Archive of Ma. Roja Banua | Spokesperson

Marcos regime wastes the public’s funds for pointless red-tagging
November 13, 2022 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Bicol | Ma. Roja Banua | Spokesperson |

Even as the Filipino masses starve to death, the Marcos regime and its most dogged anti-communist stooges remain relentless in their senseless red-tagging. It is infuriating how the government has the gall to waste billions of pesos for baseless accusations while it does its best in denying workers of any substantial increase in wage and […]

Sinasayang ng rehimeng Marcos ang pera ng taumbayan sa walang katuturang red-tagging
November 13, 2022 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Bicol | Ma. Roja Banua | Spokesperson |

Kahit halos nagdudumilat na sa gutom ang masang Pilipino, wala pa ring awat ang rehimeng Marcos at masusugid nitong anti-komunistang alagad sa walang kapaki-pakinabang na red-tagging. Nakagagalit na bilyun-bilyong piso ang linulustay ng gubyerno para sa walang batayang pambabansag at intimidasyon samantala ni isang kusing ay wala itong maibigay para dagdagan ang sahod ng mga […]

Fascists like Cascolan has no place in the health sector
November 08, 2022 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Bicol | Ma. Roja Banua | Spokesperson |

The appointment of Camilo Cascolan, a PNP general, as one of the Department of Health (DOH)’s top officials is a huge insult for medical professionals and workers. Above all, Cascolan has no qualification for the said position. He knows nothing about saving lives and upholding the masses’ welfare. During his whole career as a police […]

Walang lugar ang berdugong si Cascolan sa sektor ng kalusugan
November 08, 2022 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Bicol | Ma. Roja Banua | Spokesperson |

Isang malaking sampal para sa mga propesyunal at manggagawang pangkalusugan ang pagtatalaga sa isang heneral ng PNP na si Camilo Cascolan bilang isa sa pinakamatataas na upisyal ng Department of Health (DOH). Una sa lahat, walang anumang kwalipikasyon si Cascolan para sa naturang pusisyon. Wala siyang alam sa pagliligtas ng buhay at pagkalinga sa masa. […]

Four years of NTF-ELCAC, four years of rabid fascism
November 07, 2022 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Bicol | Ma. Roja Banua | Spokesperson |

It has been four years since the tyrant Duterte masterminded the creation of National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict. Under its enforcement, government agencies were obliged to participate in Duterte’s war against the populace. From the outset, the nation has experienced nothing but ever worsening magnitudes of rabid fascism and endless human […]

Apat na taon ng NTF-ELCAC, apat na taon ng nag-uulol na pasismo
November 07, 2022 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Bicol | Ma. Roja Banua | Spokesperson |

Apat na taon na mula nang ipakana ng tiranong si Duterte ang pagbuo sa National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict. Sa bisa nito, inobliga ang lahat ng mga ahensya ng gubyernong lumahok sa gera kontramamamayan ni Duterte. Mula nang umiral ito, nag-uulol na pasismo at walang katapusang paglabag sa karapatang tao ang […]

Bicol has long been in a state of calamity under the semicolonial and semifeudal system
November 04, 2022 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Bicol | Ma. Roja Banua | Spokesperson |

The country has not even recovered from the damages wrought by past typhoons but now, it is besieged with yet another – Typhoon Paeng. As in the past, the nation has no semblance of any decent defense nor preparation against storms. Hundreds of millions of properties are destroyed and lost. Because Bikol is one of […]

Matagal nang nasa state of calamity ang Bikol sa ilalim ng sistemang malakolonyal at malapyudal
November 04, 2022 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Bicol | Ma. Roja Banua | Spokesperson |

Hindi pa nga nakababangon mula sa danyos na dala ng mga nagdaang bagyo, muli na namang binayo ang bansa ng Bagyong Paeng. Tulad nang dati, walang anumang makabuluhang paghahanda at depensa ang bansa mula sa mga bagyo. Daan-daang milyong halaga ng mga ari-arian ang nawasak at nawala. Dahil isa sa mga pinakamalubhang tinamaan ang Bikol, […]

May pulitika ang mga salita! Labanan ang pagtatanggal ng terminong batas militar sa kurikulum!
October 23, 2022 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Bicol | Ma. Roja Banua | Spokesperson |

Pinakabago sa mga pakana ng pagbabaluktot ng kasaysayan ang pagtatanggal ng terminong ‘batas militar’ sa lahat ng mga aklat at kurikulum sa paaralan at pagpalit dito ng ‘bagong lipunan’. Ang usaping ito ay hindi lamang simpleng isyu ng semantika. May pulitika ang mga salita. Sa pagpapalit-termino, itinatatwa rin ang kasaysayan at iniralang konteksto ng orihinal […]

Words are political! Oppose the removal of the term martial law from the education curriculum!
October 23, 2022 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Bicol | Ma. Roja Banua | Spokesperson |

Latest among the maneuvers to distort history is the attempt to replace the term ‘martial law’ with ‘new society’ in all books and across all school curricula. The issue here is not simple semantics. Words are political. By changing the terminology, the history and context in which the word was originally used is lost. This […]