A village captain in Las Navas, Northern Samar was killed by the death squad of the 20th Infantry Battalion, the National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today reported. Citing a police spot report, the NDF-EV said that unidentified persons shot and killed Nilo Ogatcho, village chief of Barangay Victory on Thursday, August 19. The victim’s daughter reported […]

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) warned of a bigger crisis that may break out in the coming months as conditions in public health, economy and politics under Rodrigo Duterte continue to worsen. In a statement published on August 13, the CPP said that the crisis may stem “from one or a combination of […]

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Thousands trooped to the Araneta Center vaccination site in Cubao, Quezon City on Sunday, August 8, seeking to be inoculated against Covid-19. Many were hopeful walk-in individuals, who ended up disappointed as they were driven away by the police. Reports tell of crowds flocking to the entrance of the site, short of duplicating the near-stampede […]

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.

Recent pronouncements by the Duterte regime’s officials that the earlier declared plan to terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) will no longer push through came as no surprise. At the outset, it was clear that Duterte’s “threat” to scrap it was only meant to demand additional military aid for his tyranny. Duterte himself said, “if […]

Units of the New People’s Army (NPA) mounted 11 offensives in Samar, Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental and Sorsogon from June 15 to 29 as challenge to Rodrigo Duterte’s last State of the Nation Address (SONA). Initial reports indicate that enemy units sustained 30 casualties with at least 26 killed. Northern Sa­mar. The NPA-Northern Samar am­bushed […]

Rodrigo Duterte formally reneged on his threat to abrogate the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) after personally meeting US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on July 29. Thus, the unimpeded entry and exit of huge number of US troops, materiél and military equipment to and from Philippine sovereign territories was officially restored. The push for the […]

Rodrigo Duterte delivered his last State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the Batasang Pambansa Complex, Quezon City in the afternoon of July 26. Lasting around three hours, his speech predictably focused on his agenda for the military and counterinsurgency, as well as his bogus war against drugs, terrorism and corruption. He also laid out […]