The NDFP is open to continuing peace talks

By LUIS G. JALANDONI Chairperson, NDFP Negotiating Panel 30 April 2013 The Aquino regime is acting irresponsibly by issuing bellicose statements about terminating the peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. It again shows no respect for binding peace agreements. For one, the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG) of […]

What “Rising Tiger” are the World Bank and the Aquino regime talking about? – Part 2

What “Rising Tiger” are the World Bank and the Aquino regime talking about? Alan Jazmines 02 April 2013 The Benigno S. Aquino III regime is self-congratulatory about government statistics portraying an unusually high (6.6%) growth rate of the country’s Gross Domestic Product in 2012 building up from to 6.3% in the first half to 7.1% […]

Aquino government commits war crimes in violating International Humanitarian Law

By LUIS G. JALANDONI Chairperson, NDFP Negotiating Panel 25 March 2013 The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) condemns in the strongest possible terms the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and its armed forces for committing war crimes in violating international humanitarian law. Earlier, in a statement, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) […]

Education as a Basic Right of the People… of the Youth… and even of the Poor

Education as a basic right of the people… of the youth… and even of the poor (25 March 2013) A 16 year old behavioral science freshman’s suicide last March 15 was induced by her having been obliged to take a leave of absence from school and to surrender her school identification card due to her […]

Need for Free Public Education, especially for the Poor

Need for Free Public Education, especially for the Poor 21 March 2013 Kristel Tejada’s suicide last March 15, induced by her forced leave of absence from school due to her poor family’s inability to pay for her tuition fee by the deadline at the University of the Philippines – Manila campus, and the mass student […]