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ANNE MARGARET Tauli, 70, was arrested by military elements in Besao, Mountain Province and flown by helicopter to Baguio to face National Security Adviser Sec. Hermogenes Esperon, Jr. on June 11. Esperon made it appear that Tauli “surrendered” and “returned to the folds of the law.” He accused her of being a ranking member of […]
The reactionary state has always treated overseas Filipino workers like garbage. The pandemic only highlighted this fact. Last June 16, 14 Filipinos who wanted to come home were barred by the Duterte regime from leaving Amsterdam, the Netherlands because there were not enough quarantine facilities in the Philippines. They were told that Rodrigo Duterte […]
IN EARLY APRIL, the National Economic Development Authority projected that the inflow of remittances sent back home by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will plunge by around 30% this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This is because almost half of the total number of OFWs are employed in sectors hardest hit by the pandemic in […]
Devoid of sympathy and preparation. This was what millions of parents and thousands of teachers accuse Rodrigo Duterte and his education officials with regards to the plan of enforced “distance learning” for the coming schoolyear. “The online, modular, television, radio and laptop methods are inappropriate since families’ conditions vary,” a mother and member of the […]
The confrontation between between Lumads and 88th IB officials became heated during a dialogue held in Cabanglasan, Bukidnon last June 13. The Lumads urged the military unit to leave and demanded an end to its attacks in the community. The unit has occupied the communities of Eyaray, Lakap, Katablaran, Salorenga, Maynaga, Tombaga, San Vicente and […]
SUSPECTED ELEMENTS of the 88th IB strafed a house where Elita Manlapid, 59, and her family were staying on the night of June 16. Manlapid was the chairperson of the San Fernando Kasama-Bukidnon chapter in 2013. She has been repeatedly pressured to “surrender” as a member of the New People’s Army in 2016 and 2019. […]
Reports of mass lay offs filled the news as companies face the threat of bankruptcy due to the crisis wrought by Duterte’s almost 3-month lockdown. Companies have successively expressed their intent to retrench their workers. Among these are the Bank of Philippine Islands which announced it will retire 1,286 employees who are 50 years and […]
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of professionals and workers in the service sector continue to suffer from the Duterte regime’s neglect under the lockdown. They lost incomes when schools, offices and cinemas were closed. Among them are 50,000 teachers in universities and colleges, and 500,000 education workers in private schools. In addition, 800,000 workers in the film […]
Opening new territories, or doing expansion work in an area, is a difficult but challenging task of the people’s army. In Negros, one such place is Niyog, a barrio in the island’s hinterlands. Almost all residents here are poor peasants. Some are farmworkers. They plant coconuts and produce copra. At the outset of expansion work, […]
Four full sessions of the Basic Party Course and an instructors training was recently conducted in the Bicol region. “The BPC further deepened my eagerness to join the NPA. This gave me a clearer understanding of what the people’s army actually does,” said Ka Troy, one of the students. Coordinated educational discussions were conducted to […]