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Police forces illegally arrested Eugene Garcia, chairperson of the workers union in Pioneer Flat Glass Manufacturing, in Pasig City last March 20. He was charged with a fabricated case of illegal possesion of firearms. Upon presenting a search warrant, the police searched through and then planted a .45 caliber pistol in his residence. Last 2016, […]
Twenty soldiers attempted to enter the BAYAN-Northern Mindanao Region office in Camaman-an, Cagayan de oro City last March 20 purportedly to arrest a certain “Albert.” When they were refused entry, the soldiers surrounded the house and prohibited the staff members to leave the office. On the same day, the office of KASTAN, the provincial chapter […]
Progressive youth organizations mounted successive protests condemning the brutal killing of Willie Amihoy, a Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) cadet in the Iloilo State College of Fisheries. The protesters said that ROTC reinforces bullying and violence among students. Various youth groups in UP Cebu and Kabataan Partylist-Panay also conducted protests on March 12 and 13, […]
Farmgate prices of palay, onion and other local agricultural products continued to decline during the first quarter of 2019. This is due to the unimpeded importation of these products under trade liberalization. Local palay prices were at P14/kilo in March, down from more or less P20/kilo last year. This is a direct consequence of the […]
PROTEST VS. CYBER-ATTACKS. Various alternative media groups, digital rights activists and their supporters marked the World Day Against Cyber-Censorship last March 12 with a protest action in front of the Department of Information and Communications Technology. The protesters condemned the agency’s inaction over the demand of the groups to address the attacks on their websites, […]
The scourge of SEMPO in Negros Police and military forces successively killed 14 farmers just within a few hours on March 30 in Negros Oriental. The victims add to the seven farmers killed from December 2018 to January under the campaign of suppression dubbed as SEMPO. Starting from 1 a.m., the latest killings were perpetrated […]
Three peasants were illegally arrested in Barangay Mulangan, Igbaras, Iloilo last March 18. The three were identified as Roberto Elamparo, 50, Ruperto Enar, 51 and Ramon Enar, 49. The AFP claimed that an encounter ensued near the area and accused the three as members of the NPA. In Iloilo, three Tumandok minorities were also illegally […]
Five battalions of the Armed Foces of the Philippines (AFP) are currently conducting focused operations in 12 communities situated in the boundaries of Cabanglasan and San Fernando, Bukidnon since January this year. No less than 1,400 soldiers from the 60th IB, 56th IB, 57th IB, 58th IB, 88th IB, Scout Rangers and Division Reconnaissance Company […]
More than 300 families or 1,409 individuals evacuated from Hagbay, Can-aponte, San Nicolas and San Pedro in San Jose de Buan, Samar on March 17-25 due to the three-month long operation of the 87th IB in their communities. Among the evacuees are 424 children, 66 elderly individuals and 11 pregnant women. Last March 25, soldiers […]
Half a million residents suffered a limited six- to 18-hour supply of water per day for almost two weeks last month. Although water supply is gradually stabilizing, water supply interruptions are expected to continue in the coming months. People bear the brunt of inefficient water distribution services under greedy private operators. This experience directly contradicts […]