Ang Bayan (“The People”) is the official publication of the Communist Party of the Philippines, guided by Marxism-Leninism-Maoism. It is published by the Central Committee. AB comes out fortnightly every 7th and 21st of each month. The original Pilipino edition is translated into English, Bisaya, Waray, Hiligaynon and Iloko.

More than 100 days since February 28, when US imperialism and the Zionist state of Israel launched an invasion and weeks-long bombing of Iran, the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding on June 17 after complicated negotiations in Islamabad, Pakistan. The understanding sets out a 60-day “ceasefire” to discuss the details of a future […]

Units of the New People’s Army (NPA) mounted successive tactical offensives on Negros Island on June 12 and 14. It also carried out an active defense in Northern Samar. On June 14, the NPA-Northern Negros (Roselyn Jean Pelle Command) ambushed Regional Mobile Force Battalion-Negros Island Region troopers conducting counterinsurgency operations in Sitio Alimpolosan, Barangay Lalong, […]

Women of Central Negros established the local chapter of Makabayang Kilusan ng Bagong Kababaihan (Makibaka) on June 12. They held the gathering within a guerrilla zone area amid intense military operations. Makibaka-Central Negros spokesperson Ka Inday Gemodo introduced herself in honor and tribute to NPA-Central Negros Red fighter Juliana Arculo Gemodo, 63, who was martyred […]

The Southern Tagalog revolutionary movement ridiculed the Marcos regime and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for declaring a Stable Internal Peace and Security (SIPS) in the Calabarzon region (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) on June 12. The AFP declared the region “peaceful” and claimed the region free of the revolutionary movement’s influence. […]

Ending the US and Israel’s war of aggression against Iran and the Middle East remains uncertain despite the US and Iran government signing a “memorandum of understanding” or MOU for peace (Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding) on June 17. Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian and US President Donald Trump signed the memorandum electronically. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz […]

Thousands of Filipinos marched to the US embassy in Manila on June 12, the 128th anniversary of “Independence Day,” to denounce the continuing US imperialist domination in the country. Led by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), they condemned the fake independence, especially amid the increasing and overlapping war games, the construction of a “Pax Silica hub,” […]

Residents of Sitio Green Valley, Barangay Nalus, Kiamba, Sarangani successfully drove out on June 2 the 105th IB troops that had been encamped for months and implementing the counterinsurgency Retooled Community Support Program (RCSP) in their community. The military’s encampment at the center of the barangay violates international humanitarian law. United residents took action and […]

  Transfer of Jovito Palparan denounced. Erlinda Cadapan and Concepcion Empeño, mothers of the disappeared activists Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño, went to the Supreme Court on June 15 to demand disclosure of the whereabouts of former general Jovito Palparan. Palparan was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole in 2018 for kidnapping and serious illegal […]

The puppet Marcos regime is dragging local governments into the danger and peril of the US imperialist war by launching the Inter-Agency Territorial Defense Operations Exercise (ITDOEx). This is a war game of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) disguised as “civil-military cooperation” amid severe crisis and disasters. Under this, local governments (from barangay […]