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Continue reading →: #OccupyBulacan and the anarchy in housing and urban development
When the urban poor group Kadamay (Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap) led the occupation of idle housing units in a government relocation site in Pandi, Bulacan last week, President Rodrigo Duterte called the action “anarchy”. He even threatened them with eviction. Latest report says that the urban poor families – numbering…
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Continue reading →: Meralco rate hikes, prepaid electricity and neoliberal “users pay”
First published as IBON Features The February rate hike of Php0.92 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) that the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) announced is actually just the initial strike. In March, the unfortunate public should expect an even stronger blow from the utility giant as another rate hike of as much as…
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Continue reading →: Duterte’s Defense chief, US imperialism’s reliable point man
It is fitting that Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana made the first public declaration of the Duterte regime’s all-out war against the New People’s Army (NPA). Duterte’s termination of the peace talks, after all, is the culmination of the military and security establishment’s relentless campaign to undermine the peace efforts by…
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Continue reading →: CPP founding anniversary: Peace talks is Duterte’s best option against 48-year old insurgencyThe Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) warned the Duterte administration that it may be forced to soon withdraw its declared unilateral ceasefire amid the continuing armed operations of the military and unfulfilled commitment of the President to release all political prisoners. The CPP made the statement as it marks…
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Continue reading →: Paano linisin ang dinungisang dingding ng Embahada ng Kano?Una, palambutin ng usok ang pinturang nanigas Maghagis ng tear gas. Pangalawa, banlawan ng water cannon Hanggang kumupas ang pula. Para sa natitirang mantsa, Manghablot ng mga katutubo Kahit sino, kahit ilan Pero tandaang mas marami, mas mainam. Pagkatapos ay hambalusin Kahit saan tamaan Basta tandaang mas marahas, mas mainam.…
I’m Arnold Padilla, a Filipino activist, writer, and researcher.
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