Philippine Revolution Web Central
Philippine Revolution Web Central
The youth can never be silenced. They will continue to advocate freedom and the right to free expression and to organize. In the face of the Duterte regime’s systematic and relentless attacks against the sector, they once again showed their unity and firm stand last August 20. Thousands of students and their teachers protested in […]
Ang Bayan reports indicate that the New People’s Army-North Central Mindanao Region (NPA-NCMR) was able to launch 30 armed actions amid the AFP’s focused military operations (FMOs) in Bukidnon (March 2018-January 2019). Twenty of these are direct blows against FMO troops. Most notable of these were the 14 armed actions (13 offensives and a defensive) […]
The list of the AFP’s crimes against the people further expanded as it placed Bukidnon under focused military operations. In 2018, more than five were killed while many other civilians were arrested. This year, 13 were reported killed while hundreds of villages are scoured by soldiers. Among the most recent cases is the killing of […]
The Philippine Air Force’s aerial bombardment and strafing of communities in Barangay Lidong, Caramoan, Camarines Sur last August 13 resulted in the evacuation of more than 200 individuals. To justify the attack, the fascists made it appear that there had been an encounter between the 83rd IB and Red fighters in the area. This claim […]
For the second time, police officers violently dispersed the picketline of striking Pepmaco workers in Calamba, Laguna on August 19 at 11:30 a.m. Eighteen workers, including six women, were arbitrarily arrested and detained. Police operatives perpetrated the dispersal while officials of the Pepmaco Workers’ Union were negotiating at the office of the National Conciliation and […]
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) considers Regina “Gina” Lopez “a true friend of the Filipino people.” This was stated by CPP in its message of condolence to her family and friends. Lopez passed away at the age of 65 on August 19 due to cancer. Lopez served as secretary of the Department of […]
Karapatan spearheaded a fact-finding mission (FFM) on August 8-10 in San Mariano, Isabela after a spate of human rights violations was reported in the province. The investigation disclosed that five companies of the 95th and 86th IB have been deployed across 15 barangays in San Mariano, as well as four barangays in Benito Soliven and […]
The ACT Teachers Partylist condemned the Department of Education (DepEd) over its failure to distribute textbooks worth P113.7 million. The group also questioned the anomalous contracts it entered for the procurement of P254-million worth of error-filled textbooks. “Teachers have been repeatedly told to learn financial literacy whenever they demand a substantial increase in their meager […]
Upon the directive of Manila Mayor Isko Moreno to clean Baseco Compound, which he claims to be a haven of illegal drugs, hundreds of police officers attacked the community last August 11. Baseco is an urban poor community along Manila Bay. Thousands of its residents were targeted to be displaced since March to pave way […]
After the Department of Health (DOH) declared a state of epidemic on August 6 due to increasing dengue cases in the country, Rodrigo Duterte immediately proposed to revive the anomalous Dengvaxia vaccination program for Filipino children which is believed to have killed about 26 from April 2016-February 2018. Doctors and health workers groups opposed the […]