists
MANILA — Kin of victims of extrajudicial killings — both political and drug war-related — gathered at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani on Dec. 1 to protest what they called President Duterte’s tyranny. As the International Human Rights Day draws nearer, progressives note a series of attacks against activists, human rights workers and advocates. The…
Terminal
The Philippine crisis is reaching another acute stage 45 years after Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law in 1972. The country barely survived it then. But this time the affliction could very well be terminal. Today as in 1972, authoritarian rule, whether through another declaration of martial law or the formation of a “revolutionary government,” is…
Heroes who fought the dictatorship honored at Bantayog ng mga Bayani
The honoring of heroes and martyrs took place amid President Rodrigo Duterte’s threats of crackdown on activists and declaration of a so-called “revolutionary government.”
Bonifacio Day protesters hit Duterte’s unfulfilled promises, US puppetry
Bonifacio fought for a society that’s truly serving the people; President Duterte is seeking to serve only himself and a handful of exploiters and oppressors, Labog said.