Bagong Alyansang Makabayan stands in solidarity with Japanese progressives and peace-loving citizens in condemning the ongoing US-Japan Keen Sword military exercises, which are being held amid widespread outcry over the killing of an Okinawa resident by a US marine. Keen Sword is the largest biannual exercise between Japan and the U.S. involving 45,000 Japan Self-Defense…

The recent Supreme Court ruling which nullified several lump sum appropriations in the previous national budget reinforces the people’s demand to hold Ferdinand Marcos Jr accountable for inserting and expanding pork barrel programs and distributing corruption-tainted projects to his allies in Congress. The ruling has confirmed what Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, its allied organizations, anti-corruption watchdogs,…

Bagong Alyansang Makabayan condemns the forced removal of the kampuhan ng mga magsasaka in front of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and holds the Marcos Jr. government accountable for the violent actions of the police and its continued disregard over the plight of farmers, Indigenous Peoples, and rural communities threatened with displacement. Peasant…

Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) expresses deep concern and disappointment over the House prosecution team’s decision to drop the impeachment charges involving VP Sara Duterte’s misuse of confidential and intelligence funds and her threats against Pres. Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Marcos, and former Speaker Martin Romualdez. While the move is intended to simplify and…

The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) and the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) Philippines join various peoples’ movements today in a Global Day of Action against the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, which are holding their Annual Meetings in Bangkok, Thailand, from October 12 to 16. At a protest march this morning…

While President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is “terribly excited” about Pax Silica, the Filipino people have every reason to be terribly apprehensive about its disastrous implications for our land, resources, livelihood, environment, national sovereignty, and security. Marcos is beside himself with excitement at welcoming the US military-industrial-big tech complex to our shores. But what he hails…

As the PISTON-led transport strike enters its second day, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan condemns the Marcos administration for its utter failure to respond to the legitimate demands of the transport sector to lower fuel prices by removing or reducing taxes on oil and petroleum products, reducing the huge profits of the oil monopolies, repealing the Oil…

Bagong Alyansang Makabayan condemned the railroading of the budget of the Office of the President, which highlights the malicious collusion of Malacañang and Congress in embedding pork barrel and other anomalous items in the 2027 General Appropriations Bill. Almost half of the president’s budget is allotted for confidential and intelligence funds. This alone should warrant…