The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) squandered approximately P25 million in public funds in its offensive last May 14 at Sitio Hayon, Libas Sud, San Miguel, Surigao del Sur. In a single day, it dropped eight 230-kilo bombs using FA-50 fighter jets, and launched 24 rockets using helicopters. The area was also strafed using […]
More than 100 Lumads were arrested in various parts of Northern Mindanao in the course of three months of combat operations by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). The worst among these is the arrest of 100 peasants and Lumads in Sitio Balaas and Airburn in Barangay Mabuhay; and Nabangkal in Barangay Magkalungay, San […]
Elements of the 9th Special Forces Company and police held and arbitrarily detained a convoy of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Lianga, Surigao del Sur on May 29. The convoy was reportedly transporting two wounded Red fighters identified as Jea Angeles Perez and Noel Dadang. Flagging down and detaining a vehicle with […]
Offensives mounted by the CPI-Maoist Red fighters of the Communist Party of India (CPI)-Maoist seized 16 weapons, ammo vests, magazins, ammunition, and handheld radios in its successful ambush in Minpa, Sukma District, Chattisgarh on March 21. Seventeen jawan (police) were killed and 15 were wounded. Two others were killed and three were wounded in another […]
Hundreds of activists took to the streets after an almost three-month lockdown to oppose the Duterte regime’s “Anti-Terrorism” Bill. Approximately one thousand rallyists converged at the University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman in Quezon City, and several others in Laguna last June 4 to oppose the said bill which was then being railroaded in the lower […]
The Duterte regime was exposed for having procured grossly overpriced medical equipment in the past months. The most recent was the procurement of 10 million personal protective equipment (PPE) sets from an unidentified Chinese company at P1,800 per set or a total of P20 billion. PPE sets are commonly bought at only P400-P1,000 per set. […]
The Duterte government’s response to the pandemic has been a big failure. The people are mired in hunger and joblessness even as the virus continues to spread after almost three months under lockdown. The regime squandered the people’s sacrifices in one of the world’s longest lockdown. It did not strength the health system. It did […]
Police forces arrested six jeepney drivers in Caloocan City who protested on June 2 to demand the lifting of the ban on jeepney operations. The protest was part of the national campaign of the Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (Piston) for the resumption of jeepney operations. Jeepney driver Elmer Cordero, 72, […]
Migrante Philippines strongly condemned the Duterte regime for its garbage-like treatment of returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are now queued in Metro Manila due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Approximately 24,000 of them have long been locked up in quarantine facilities due to the slow pace of testing and the delayed issuance of results. One […]
Pinasabugan ng granada ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan (BHB)-Bukidnon ang mga elemento ng First Bukidnon Police Mobile Force Company na nagbabantay ng tsekpoynt sa Barangay Cabulohan, Cabanglasan noong Hunyo 1. Dalawang pulis ang nasugatan sa opensiba. Kinabukasan, pinasabugan ng isa pang yunit ng BHB ang rumespondeng mga pulis sa insidente. Katuwang ng mga sundalo ang mga […]