As the peasant movement in the country continues to call for the immediate release of Randall “Ka Randy” Echanis, deputy secretary general of Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) who has been detained for exactly a year today, the Katipunan ng mga Samahang Magbubukid sa Timog Katagalugan (Kasama-TK) is joining the leaders of KMP, friends and families of Ka Randy in …

The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today expressed distress at the increasingly dire straits of the people this 2009 under the Arroyo regime and said that waging revolution is the best way for fundamental changes. “Even in the first month of this year, the real plight of the people is glaringly clear,” said NDF-EV spokesperson Fr. Santiago Salas. “The people of …

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) condemns the US and its puppet regime for the scheduled 25-day US-Philippine joint military exercises starting January 26 at Camp Peralta in Jamindan, Capiz in Panay island. Dubbed “Balance Piston 09-1,” the military exercise is an instrument of the US in violating Philippine sovereignty and keeping a tight leash on the Armed Forces …

The military may have cut off his head and mangled his face and body. But Rey Cayago’s face and name could never be forgotten by his colleagues, his family, and the migrants and their families whom he had helped.
BY EMILY VITAL
Bulatlat
Vol. VIII, No. 15, May 18-24, 2008
There is a face to the growing number of those killed under the …

The New People’s Army has warned foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines Inc., telling the firm to abandon its huge mining project in South Cotabato or brace for attacks.

The National Democratic Front in Mindanao today claimed that the Communist New People’s Army in Mindanao launched 350 offensives against the government last year.

On the eve of the 39th anniversary of the New People’s Army, the Communist Party of the Philippines calls for more attacks and for the guerrillas to expand their reach to cover every congressional district in the Philippines.

Threat to civil liberties disguised as counter-insurgency measure
The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today slammed the revival of the National ID system saying it is “the Arroyo government’s latest concoction to threaten civil liberties and keep the population subservient.”
Bayan secretary general Renato M. Reyes, Jr. said that the fact that the proposal emanates from the Armed Forces of the …

By Prof. JOSE MARIA SISON
Founding Chairman,Communist Party of the Philippines
Chief Political Consultant, National Democratic Front of the Philippines
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) can best explain why the Arroyo regime cannot destroy but unwittingly causes the armed revolution to advance. But as the CPP founding chairman, NDFP chief political consultant and as a political scientist, …