Gipasirado sa Facebook niadtong Setyembre 22 ang kapin 100 ka akawnt ug page nga ginapadagan sa Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) ug Philippine National Police (PNP), ingonman ang dugang nga 100 maki-Duterte nga akawnt nga nasutang ginapadagan gikan sa China. Matud sa Facebook, ang maong mga akawnt milapas sa lagda sa kumpanya kalabot sa […]
Patay sa panagsangka tali sa usa ka yunit sa Bagong Hukbong Bayan-Surigao del Sur ug grupong paramilitar nga Magahat-Bagani niadtong Oktubre 4 si Hawudon Jumar Bucales ug duha pa niyang kauban. Giambus sa mga Pulang manggugubat ang grupo ni Bucales sa Sityo Mamsapranon, Barangay Banahao sa Lianga, Surigao del Sur. Si Bucales ang utok sa […]
Ka Juliet de Lima, interim chairperson of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), rated the Duterte regime’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic a “negative 99.9%.” “He (Rodrigo Duterte) has absolutely done nothing right” and instead scourged the people and made the government bankrupt. “The regime’s response to the Covid 19 pandemic has been […]
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) expressed intent to engage in discussions with Vice Pres. Leni Robredo as the constitutional successor of Rodrigo Duterte to press for the resumption of peace negotiations in case he gets ousted or forced to resign. “This can serve as a rallying point in the effort to oust […]
Exploitation of workers has intensified after returning to work amid the Covid-19 pandemic. When the Duterte regime allowed selected industries to reopen last May, it did so without requiring capitalists to test workers and ensure their health and safety in the workplace. Since then, it has only released two non-compulsory orders where companies were merely […]
Third part of the series on the Duterte regime’s borrowing binge. Read the first part, “Pandemic borrowing binge,” in Ang Bayan, August 21, 2020; second part, “Predicament to be caused by Duterte’s borrowing spree,” Ang Bayan, September 7, 2020. Much like Duterte today, the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos colluded with imperialist financial institutions to fund […]
Progressive representatives scrutinized and questioned the Duterte regime’s proposed budget for 2021 this month. Representatives from the Makabayan Bloc highlighted the bloated allocations for the military, as well as for Rodrigo Duterte’s office and agencies under it. These include a nearly 3,000% budget increase for the National Task Force-ELCAC, ₱206-billion increase for the Department of […]
State agents mercilessly killed Rolando Patiño Leyson, Sr., 78, last September 12 in Barangay San Pedro, Sison, Surigao del Norte. Five armed men raided his house and shot him 20 times. Leyson was targeted just because his son is a known New People’s Army (NPA) commander in the province. Earlier on September 8, tricycle driver […]
The Support to Parcelization of Lands for Individual Titles (SPLIT) program of the Department of Agriculture (DA) will only aggravate landlessness in the countryside, said the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) in a statement last September 7. The program will be funded using an ₱18.3-billion loan from the World Bank. It is set to cover […]
The New People’s Army (NPA)-Roselyn Jean Pelle Command ambushed intelligence agent Benedicto Omblero last September 4 in Negros Occidental. Two .45 caliber pistols and ammunition were seized from him. Omblero was an element of the Military Intelligence Battalion under the command of the 3rd ID, and a member of the anti-communist group ANAD. Meanwhile, the […]