Ang krisis, kagutom ug lalum nga walay kaangayan sa Negros ang usa sa kabilin sa diktaduryang US-Marcos. Ilalum ni Marcos Sr, labaw pang gihikot ang Negros sa produksyon sa tubo nga iyang gikontrol kakunsabo ang iyang mga kroni aron pangwartahan pag-ayo ang pag-eksport niini sa US. Kadungan sa pagkahagba sa presyo sa asukal gikan sa […]
Gideklara sa Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) gikan niining Hunyo ang mga prubinsya ug syudad sa Davao (Region 11) nga “insurgency-free,” ug nakatakdang isunod nga iapil sa listahan ang Davao Oriental. Ayha niini, naghimo og susamang deklarasyon ang AFP Northern Luzon Command sa Ilocos Region. Ang maong mga deklarasyon pagpadayon sa walay pulos nga […]
Gideklara sa 10th ID sa Armed Forces of the Philippines isip “insurgency free” o “luwas na sa insurhensiya” ang Davao Occidental niadtong Agosto 18. Gisangyaw kini sa militar, kauban ang mga warlord ug pulitikanhong dinastiya nga naghari-hari sa prubinsya ug mga kakunsabo nilang mga agalong yutaan ug burgesya. Bisan pa man, dili niini mapatay ang […]
Cases of indiscriminate firing by soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) against civilians were recorded one after another in recent weeks. The soldiers made it appear that the victims were members of the New People’s Army (NPA) killed in encounters. Christina Jacolbe, 5-months pregnant, of Sityo Banderahan, Barangay Trinidad, Guihulngan City, Negros […]
State forces arrested five activists one after another during the past weeks. Combined military and police forces last July 28 arrested Makabayan-Bicol coordinator and former Bayan Muna nominee Marites Pielago based on trumped up charges of murder and frustrated murder. State forces laid siege on the Dr. Nilo O. Roa Memorial Foundation Hospital in Barangay […]
According to the group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), up to 8,000 people marched last July 25 along Commonwealth Ave. in Quezon City to convey the real state of the nation, coinciding with Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s first State of the Nation Address (SONA). Earlier, the Philippine National Police baselessly prohibited rallies along the highway and even […]
Petron boasted last August 1 that the company’s profits ballooned to ₱7.7 billion ($138.9 million) in the first half of 2022, or twice its ₱3.87 billion ($69.8 million) profits during the first half of 2021. Local subsidiaries of oil companies make claims that the almost weekly increase in diesel and gasoline prices is the result […]
Activists launch #ML50 campaign. The ML50 Campaign (Martial Law 50) was launched at the Quezon City Sports Club last July 21 to commemorate the 50th year of martial law and its dark days under the US-Marcos I dictatorship. Martial law victims, veterans and new activists led the activity together with democratic organizations. The campaign aims […]
It was reported in July that the 79th IB, a command under the 303rd IBde, planned to drop bombs on the Minapasuk Mandalagan Mountain Range in Negros. This plan supposedly forms part of the counterinsurgency campaign against the New People’s Army (NPA). Before the planned three-day bombing, the military tried to evict residents of 21 […]