Cases of abduction, Red-tagging, harassment, and the filing of fabricated charges against peasants, workers, and human rights advocates were recorded in various parts of the country.

Abduction. Elements of the 47th IB abducted 60-year-old peasant Lolly Alperto while he was picking coffee near his home in Sitio Agpapataw, Barangay Binobohan, Guihulngan, Negros Oriental on January 31. Alperto was reportedly fired at and believed to have been wounded before taken by the soldiers. His family has yet to locate him to date.

Arrest and filing of charges. Security guards and the PNP-Cabuyao arrested 21 peasants who were holding a protest camp in Sitio Veinte-Veinte Cuatro, Barangay Casile, Cabuyao, Laguna on February 7. The peasants oppose the land grabbing by the Yulo family-owned Laguna Estates Development Corporation. They were charged with “trespassing” but the prosecutor immediately dismissed the case. The company claims ownership over the 24-hectare land in the barangay.

In Bulacan, PNP-San Jose Del Monte (SJDM) elements on February 11 arrested Engineer Even Calajate, one of the witnesses against the Primewater company. Five of SJDM Mayor Rida Robes’ supporters accused him of perjury. The case is related to his testimony before the Senate in November 2025 during a public investigation into Primewater’s dismal service.

Harassment. Two self-identified soldiers in plainclothes went to the home of retired Southern Mindanao Region labor organizer Eduardo Capuyan on February 10. They interrogated him about several individuals the military is hunting.

In Caloocan City, the office of Gabriela-Caloocan was forcibly entered and robbed on February 17. The perpetrators stole a projector, leaflets for the EDSA anniversary on February 25, and other materials. The office was ransacked. It had first been entered and placed under surveillance by men who introduced themselves as police on October 28, 2025.

Red-tagging. In Albay, posters from the NTF-Elcac tagging progressive Bicolano leaders and groups as “communists” were seen around and inside universities and schools since February 8. Among the victims was ACT Bicol Union vice president Julius Espadero.