PHILIPPINES DECLARES ENERGY EMERGENCY AMIDST GLOBAL SUPPLY SHOCKS
Philippines declares energy emergency due to low fuel reserves and high prices caused by the Iran conflict. Government can now buy fuel directly.
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The Philippines has only 45 days of fuel left, which is much less than usual. This means prices for gas and electricity could go up a lot.
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Agenzia Nova: Filippine: Marcos Jr. proclama emergenza energetica per l'impennata dei prezzi del carburante
25 mar 05:13 - (Agenzia Nova) - Il presidente delle Filippine, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., ha proclamato lo stato di emergenza energetica a causa... (Fim)
Philippines: Marcos Jr. declares energy emergency due to soaring fuel prices.
25 mar 05:13 - (Agenzia Nova) - The President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., has declared a state of emergency in energy due to... (Fim)
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No Peace to Be Found Among Warmongers – NDFP
The recent news that US President Donald Trump has invited Marcos Jr. to sit on his so-called “board of peace” is beyond absurd. There is no peace to be found among warmongers and mass murderers. What both Trump and Marcos Jr. represent instead is the peace of the graveyard marked by the silence enforced by bombs, bullets, and a climate of fear and impunity.
Trump’s attempt to posture himself as a “peacemaker” is exposed by his own record of unabashed US warmongering from military aggression and regime-change operations in Syria, Venezuela, and Iran, to his brazen threats against Greenland and even Canada, In the United States, Trump has unleashed brutal attacks against immigrants, and activists, criminalizing dissent and stoking racist violence, further isolating himself alongside a government of loyal sycophants.
Under the Marcos Jr. regime, at least 48,200 people, mostly peasants and indigenous communities, have been forcibly displaced as a result of relentless aerial bombardment and intensified “counterinsurgency” operations across the Philippine countryside. At least 15 individuals have been forcibly disappeared, while more are killed including NDFP peace panel consultants and negotiators. At least 134 civilians have been murdered, including children and women, as the fascist Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) continues indiscriminate bombings and ground operations that violate international humanitarian law.
Far from pursuing genuine peace, the Marcos Jr. regime has consistently refused to address the roots of armed conflict – chronic landlessness, joblessness, and poverty. Decades of failed agrarian reform programs have left millions of farmers landless, with 7 out of 10 farmers still unable to own the land they till, and condemned instead to semifeudal and feudal forms of exploitation. Workers’ wages are virtually stagnant. In 2025, incomes rose a measly 7.5%, far below the skyrocketing inflation of basic goods and necessities, effectively eroding real incomes and pushing more families into hunger and debt. Instead of confronting these structural injustices, Marcos Jr. has chosen the familiar path of militarization and fascist repression, branding any form of dissent as “terrorism.”
It is therefore no wonder that more and more Filipinos are joining the armed struggle in the countryside. Much like his father, Marcos Jr. has increasingly groomed himself as the number one recruiter of the New People’s Army.
That Marcos Jr. now finds himself embraced by Trump comes also as no surprise. Marcos Jr. has proven himself a loyal lapdog of US imperialism, faithfully implementing Trumps’ military, economic and geopolitical agenda. Recently, the US itself revealed the formation of a new permanent ground force in the country: the so-called “Army Rotational Force Philippines” further confirming the accelerated militarization being carried out under Marcos Jr.’s watch. This new US troop deployment exists alongside other US units such as Task Force Philippines and the Marine Rotational Force – Southeast Asia, signaling a state of perpetual US military presence on Philippine soil. This expansion also coincides with the deployment of US Typhon mid-range missile systems last year, the use of US drones, establishment of additional EDCA bases, and plans for over 500 large-scale military exercises involving more than ten thousand foreign troops in 2026 alone.
The farce of Marcos Jr.’s inclusion in Trump’s so-called “board of peace” is a futile PR tactic to launder the crimes of warmakers and US puppets. A harbinger of war, Marcos Jr. recklessly drags the Philippines closer to catastrophic US conflict with China out of his desperation to please Trump and his imperialist patrons.
Marcos Jr. is increasingly isolated. Recent impeachment complaints filed against him reflect the widespread people’s outrage over his regime’s brazen corruption and betrayal of the Filipino masses. The reactionary Philippine Congress may have blocked these actions to impeach Marcos Jr., but they cannot suppress the growing, uncontainable anger of the Filipino people.
Source: https://ndfp.info/no-peace-to-be-found-among-warmongers/
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Philippines: Marcos Jr’s lopsided deals with Trump reach new heights of treachery
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the International Office of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.
Marcos Jr’s recent visit to the United States, has demonstrated once again the regime’s deep-seated subservience to US imperialism. His trade and military concessions to Trump have reached new heights of treachery as he sacrificed the country’s sovereignty and economic integrity in exchange for crumbs from his US master.
Reject the Balikatan Exercises, Dismantle the US War Machine!
Balikatan 2025 turns Philippines into launchpad for US war—NDFP
April 21, 2025
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) denounced this year’s Balikatan military exercises as a dangerous escalation of US military intervention in the country, warning that the drills are transforming the Philippines into a staging ground for regional war.
With more than 14,000 US and Philippine troops participating in operations spanning Luzon, Palawan, and areas near Taiwan, the NDFP said Balikatan 2025 goes far beyond routine training. At the center of this year’s exercises is the US Marine Corps’ Marine Littoral Regiment (MLR), a rapid deployment force designed for island-hopping warfare aimed at confronting China in the South China Sea.
“This is no longer a joint training exercise—it is full-spectrum preparation for war,” the NDFP said in a statement. “Contrary to US claims, this war machine does not defend—it consumes. And it is using the Filipino people as its fuel.”
The group warned that new weapons systems being field-tested in the country—such as the NMESIS coastal missile platform—signal a shift toward a “first-strike posture” that threatens to draw the Philippines into a conflict between major powers. The presence of these weapons, the NDFP said, turns the archipelago into a launchpad for US military provocations, increasing the risk of retaliatory strikes from China.
“The cost of these war games will not be paid by Washington, but by Filipino communities who may find themselves in the crossfire,” the statement said.
The NDFP also criticized the use of Humanitarian Civic Assistance (HCA) programs, saying these are being used to normalize the US military presence while enabling the construction of infrastructure and the prepositioning of supplies within Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) sites. These same areas, the group noted, are also experiencing intensified militarization and operations targeting peasant and indigenous communities.
“Under the guise of development, the US is embedding itself deeper into our territory and aiding in counterinsurgency operations against the Filipino people,” the NDFP said.
The group condemned the Marcos Jr. administration for expanding US military access to Philippine territory, likening his actions to those of his father, who allowed the presence of US military bases during his fascist dictatorship.
“By opening more EDCA sites and giving the US military broader access, Marcos Jr. has surrendered more of our land and seas to foreign control,” the statement read.
“The people’s armed resistance remains the most effective means to assert national sovereignty and genuine democracy in the face of imperialist aggression and local tyranny,” the NDFP concluded.
This year’s iteration of the Balikatan however has morphed into a full-blown machinery of war staging, with the Philippines increasingly shackled to the gears of US-led aggression against its imperialist rival China. Contrary to US claims, this war machine does not defend—it consumes. And it is using the Filipino people as its fuel.
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