The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas condemns the officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines for the spate of human rights violations by troops of the 93rd Infantry Battalion conducting pursuit operations against the New People’s Army in Carigara, Leyte last November 13. Soldiers illegally raided the house of couple Edencio and Nora Dionaldo and […]
The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today denounced the Philippine Army for putting more barrios in Western Samar under hamletting and combat-intelligence-psywar operations veiled as Retooled Community Support Program (RCSP), which add undue hardship upon the people who face worsening health and economic prospects amidst the pandemic. The NDF-EV cited reports from the New People’s Army-Western […]
The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today reported that Philippine Army troops shot dead an onlooking civilian with a mental health problem, and not a fighter of the New People’s Army, in an encounter in Dolores, Eastern Samar last August. Citing reports from the NPA-Eastern Samar (Sergio Lobina Command or SLC), the NDF-EV accused elements of […]
The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today commemorates with the people of Sag-od the anniversary of the brutal massacre perpetrated by armed goons during the Marcos regime. Almost four decades later, the struggle for genuine peace and justice for the victims remains relevant as the Duterte regime continues to wield state terrorism as a weapon of […]
The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas again appeals to the Roman Catholic bishops in Samar to see through the criminal, terrorist Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF-ELCAC), leave this 8th Infantry Division-led formation and the Samar Island Partnership for Peace and Development, and thus withdraw support from the Duterte regime’s campaign of […]
The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today assailed the 8th Infantry Division-Philippine Army for barring peasants in San Jose de Buan, Western Samar from harvesting the only rice harvest they have for the year should they refuse to surrender as members of the New People’s Army. “We condemn this surrender campaign by the 8th ID […]
The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas condemns the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police for again reviving the incredulous case of “walking skeletons” in Inopacan, Leyte to justify its illegal arrest and detention of former peasant activist Felomino D. Salazar, Jr. The “mass grave” pinned on Salazar has long been proven […]
The National Democratic Front in Eastern Visayas condemns the Armed Forces of the Philippines for the recent killing of a farmer in Northern Samar and illegal arrest of activists in Leyte amidst the escalating rights violations and anti-communist psy-war by state forces in the past weeks. Elements of the 20th IB strafed the house of […]
The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas strongly condemns the murder of Kadamay leader Carlito Badion and accuses state security forces under the Duterte regime of the crime. To our knowledge, Carlito Badion, whose body was found in Ormoc City last May 28, had sought refuge in Leyte from where he hails after receiving death threats from […]
The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas strongly condemns the extrajudicial killing of urban poor activist Carlito Badion and peasant activist Allan Aguinaldo by suspected state agents last week. “The Armed Forces of the Philippines have hunted down Badion and Aguinaldo for years,” said Fr. Ka Santiago “Ka Sanny” Salas, spokesperson for the NDF-EV. “We have reason […]