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Muling sinusubukan ng mga grupong kaugnay ng National Democratic movement na buhayin ang usapin ng tinaguriang “Talaingod 13.” Noong Hulyo 16, pinangunahan ng Save Our Schools Network ang isang kumperensiyang pinamagatang “Annual State of Justice in Mindanao Conference: Justice for Talaingod 13 and Beyond.” Sa naturang pagtitipon, muling iniharap ang naratibong ang estado umano ang nang-api sa mga tinawag nilang “human rights advocates” na nagsagawa ng rescue mission para sa

Sa huli, ang totoong motibo ng NPA ay hindi ang pagprotekta sa kalikasan kundi ang pagkolekta ng “revolutionary tax.” Kapag tumangging magbayad ang isang kumpanya, doon sila nagiging target — hindi dahil sa kanilang pinsala sa kapaligiran, kundi dahil sa kanilang pagtanggi na sustentuhan ang armadong kilusan. Ito ang mapait na katotohanang kailangang malaman ng publiko upang hindi na sila malinlang ng magandang pakinggan pero huwad na propaganda. Ang tunay na pagtatanggol sa

Kapag matagal kang namuhay sa isang mundong hiwalay sa lipunan, unti-unting lumiliit ang mundong ginagalawan mo. Dahil sa mahabang panahon ng pagkabukod sa kabundukan, marami ang nawawalan ng tiwala na kaya pa nilang bumuo ng normal na buhay sa ibaba. Ang organisasyon na lamang ang tanging nagiging mundo nila. Ang tinatawag naming "rev family"—ang mga kasama—ang nagiging tanging pamilyang kinikilala nila. Sa bawat paglipas ng panahon, unti-unting natatakot ang mga hukbo na mu

The recent Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) mobilization along EDSA deserves attention, not as an endorsement of its objectives or its politics, but for demonstrating a level of organizational capacity that few groups in the Philippines can still match. Regardless of where one stands on the rally’s purpose, the facts are difficult to ignore. The demonstration forced road closures along EDSA, disrupted rush-hour traffic across Metro Manila, prompted the deployment of hundreds of police

For many former rebels, community enterprises like this answer one of the most difficult questions after surrender: what comes next?

Gaddi alleges that certain individuals wanted Kayumanggi to align itself with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. When she refused, she says, she was eventually accused of red-tagging them.

Where does responsible campus oversight end, and where does political surveillance begin?

Sulong Tayo! presents itself as a fresh start, a coalition of independent students finally breaking free from old labels. But the pattern we have traced—from STAND UP's 2023 admissions of systemic sexual harassment, to the USC's catastrophic mishandling of the Jobert Pillas rape case, to the steady rebranding from Laban Kabataan to Sulong Tayo!—tells us that it is more than mere political spin. This is not just about one coalition avoiding accountability. This is about a s

Toboso, Negros Occidental — A 15-year-old girl was among the 19 individuals slain in the April 19 armed encounter between government troops