Jose Maria Sison, founding chairperson of the re-established Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), passed away Friday, Dec. 16, the revolutionary group’s official newspaper announced today. He was 83.
Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa has revived the issue on Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino-published books, saying these materials would make readers subversive, only to be reminded that it is beyond the KWF’s mandate to ban books.