The reactionary military and state defiled the tampuda, a sacred ritual of the indigenous Higaonon people, to falsely portray “Lumad unity” and smokescreen its scheme allowing expansion of foreign plantation and mining. On May 12, the 402nd IBde spearheaded a fake tampuda to “reconcile” the Namatindong clan of Esperanza, Agusan del Sur and the Manhumusay-Pinakitob […]
Soldiers of the 94th IB massacred a family, including two children, on the evening of June 14 in Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. Soldiers fatally shot 50-year old Emilda Fausto and her children Raben Fausto, 11, and Ben Fausto, 15, in their sleep. The family’s father Roly Fausto, 52, was found dead outside of […]
Kapatid, a group of families of political prisoners, reiterated its call for the release of Gerardo dela Peñtilde, 84, the oldest of 824 political prisoners currently incarcerated in different parts of the country. The groups said it has been pushing for dela Peña’s release since 2019 but no action has since been taken by the […]
For more than a year now, Ka Daisy, a transwoman, has served as full-time Red fighter. She joined the New People’s Army (NPA) during the pandemic, three years after doing revolutionary work as a member of the Kabataang Makabayan. She recounted how her unit got engaged in an armed encounter on her second day in […]
In commemorating the recent 125th year of the declaration of false Philippine independence, let us look back to the Filipino people’s more than a century history of resistance to colonialism and semicolonialism and reaffirm our commitment to struggle for genuine freedom and democracy. The declaration of freedom “under the protection of Powerful and Humanitarian Nation, […]
Units of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Aurora, Albay, Camarines Sur and Norte, and Negros Occidental provinces launched a series of armed actions during the past weeks. These attritive actions are part of serving justice to the victims of militarism and fascist attacks by state forces. In Aurora, seven 91st IB troopers were killed […]
The Wyeth Philippines Progressive Workers Union (WPPWU) DFA-KMU won the reinstatement of not less than 10 terminated workers in the third and last round of negotiations with the company management on June 16 in Calamba, Laguna. The reinstated workers include the union’s president and four other officials. In total, only 22 workers still refuse to […]
Sa paggunita kamakailan sa ika-125 taon ng deklarasyon ng huwad na kalayaan ng Pilipinas, magbalik-tanaw tayo sa mahigit isang siglong paglaban ng sambayanang Pilipino sa kolonyalismo at mala-kolonyalismo at muling pagtibayin ang paninindigang makibaka para sa tunay na kalayaan at demokrasya. Ang idineklarang kalayaan “sa ilalim ng proteksyon ng Makapangyarihan at Makataong Bansang United States […]
Magkakasunod na armadong aksyon ang inilunsad ng mga yunit ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan (BHB) sa Aurora, Albay, Camarines Sur at Norte, at Negros Occidental sa nagdaang mga linggo. Ang mga atritibong aksyon na ito ay bahagi ng pagbibigay-hustisya sa mamamayang biktima ng militarismo at pasistang paninibasib ng militar. Sa Aurora, pitong tropa ng 91st IB […]
Naigiit ng Wyeth Philippines Progressive Workers Union (WPPWU) DFA-KMU ang pagbabalik sa di bababa sa 10 manggagawa na tinanggal ng kumpanya sa pangatlo at huling pakikipagnegosasyon nito sa maneydsment noong Hunyo 16 sa Calamba, Laguna. Kabilang dito ang pangulo at apat na upisyal ng unyon. Sa kabuuan, 22 na lamang ang hindi pa tumatanggap ng […]