The Makabayan bloc, a league of militant party-list groups in Congress, is considering cutting its ties with the Liberal Party-led majority in the House of Representatives and adding its voice to the dwindling minority.
Police in Istanbul have cordoned off the city’s Taksim Square to traffic and pedestrians after clearing out protesters occupying a park in a show of discontent with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 10-year tenure.
Various trade unions and militant groups announced Tuesday they would hold a massive Labor Day protest in Manila to reiterate workers’ demands for wage increases.
The military took a swipe at militant groups, saying noisy protests are not helping survivors of Typhoon “Pablo” any.
Millions of poor coconut farmers across the country will continue to remain destitute even with the improved export index of Philippine’s “coco water,” an official of the militant farmers group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas said Tuesday.
Militants attacked an army camp in northwestern Pakistan with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades before dawn on Saturday, killing six members of the security forces, officials said.
Hundreds of protesting farmers stormed the offices of the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) in Quezon City on Thursday, clashing with riot policemen who tried to stop them with fire extinguishers.
African Union troops mistakenly opened fire on a religious school while pursuing militants, killing five children and two adults, a Somali legislator said Thursday.
Violence erupted near the US Embassy as police and militants clashed when the marchers tried to get past the phalanx of lawmen Tuesday, the 114th Independence Day anniversary.
Militants left Mendiola Tuesday afternoon and were on their way to the US Embassy in Roxas Boulevard.
Militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan called on President Benigno Aquino III Tuesday to “check his math” and “erroneous computation” after announcing on Tuesday, Labor Day, that the government could not grant the P125 wage increase demanded by the workers.
Militants gathered along Espana Tuesday have started to march en route to Mendiola in Manila Labor Day.
Militants have been massing in Welcome Rotonda, Quezon City since Monday evening as they prepare for their march to Mendiola this Labor Day.
