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Duterte consolidates power through elections
May 21, 2019

Through violence, deceit and widespread cheating, Duterte managed to get 10 out of 12 of his candidates elected to the Senate in the recent elections. This brings the number of pro-Duterte senators to 19 or 3/4 of the Senate. There are only five opposition senators left, with one of them, Sen. Leila de Lima, languishing […]

Protests
May 21, 2019

SUPER 8 WORKERS’ VICTORY. The Samahang Manggagawa ng Super 8 Retail System Incorporated successfully conducted a black shirt protest and production slowdown last May 8. This was launched in condemnation of the suspension of 15 of their co-workers who refused to work overtime on May 4. The suspended workers were reinstated immediately after a dialogue […]

#LabanBayan, protests against election manipulation
May 21, 2019

MORE THAN 2,000 protested last May 17 in front of the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) where tallying for the 2019 midterm elections was undertaken. The youth, women, church people and various groups led by Kontra Daya and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) collectively condemned the manipulation of and violence during the elections. On the evening […]

NDF-ST condemns bombings, forced surrenders of Mangyans and Dumagats
May 21, 2019

THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC Front-Southern Tagalog vehemently condemned the relentless militarization of Mangyan communities in Mindoro and Dumagat communities in Quezon. AFP and PNP operations continue unabated in Quezon since May 2018. These past months, the AFP even concocted fake encounters between its units and the New People’s Army to justify its occupation and deployment of […]

Las Navas residents expel encamping soldiers
May 21, 2019

LAST MAY 10, residents of Barangay San Miguel, Las Navas successfully expelled soldiers of the 20th IB who have occupied their community for more than a year. This came after the residents’ evacuation and dialogue with the local government of Las Navas, the 20th IB and the Department of Interior and Local Government last May […]

NPA-Negros seizes 8 firearms
May 21, 2019

THE NEW PEOPLE’S Army (NPA) successfully raided a detachment of the Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Bongcayao Brigade (RPA-ABB) at Sitio Mambinay, Barangay Locotan, Kaban­kalan City in Negros Occidental last May 8 at around 1:00 a.m. Two RPA elements were killed while three were wounded. The NPA seized a machinegun, a Browning Automatic Rifle, an M14, three […]

8 armas, nasamsam ng BHB-Negros
May 21, 2019

MATAGUMPAY NA NIREYD ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan-Southern Negros (Armando Sumayang Jr Command) ang isang detatsment ng Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Bongcayao Brigade (RPA-ABB) sa Sityo Mambinay, Barangay Locotan, Kabankalan City sa Negros Occidental noong Mayo 8, bandang ala-una ng madaling araw. Dalawang elemento ng RPA ang napatay habang tatlo ang nasugatan. Nakasamsam dito ang BHB ng […]

Pambobomba, pagpapasurender sa Mangyan at Dumagat, kinundena ng NDF-ST
May 21, 2019

MARIING KINUNDENA NG National Democratic Front-Southern Tagalog ang walang awat na militarisasyon sa mga komunidad ng mga Mangyan sa isla ng Mindoro at Dumagat sa prubinsya ng Quezon. Walang tigil ang mga operasyong militar ng AFP at PNP sa Quezon mula pa Mayo 2018. Sa nakaraang buwan, sunud-sunod na nag-imbento ng mga sagupaan ang AFP […]

Militar sa Las Navas, napalayas
May 21, 2019

MATAGUMPAY NA napalayas ng mga residente ng Barangay San Miguel, Las Navas ang mga sundalo ng 20th IB noong Mayo 10. Higit isang taon nang nakakampo ang mga berdugo sa komunidad. Kasunod ito ng organisadong pagbakwit ng mga residente at pakipagdayalogo sa lokal na gubyerno ng Las Navas, 20th IB at Department of Interior and […]

Eleksyon para sa konsolidasyon ng kapangyarihan ng pangkating Duterte
May 21, 2019

Gamit ang dahas, panlilinlang at malawakang pandaraya, “naipanalo” ni Rodrigo Duterte ang 10 sa kanyang 12 kandidato sa pagkasenador sa nagdaang eleksyon. Sa gayon, 19 senador o 3/4 ng Senado ang saklaw ng kanyang pangkatin. Lilima na lamang ang maituturing na oposisyon. Isa sa kanila, si Sen. Leila de Lima, ay nakakulong hanggang sa kasalukuyan. […]