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KALINAW Davao de Oro continues to build a strong foundation of peace and development in the province.

National democratic youth organizations have, once again, pointed fingers outward, insisting that state policy is to blame for the dwindling militancy of their movement. The newest line of attack claims that the National Action Plan for Unity, Peace, and Development (NAP-UPD), a framework implemented by the NTF-ELCAC, is a killer of youth activism. It is an accusation that collapses under the weight of what the policy actually says. NAP UPD’s target is explicit and narrow, th

Sa totoo, hindi naman unang beses ni Joane A. Pilo, isang kawani ng Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), na makakita ng mga dating

Dahil dogmatiko, wala nang malikhaing kapasidad ang CPP para mag-isip ng mga makabagong ideya kundi ang balik-balikan ang mga luma at panis ng naratibo nito.

Yet for former recruits who eventually joined underground organizations, or even armed guerrilla fronts, that simple online form is a natural 'stepping-up' of tactics toward radicalization.

Para sa mga dating rebelde, gayunpaman, ang Ikatlong Pagwawasto ay hindi isang lunas.

How can people like us remain revolutionary… without being armed insurgents?

When Typhoon Uwan hammered the northern coast of Aurora, communities were left clinging to what little remained while waiting for help that moved too slowly. Roads were blocked, towns were dark, and many found themselves isolated with no clear sense of when government relief would arrive. In those critical first hours, the fastest responders were former rebels from Buklod Kapayapaan.

Hitik sa mga aral at repleksyon ang ginanap na “Women and International Law: Legal Dialogue and Testimonial Sharing of Women Former Rebels” na inilunsad ng Kalinaw Southeastern Mindanao Inc. (Kalinaw SEMR) at Rizal Memorial Colleges – School of Law (RMC-SOL) nitong ika-8 ng Nobyembre sa Camp General Manuel T. Yan Sr., Mawab, Davao de Oro.

Amid the noise of “political victories” and the celebrations over the Mayo Uno 6 acquittal, one truth refuses to go away. The Mayo Uno 6 refers to six youth activists who were recently cleared of all charges from the 2024 Labor Day protest. But while the public celebrated, something darker remained unresolved. Within the youth group at the center of this case, they chose to keep a man accused of serious abuse. They kept a criminal in their ranks, and that fact still haunts th

For former rebels, however, the Third Rectification is not a cure. It is a defensive consolidation, a last-ditch attempt to resuscitate an exhausted strategy by doubling down on doctrine and discipline.

True enough, familiar narratives about “red-tagging” and the “crimes of the state” surfaced, while the realities of underground recruitment and armed struggle were again buried under rhetoric.

In that room, surrounded by facilitators, counselors, and fellow former rebels, they began to tell their stories

Understanding the forum as fascist obscures the real concerns being raised and simplifies a nuanced discussion into mere rhetoric.

That was the moment the war began to change in my heart. I began to question everything, not the dream of justice, but the path we took to reach it.

According to Ramos, the preliminary findings aim to distinguish legitimate activism from covert recruitment, and to inform peace-building through education and transparency.

When I think about the way the CPP-NPA-NDFP recruits and operates, it reminds me very much of how a religious cult functions.

The recruitment of young people from the cities to the mountains is not coincidence—it is command. In every story of a young person who “decides” to join the revolution, we often hear the refrain: “It was my personal choice.” A decision, they say, born of conviction, a moral stand for justice. But the truth is, it is never merely personal. Behind every so-called choice lies the collective hand of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), deliberate, organized, and systema

I wanted change. I wanted it fast. I wanted it to be real.

Written in October 2021, “On Three Viewpoints Concerning the 2022 Elections” was not just an ideological commentary. Certainly not rare but a candid exposition of the CPP’s dual political strategy: the simultaneous pursuit of armed struggle and electoral participation through its legal “patriotic and democratic” organizations. Read carefully, Sison’s own words reveal how the Party sustains this two-pronged approach, and how it protects the tactic by weaponizing the narrative