Bagong Alyansang Makabayan said the Kasangga military exercises between Filipino and Australian troops is the latest manifestation of intensified US-led military interventionism in the country. It is bringing about increasing militarization of Luzon and the rest of the archipelago. Kasangga is a stark reminder that provocative military drills using live fire are now being held…

Ferdinand Marcos Jr is correct in citing the “corrosive influence” of corruption and that it is the “worst sin” committed by officials because it involves stealing money from the people. He may be referring to personal experience since his family plundered the nation’s wealth during the two-decade dictatorial rule of his father. The Marcoses were…

Members of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan marked the Independence Day celebration with a protest to amplify the call for the urgent dismantling of US bases, missile systems, and the rejection of the Pax Silica which would lead to the establishment of a weapons hub in the so-called Luzon Economic Corridor. There’s no genuine independence as long…

For 25 years, the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) has burdened the Filipino people with soaring electricity rates, entrenched monopoly control over the energy sector by favored oligarchs, and deepened the country’s energy insecurity. Since EPIRA was enacted into law on June 8, 2001, the promises of cheap electricity, genuine competition, and energy security…

The Senate “majority” boycott is an illegitimate maneuver to cling to power now that they no longer have the numbers to impose their crooked will with one “majority” senator on the lam and another imprisoned for the non-bailable charge of plunder. The likelihood of a non-functional Senate until VP Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, which Senate…

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth praised the Philippines for complying with the US demand to increase defense spending and commit to “burden sharing” as the US military continues to expand its presence across Asia-Pacific. This is a shameful pat on the back coming from a former master that has succeeded in entrenching its i…

From the Treaty of Paris to Revolution and Sovereignty Like the Philippines, Cuba emerged from the wreckage of the 1898 Treaty of Paris, when a declining Spanish empire handed over colonized peoples to an ascendant U.S. imperial power. Yet while the Filipino people’s anti-colonial revolution confronted violent U.S. conquest and the imposition of a neocolonial…