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NO TO PAX SILICA LAUNCHED ON NATIONAL HEROES DAY
Amid mounting concerns over the Marcos administration’s participation in the US-led Pax Silica initiative and the proposed establishment of an Economic Security Zone (ESZ) in New Clark City, Tarlac, more than 200 individuals representing at least 70 organizations came together on National Heroes Day to officially launch the Network Opposed to Pax Silica (NO to…
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FREE KASIBU 11! RESIST LOCAL TYRANNY AND IMPERIALIST PLUNDER!
Bagong Alyansang Makabayan condemns the arrest of 11 environmental defenders in Barangay Pacquet, Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya, and calls for their immediate release. Bayan also denounces the repressive actions of the police and some local officials who had been harassing and attacking residents for fiercely opposing the mining exploration of the North Luzon Mineral Resources Corporation.…
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No to another EDCA site in Misamis
Bagong Alyansang Makabayan condemns the plan to build another US military facility in Mindanao under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement, and warns that this will endanger local population aside from further undermining the country’s sovereignty. The plan was revealed after US military personnel were reported to be inspecting the site of the Philippine Veterans Investment…
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BAYAN CONDEMNS U.S.-LED WAR EXERCISES IN KOREA, JAPAN, AND THE PHILIPPINES
Bayan Philippines stands in solidarity with Korean people’s organizations in condemning the Ulchi Freedom Shield military exercises between the United States and the Republic of Korea. These exercises are neither for the promotion of freedom nor peace in the region. On the contrary, they enable the US to escalate tension, bolster its war agenda, and…
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COUNTERTERRORISM HUB IN PAGADIAN ENTRENCHES U.S. MEDDLING AND MILITARISM IN THE COUNTRY
Bagong Alyansang Makabayan flags the building of a permanent US-backed counterterrorism center in Pagadian as an alarming sign of increasing US militarism and intervention in the country under the government Ferdinand Marcos Jr. It is another facility that the US is installing for its expanding military operations in the southern part of the country, aside…
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BUDGET BILL BARES BOGUS ANTI-CORRUPTION RHETORIC OF MARCOS
The proposed 2027 National Expenditure Program has further exposed the sham anti-corruption drive of the government of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Despite the unresolved cases involving anomalous infrastructure contracts and the continuing clamor for accountability, Marcos has submitted a budget bill that allocated 107 billion pesos for flood control projects. The budget also retains items intended…
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PENTAGON OFFICIAL’S RHETORIC AIMS TO JUSTIFY GREATER MILITARY INTERVENTION, PRESERVE US HEGEMONY
Visiting US Undersecretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby’s Aug. 10 speech has once more revealed America’s aggressive strategy to preserve its dominance in Asia and drag the Philippines deeper into its own conflict with China. Colby’s declaration that the US is “not leaving” Asia but is instead “digging in” makes clear that Washington is…
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Bayan reiterates call for urgent economic relief amid worsening cost of living crisis and rising tension in West Asia
Bagong Alyansang Makabayan reiterates the demand for the suspension of VAT on oil, petroleum products, and electricity as an urgent measure to bring down prices amid the recent escalation of hostilities in West Asia triggered by the acts of aggression of the United States and Israel on Iran. The continuing inaction of Ferdinand Marcos Jr…
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INILULUBOG SA UTANG ANG BANSA NGUNIT WALANG PAG-UNLAD AT PABIGAT LAMANG SA TAUMBAYAN
Mabilis na umaarangkada ang rehimeng US-Marcos Jr. patungo sa pagiging pangunahing nagpapalubog sa bansa sa utang. Sa nalalabing dalawang taon ng kanyang administrasyon, umabot na sa P6.28 trilyon ang inutang nito. Kapansin-pansin ang bilis at laki nito, at kung magpapatuloy sa ganitong kalakaran—malalampasan nito ang buong anim-na-taong rekord ng naunang rehimen na umabot sa P6.84…
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GROUPS ASK CHR TO INVESTIGATE POLICE VIOLENCE, ARBITRARY ARRESTS DURING PEOPLE’S SONA AND RECENT PROTESTS
Human rights and people’s organizations have formally called on the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to conduct an independent investigation into the Philippine National Police’s escalating attacks on peaceful assemblies, particularly the violent dispersal and illegal arrests during the People’s SONA on July 27. In a letter submitted to the CHR, the groups documented a…