“It would lessen our cost surplus. We would also be able to guarantee the benefits of these cold storage facilities that it would bring to our farmers, especially here in Nueva Ecija who plant and harvest onions.”
Category: Politics & Governance
A revolution post-Joma Sison? Wife, fellow peace panel Julie says Joma optimistic that the revolution will win
In his last days in a hospital in The Netherlands, CPP founding chairman Jose Maria Sison remained optimistic, saying that the current situation in the Philippines will remain a fertile ground to advance people’s fight.
Bayan assails Facebook’s ‘censorship’ of tributes for Joma Sison
“Facebook is not just guilty of being complicit in legitimizing censorship; it is enabling harm and state-sponsored violence directed against activists.” – Bayan
CPP declares 10 days of mourning for Joma Sison
“The Central Committee and the entire Party will forever be guided and inspired by Ka Joma’s immortal revolutionary spirit,.”
Joma Sison dies, CPP announces
Jose Maria Sison, founding chairperson of the re-established Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), passed away Friday, Dec. 16, the revolutionary group’s official newspaper announced today. He was 83.
‘More harm than good’ | IT experts say proposed SIM card registration dangerous
“We see the dangers it poses to the public, especially now that our data seemed to have been leaked, and that the collected information were not protected.”
Manila court junks petition to declare communist groups as terrorists
“It is important to underscore how the decision concluded that the CPP and NPA are not terrorists, rather, are waging armed resistance with clear political aims and directs its attacks, not against civilians, but against agents of the reactionary state represented by the government of the Republic of the Philippines.”
Marcos urged to raise concerns vs Chinese incursions on UN Assembly
“[Marcos] should garner support from the international community in pressuring China to comply with the international ruling and abandon their irrational claim over our waters.”
Slicing through the new president’s first budget proposal
Fast-forward to today, as the proposed 2023 national budget is being railroaded in Congress, the new administration’s priorities are now getting clear. What’s in it for the people? Not much, apparently.
Films depicting Martial Law horrors can help fight disinformation
“(These films) are a big chunk of our collective memory as a people of what happened during the Marcos era and these we have to preserve.”
Campaign Finance Audit 2022 | Marcos return to Malacañang funded by donors linked to father’s ‘cronies’, gov’t contractors
Partido Federal ng Pilipinas footed 40% of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s campaign bill through party treasurer Antonio Ernesto “Anton” Floirendo Lagdameo Jr., grandson of his father’s close business associate. The remaining cost was covered by today’s opulent names in real estate, retail, construction, and shipping industries.