Archive of Ang Bayan

Over 1 million Covid-19 infections worldwide
April 07, 2020

Over 1.2 million people in 204 countries and territories have been tested positive for Covid-19 worldwide as of April 6. More than 52,000 have died from the disease since the outbreak of the pandemic in China last year. Pandemic experts believe that the actual number is likely higher given that many cases are not reported […]

Release 609 political prisoners!
April 07, 2020

KARAPATAN CALLED FOR the immediate release of 609 political prisoners in the country, especially the elderly and sick. This is to take them away from the congested and vulnerable conditions in prisons during the Covid-19 pandemic. The call was renewed when United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called on governments to release […]

NPA celebrates 51st anniversary
April 07, 2020

The New People’s Army (NPA) celebrated its 51st anniversary amid the Covid-19 health crisis. Red fighters and people gathered at temporary encampments in various areas. More than 2,000 farmers attended celebrations held by the NPA-Central Negros (Leonardo Pacsi Command). The NPA staged cultural presentations that paid tribute to the noble contributions of the people’s army […]

NPA units must be on extra alert amid ceasefire
April 07, 2020

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) directed all units of the New People’s Army (NPA) to be on extra alert in the face of successive attacks mounted by units of the military and police across the country. These attacks have been carried out despite Rodrigo Duterte’s ceasefire declaration on March 19 and will be […]

NPA Covid-19 response: Mass clinics, food aid and production
April 07, 2020

In response to the call of the Communist Party of the Philippines to launch health campaigns to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, the NPA-Central Negros (Leonardo Panaligan Command) extended medical services to at least 1,000 farmers during the last week of March. NPA medics paid close attention to the elderly and pregnant women. They conducted check-ups […]

AFP bombing spree in Bukidnon, Davao amid Covid-19 ceasefire
April 07, 2020

The Armed Forces of the Philippines is on a bombing spree and continues to carry out focused military offensives in the Bukidnon-Davao border area amid the Covid-19 ceasefire. Based on field reports by the NPA-Bukidnon Subregional Command, Philippine Air Force (PAF) units under the 4th ID used an FA-50 fighter jet to indiscriminately drop five […]

State agents kill peasant leader in Surigao
April 07, 2020

Amid the Covid-19 crisis, state elements gunned down peasant leader Nora Apique, 66, while on her way home in Barangay Patong, San Miguel, Surigao del Sur on March 31. She was a leader of the Kahugpungan sa mga Mag-uuma sa Surigao del Sur, a local chapter of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas. Apique served as […]

ASF: Pandemic affecting domestic pigs
April 07, 2020

A pandemic has already been spreading around the world even before the Covid-19 contagion. This is the African Swine Fever (ASF) pandemic, a disease that infects and kills domestic pigs. It is not zoonotic but it devastates the livelihood of small peasants. There is neither cure nor vaccine for ASF, thus leaving swine slaughter the […]

Hog raisers incur huge losses due to ASF
April 07, 2020

  FILIPINO HOG RAISERS whose ASF-infected pigs were culled complained that the financial assistance given them by the Department of Agriculture is too low. The DA only gives the farmers P3000-P5000 per pig killed while hog prices are pegged at P9000 per head. There are approximately 13 million domestic hogs in the Phillipines, 40% of […]

Ga­lit at da­ma­yan sa pa­na­hon ng lockdown
April 07, 2020

Hin­di na­pi­gi­lan ng lockdown ang pag­sam­bu­lat ng ga­lit ng ma­ma­ma­yan sa mga ka­pal­pa­kan ng re­hi­men sa pag­ha­rap ng kri­sis ng pan­dem­yang Covid-19. Noong Abril 1, nagpro­tes­ta ang mga re­si­den­te ng Sit­yo San Roque sa Ba­ra­ngay Ba­gong Pag-a­sa, Quezon City pa­ra ipa­na­wa­gan ang kag­yat na sub­sid­yong pag­ka­in. May ha­los 6,000 re­si­den­te ang San Roque na ka­ra­mi­ha’y […]