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Mars, Kabataan Party-list Rep. Renée Co used the House budget hearing on September 8, 2025 to question continued funding for the Barangay De

MANILA — “This proclamation raises a constitutional red flag.” This was the warning of Arian Jane Ramos, a former Gabriela member and former CPP-NPA cadre, of what she sees as a dangerous deviation from constitutional limits and democratic norms. She urged for strict adherence to the Constitution, faster resolution of disqualification cases, and a sober reckoning within the women’s movement.

Ang panawagan ng Defend Mindoro para sa “hustisya” ay may malinaw na kinikilingan. Hindi ito nakabatay sa kung sino ang inosente o may sala, kundi sa kung sino lamang ang kaalyado ng kilusan. Sa kanilang pananaw, ang karapatan ay hindi likas sa lahat, ngunit ito ay gantimpalang iginagawad sa mga kasamang handang mag-alay ng buhay para sa Partido. Sa likod ng isinisigaw nilang "hustisya," naroon ang nakakabinging katahimikan — katahimikang tumatabing sa mga dinukot na kab

Official budget records, however, show that the 2026 National Expenditure Program (NEP) for BDP of ₱8.08 billion represents only a 3.6% modest rise from the prior 2025 NEP of ₱7.8 billion.

“Malaking tulong sa amin ang amnestiya at safe conduct pass,” ani alias Lenlen, isa sa mga FR na dumalo ng naturang summit.

She's a 43-year-old wife, mother of three teenage daughters and four dogs. She now adds FR, or "former rebel," to her identity.

Camarines Norte, Philippines — Authorities arrested, on September 4, 2025, Faye Margarette Tallow, a former University of the Philippines (U

Charisse Bernadine “Chaba” Bañez’s name once echoed in the halls of the University of the Philippines as a young activist brimming with pass

Pinapalamutian ng mga kaaya-ayang ideya ng patriotismo, kabayanihan at karangalan ang marahas at madugong armadong insurhensya na lumilinlan

Nang sumiklab ang malalaking protesta sa Indonesia nitong Agosto 2025, isa sa mga pinakakakaibang tanawin ay hindi lang ang dagsa ng tao o a

This is the phenomenon of red bragging: publicly boasting about the supposed heroism of the CPP-NPA-NDFP’s armed revolution, only to recoil in indignation when confronted with the consequences.

Hindi lang kasawian at pagkagapi ang aking naranasan sa NPA, kundi ang pag-abandona ng Partido sa mga mandirigma nito, gayon din ang masaklap na unti-unting hindi na pagtanggap ng masa sa kilusan.

The campaign sequence—abducted-surface-donate—has appeared in multiple profile cases over years. What is it and why should people be wary?

Sa kasaysayan ng mga anti-insurgency programs ng gobyerno, napatunayan ang bisa ng tinatawag na “whole nation-government” approach na pinapatupad ngayon at pinangungunahan ng NTF-ELCAC.

But one crucial question was left unasked: sa lahat ng hirap na ito—nagsisisi ba kayo na iniwan ang armadong pakikibaka?

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) has long characterized the Philippines as a “semi-colonial and semi-feudal” society, a...

MANILA — A former Anakbayan member, who later became a guerilla fighter in Southern Tagalog, called out his former national democratic organization in denouncing the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) by vilifying the gains of the Barangay Development Program (BDP).    “BDP should be seen as an investment in our barangays, not as corruption. In reality, these projects are sustained and even driven by the people themselves in their commu

David, Encela, and del Monte told FORUM-ASIA that the case study included in the report miscast them as “indigenous peoples' rights defenders” who were abducted. 

What remains are scattered bands operating in survival mode, clinging to relevance by staging encounters that are more symbolic than strategic.

Video courtesy of Ano Ba'Yan! Watch as supposed activist call for the youth to join the armed struggle led by the Communist Party of the...