Sa gitna ng krisis na dala ng pandemya na coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), hindi nakakalimutan ng mga magsasaka at mamamayan ng Northern Samar ang isang taong anibersaryo ng pagkamatay ni Apolinario “Kap Pening” Lebico, kapitan ng Barangay San Miguel, Las Navas noong Abril 25, 2019. Pinatay ng mga elemento ng 20th Infantry Battalion-Philippine Army si Kap […]
We celebrate the 47th anniversary today of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. The NDFP was founded a year after Marcos declared martial law and imposed a fascist dictatorship on the country for the next 14 years. The NDFP played a significant role in strengthening revolutionary resistance after martial law forced the national democratic […]
The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas agrees with the worldwide call by the United Nations and other humanitarian organizations to release prisoners to prevent unnecessary suffering and loss of life in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The human rights organizations in the Philippines are already pressing for the release of elderly, ailing and political prisoners. […]
We are addressing this letter to Bishop Isabelo Abarquez of Calbayog, Bishop Crispin Varquez of Borongan, and Bishop Emmanuel Trance of Catarman. We are pleased at the interest of the good bishops in peace for our country. The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) […]
The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today strongly assailed “the fascist tyranny of the simultaneous illegal raids last February 7 by Duterte government forces on the offices of progressive organizations in Tacloban City, Leyte, and the arrests of a journalist and human rights defenders on false charges and evidence.” As reported in the media, those taken […]
The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today condemned the recent extrajudicial killings of three peasants in Northern Samar and pinned these on the Philippine Army’s 8th Infantry Division. “The new year has barely started and a peasant leader already been killed in line with the Duterte government’s ‘counterinsurgency’ campaign,” said Fr. Santiago “Ka Sanny” Salas, NDF-EV […]
The National Democratic Front in Eastern Visayas (NDF-EV) today condemned the 8th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army’s urging for martial law in Samar as a crude attempt to sabotage the efforts to resume peace talks. Spokesperson Captain Reynaldo Aragones, in a radio interview, called on GRP President Rodrigo Duterte to declare martial law in […]
The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today assailed the 8th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army for widespread witch-hunting since Duterte’s Memorandum Order 32 (MO 32) and Executive Order 70 (EO 70) placed the region under de facto martial law. “The 8th ID has been on a blitz of witch-hunting in high schools and colleges region-wide, […]
The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today said the Duterte government’s recent enlistment of the media in the region for “counterinsurgency” is symptomatic of the militarization and fascization of the government and civil society. “The Duterte regime wants to align the entire government and civil society with the military’s “counterinsurgency” campaign that is being condemned for […]
The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today said that one year after the Duterte regime’s Memorandum Order 32 placed Samar under virtual martial law, the New People’s Army (NPA) is going from victory to victory, leaving the Armed Forces of the Philippines reeling from continuing battlefield losses and resorting to dirty propaganda against the NPA. “The […]