The Duterte regime is exploiting the Covid-19 crisis to further accumulate authoritarian powers and tighten its grip on power. The pandemic is far from contained. Yet instead of more aggressively undertaking needed public health measures, it is threatening to further mobilize its military forces and place the country under martial law “total lockdown” and establish […]

POLICE ELEMENTS ARRESTED former Anakpawis Rep. Ari­el Ca­si­lao and twelve other volunteers and residents in Norza­ga­ray, Bu­lacan on April 19. Casilao and five other volunteers were set to deliver relief goods to farmers when they were apprehended at a checkpoint at 10:15 a.m. They were brought to the Norzagaray police station, along with seven residents […]

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The 10th ID recognizes neither the pandemic nor ceasefire in its fascist campaign in Mindanao’s Pantaron Range. From March 24 to April 1, two of its battalions (60th and 56th IB) launched extensive combat operations in Lumad sitios and barrios along the border of Agu­san del Sur, Bu­kid­non and Davao del Nor­te. On March 24, […]

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) on April 15 directed all commands and units of the New People’s Army (NPA) and the people’s militia to extend its unilateral ceasefire declaration until April 30. The extension aims “to ensure quick and unimpeded support to all people requiring urgent medical, health and socioeconomic assistance in the […]

A unit of the New People’s Army (NPA) successfully countered an attack of the 94th IB at Sitio Ka­mu­ag, Ba­ra­ngay Ca­ra­ba­lan, Hi­ma­may­lan City on April 19. The unit was attacked while conducting a health campaign against Covid-19 in the said area. The Red fighters remained alert against military attacks even with the Communist Party of […]

Si­na­sa­man­ta­la ng re­hi­meng Du­ter­te ang kri­sis ng pandemyang Covid-19 upang la­long pa­la­wa­kin ang ka­pang­ya­ri­hang dik­ta­dor at pa­hig­pi­tin ang ka­pit ni­to sa po­der. Ma­ta­pos bi­gong pi­gi­lan ang pag­ka­lat ng bay­rus ga­mit ang mi­li­taristang lockdown, nag­ba­ban­ta ito nga­yong gagamit ng ba­tas mi­li­tar at ipa­kat ang mga sun­da­lo pa­ra ipai­la­lim ang ban­sa sa “to­tal lockdown” sa nga­lan ng […]

  THE COMMUNIST PARTY of the Philippines (CPP) criticized the Duterte regime for refusing to cancel foreign debt servicing amid the Covid-19 pandemic. De­part­ment of Fi­nance Sec. Sonny Do­mi­nguez stubbornly declared that debt moratorium has never crossed their minds, even as their programs are failing and their aid allocation insufficient. He stated this after the […]

FARMERS ROMNICK Var­­­gas, Juan Di­ki­no and Alden Javier were arrested by 2nd IB and police elements in Ba­ra­ngay Ca­bas-an, Aro­roy, Mas­ba­te on Abril 10. The three were apprehended after an encounter between the said troopers and an NPA unit. The victims were accused of being members of the people’s militia. On the same day, the […]

“We’ll die from either two things: hunger or the vi­rus. I think we’ll die earlier because of hunger.” It’s been a month since Rodrigo Duterte implemented the militarist Luzon lockdown. The number of Covid-positive individuals rapidly increased during the period. On April 20, the total number of infections and deaths reached 6,459 and 428, respectively. […]