But the new story errs in casually stating that 217 New People’s Army (NPA) surrenderees were hosted by Duterte last Wednesday night in Malacanang and even the NPA women surrenderees applauded Duterte´s incitement to his armed minions to shoot NPA women members in the vagina.

Dr. Jose Rizal was martyred and died a hero for his writings against Spanish colonialism and for being held by the colonial authorities accountable for the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution of 1896. In comparison, Duterte is now being investigated under the authority of the International Criminal Court on the charge of mass murder, butchering thousands of his impoverished countrymen either suspected or simply maligned as drug users and pushers.

At the meeting, which lasted 11 hours, the delegations from the divided country agreed on the participation of athletes from the DPRK in the Winter Olympics. They also discussed other issues related to improving relations such as the possible reunification of families separated by the Korean War. The parties also agreed to hold talks between army officials to discuss ways to avoid dangerous military incidents.

While there is no genuine land reform, the landlord class and plantation companies are ultimately the main beneficiary of free irrigation

Three important points are proven by Duterte´s surrender of the sovereign rights of the Philippines and Filipino people to China

More importantly the national democratic movement of the youth and the people has gained a tremendous amount of revolutionary experience from the founding of Kabataang Makabayan in 1954 or the First Quarter Storm of 1970.

Through the JMS People’s Academy, the mass movement hopes to overcome the error of empiricism, conservatism and elitism in theoretical study, parliamentarism and legalism, and the minimal number of formal political education.

I am quite different from Duterte who violates the JASIG and boasts of his brutal and bloodthirsty character by threatening to kill 5 NPA suspects (male or female) for every AFP soldier killed in battle. In fact, Duterte´s armed minions have run amuck by killing so many people on mere suspicion or sheer malice under Oplan Kapayapaan, Oplan Tokhang and Operation: Pacific Eagle-Philippines.