Archive of Fr. Santiago “Ka Sanny” Salas | Spokesperson

NDF-EV urges youth and students to fight for free education and other democratic rights against the fascist tyranny of Duterte
September 27, 2019 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Eastern Visayas | Fr. Santiago “Ka Sanny” Salas | Spokesperson |

After getting strident opposition from the youth sector, the Duterte regime’s Commission on Higher Education (CHED) itself proved the sham of the much-ballyhooed “free education” program by stating some students are far more deserving than others to receive government education subsidy. “Duterte’s ‘free education’ is another dirty joke at the expense of the students. The […]

NDF-EV: Widespread killings in Matuguinao prove Duterte is no different from Marcos
September 21, 2019 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Eastern Visayas | Fr. Santiago “Ka Sanny” Salas | Spokesperson |

The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today exposed the widespread extrajudicial killings and human rights abuses in Matuguinao town, Samar since GRP President Rodrigo Duterte sat in power, as part of his regime’s mass killings of civilians more than any other puppet president. “Elements of the 63rd Infantry Battalion-Philippine Army, paramilitary groups and private armed groups […]

Remembrance and resistance: In solidarity with the march against dictatorship
September 20, 2019 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Eastern Visayas | Fr. Santiago “Ka Sanny” Salas | Spokesperson |

The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas expresses its solidarity with the demonstrations under the United People’s March Against Tyranny and Dictatorship in Tacloban City and nationwide today for the 47th commemoration of Marcos’s imposition of martial law. These put forward the timely call for people’s resistance and democracy over dictatorship. In particular, the people of the […]

NDF-EV: Privatization of Leyte water services reeks of Duterte-Villar cronyism
September 16, 2019 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Eastern Visayas | Fr. Santiago “Ka Sanny” Salas | Spokesperson |

The slated privatization of the Leyte Metropolitan Water District (LMWD) under the guise of a public-private partnership (PPP) with a Villar-owned corporation reeks of old school cronyism typical of the corrupt Duterte regime, the National Democratic Front said today in a statement. “The Duterte regime’s favoring of former senator Manny Villar, its known crony and […]

NDF-EV condemns AFP’s attacks on local officials as revealing who is the real persona non grata
September 04, 2019 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Eastern Visayas | Fr. Santiago “Ka Sanny” Salas | Spokesperson |

The National Democratic Front of the Philippines-Eastern Visayas today condemned the Philippine Army’s 8th Infantry Division for attacking or coercing the GRP’s civilian officials and local government units into declaring the CPP-NPA-NDF as “persona non grata.” “We denounce the fascist military led by Maj. Gen. Pio Dinoso III and the Department of Interior and Local […]

NDF-EV commends UP students and supporters for standing up to the fascist and tyrannical US-Duterte regime
August 29, 2019 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Eastern Visayas | Fr. Santiago “Ka Sanny” Salas | Spokesperson |

The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas salutes the students of UP Tacloban and their supporters who were part of the thousands of students and youth activists across the country who manifested their vociferous opposition to the proposal for state forces to conduct surveillance and militarize their schools. We congratulate the brave and militant Filipino youth and […]

‘Bigger, bloodier’: EV set for worse rights violations as army chief vows to end insurgency
August 20, 2019 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Eastern Visayas | Fr. Santiago “Ka Sanny” Salas | Spokesperson |

The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas (NDF-EV) today condemned the military’s vow to end insurgency in the region by year 2022, which the revolutionary organization warns will spell intensified and bloodier attacks against civilians and communities. NDF-EV spokesperson Fr. Santiago “Ka Sanny” Salas criticized the commander of 8th Infantry Division-Philippine Army for requesting additional troops and […]

NDF-EV will hold accountable Gov. Petilla, other government officials for collaborating in human rights violations and war crimes through EO 70
June 30, 2019 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Eastern Visayas | Fr. Santiago “Ka Sanny” Salas | Spokesperson |

This is a further response of the National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas to the slated implementation of Leyte Gov. Leopoldo Dominico Petilla and the provincial government of Executive Order 70. We wish to make it clear that EO 70 is GRP President Rodrigo Duterte’s scheme for fascist dictatorship. Under EO 70 and its “whole of government” […]

NDF-EV calls on people of Leyte to fight scheme to militarize civilian government for Duterte's dictatorship
June 13, 2019 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Eastern Visayas | Fr. Santiago “Ka Sanny” Salas | Spokesperson |

  The National Democratic Front of the Philippines – Eastern Visayas (NDF-EV) is disgusted with the Leyte provincial government’s seeking to implement a local task force to end insurgency and views this as servility to the Duterte regime’s desperate attempt to monopolize power and install a dictatorship. “In the guise of the ‘whole of nation/government’ […]

NDF-EV in solidarity with protest evacuations, calls on people of Eastern Visayas to unite and fight fascist Duterte regime with all forms of struggle
May 10, 2019 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Eastern Visayas | Fr. Santiago “Ka Sanny” Salas | Spokesperson |

The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas (NDF-EV) today expressed solidarity with the protest evacuations over the killings of two barangay captains in Samar. Residents of Barangay San Miguel, Las Navas, Northern Samar evacuated this May 9 over the killing of village chief Apolinario Lebico. Earlier last April 26, residents of Barangary Beri, Calbiga, Western Samar also […]