Pangbukas Ginapublisar sang Ang Bayan ang espesyal nga report nga ini bahin sa mga paglapas sang mga armadong pwersa sang Gubyerno sang Republika sang Pilipinas (pangunahon na ang Armed Forces of the Philippines kag Philippine National Police) sa kinamatarung sang mga bata sa idalom sang internasyunal nga makatawo nga layi kag sa idalom sang nagaluntad […]

Sa harap ng walang habas na pasistang pagyurak sa kapakanan ng mga bata, dapat magkaisa ang lahat at palakasin ang tinig upang sama-samang ipagtanggol at pangalagaan ang mga bata, habang isinusulong ang digma para sa kanilang kinabuksan.

Introduction This special report of Ang Bayan features violations of the rights of the child and special protections under international humanitarian laws by the armed forces of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (primarily the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police.) Child rights violations have markedly increased and worsened […]

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 Iloco.

Inflation rose to 7.7% in October (the highest since 2008) in the face of relentless increases in the prices of oil, food, housing, medicine, education and other basic necessities. The people’s extreme poverty and hardship are becoming more pervasive as standards of living continue to fall. The suffering of millions has intensified as a result […]

The New People’s Army (NPA) ambushed soldiers from the 24th IB in Mount Basiwag, Barangay Gacab, Malibcong, Abra province last October 27. Two troopers were killed while another was wounded. The ambush is a punishment of the said unit for its fascist attacks and suppression of the people’s opposition to extensive mining operations in Abra […]

The New People’s Army (NPA) units in Negros island mounted a series of tactical offensives over the past two weeks targetting the most notorious military and police units. The NPA-Central Negros fired at a police station in Sitio Parkingan, Trinidad, Guihulngan City on November 1. Two policemen were reported injured. On the same day, NPA […]

  Doctor, not police. On October 23, health workers protested the appointment of former police chief Camilo Cascolan as Undersecretary of the Department of Health (DOH). They called it out-and-out militarization of health services. Abolish the NCIP! Different organizations of national minorities trooped to the office of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) in […]

Four unions staged protests and collective actions this week to advance their rights to collective bargaining and demand a fair increase in wages. In Quezon City, Kowloon House restaurant workers staged a protest action during their lunchbreak on November 3. They demanded the company to comply with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) order […]

Farmers’ staged a series of protest actions to mark the Peasant Month last October. They joined the 14th International Day of Rural Women on October 15 and the 43rd World Food Day on October 17, also called “World Hunger Day.” On both occasions, they went to the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Quezon City and […]