As May 1 approaches, more sectors are mounting mass actions to call for wage increases and job security, alongside calls to lower commodity prices. Some of the mass actions are the following. Kadamay held the yearly Kalbaryo ng Maralita, a week-long protest of the urban poor in time for the Holy Week of the Christian […]
The 59th IB abducted on March 27 three civilians in Batangas and held them incommunicado for almost three weeks. Lloyd Descallar, Alfred Manalo and Angelito Balitostos were abducted in front of the Medical Center-Western Batangas in Balayan. Balitostos, 65, was incidentally passing by while the first two were being abducted. Manalo and Descallar are volunteers […]
Three sick Red fighters of the New People’s Army (NPA)-Northeastern Mindanao Region were abducted and summarily killed by soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). On March 26, husband-and-wife Dano and Rosalia Caindoy were abducted in a hospital in Misamis Oriental while waiting for treatment. They were claimed to have been killed in […]
The Communist Party of the Philippines joins the Filipino people in condemning the Marcos regime in its connivance with the imperialist US to build four additional US military bases in the country. On April 3, Ferdinand Marcos Jr announced its approval to grant “access” to US troops and military equipment in the Camilo Osias Naval […]
Peasants and Lumad people of Surigao del Sur see no benefit from the big agricultural machines and instruments “awarded” to them by the Department of Agriculture Caraga Region on March 30. For them, these are mere ornaments. They ask: in which farmlands will we use these when agricultural lands in the province are being grabbed […]
Sa darating na ika-24 ng Abril, ipagdiwang natin ang ika-50 anibersaryo ng National Democratic Front of the Philippines, ang malapad na alyansang nagbubuklod sa mga rebolusyonaryong organisasyong masa na nagsusulong ng pambansa-demokratikong kilusan at sumusuporta sa armadong pakikibaka. Itinatag ang NDFP pitong buwan matapos ipataw ni Marcos I ang batas militar, isa sa pinakamadilim na […]
Magkakasunod na gerilyang aksyon ang inilunsad ng mga yunit ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan (BHB)-Masbate noong huling hati ng Marso. Bahagi ang mga ito ng pagsisikap ng hukbong bayan na ipagtanggol ang masang Masbatenyo at lansagin ang umiiral na paghaharing militar sa prubinsya. Hindi bababa sa 20 pwersa ng berdugong 2nd IB, CAFGU at mga pulis […]
Inambus at napatay ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan (BHB)-Albay ang isang pulis paniktik sa Sityo Agna, Homapon, Legazpi City noong Abril 5. Nasamsam sa kanya ang isang pistolang 9 mm. Sa Quezon, tinambangan ng BHB ang 85th IB sa Barangay Vista Hermosa, Macalelon noong Marso 24. Dalawa ang kaswalti sa 85th IB. Samantala, apat ang napatay […]
Isang sundalo ang napatay nang tambangan ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan-Rizal ang mga tropa ng 80th IB na nagsisilbing gwardya ng Wawa Bulk Water Supply Project, tinaguriang Wawa-Violago Dam sa lokalidad. Naganap ang ambus sa Sityo Karayupa, Barangay San Rafael, Rodriguez noong Marso 31. Sinundan pa ito ng aktibong depensa ng BHB noong Abril 1 sa […]
Inilunsad ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan (BHB)-Central Negros ang tatlong gerilyang aksyon noong ikalawang hati ng Marso bilang tugon sa dagdag na pwersang militar sa isla. Noong Marso 20, pinaputukan ng BHB ang detatsment ng 7th Regional Mobile Force Battalion sa Sityo Hinugpayan, Barangay Luz, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental. Nasugatan dito ang dalawang pulis. Pinaputukan din […]