Archive of Ang Bayan

THE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION Gue­rril­la Army (PLGA) led by the Com­mu­nist Party of India (Maoist) launched a series of armed actions from May until the first week of June. This came after the killings of Ram­ko Na­ro­te, a CPI-Maoist member and Shil­pa Dhurva, a guerrilla, on April 27 in Gun­dur­wa­hi. The police and military sustained an […]

POLICE FORCES violently dispersed the protest mounted by students in front of the Com­mis­si­on on Hig­her Educa­ti­on (CHEd) on Ma­y 30. The group condemned the Supreme Court decision which favors CHEd Me­mo No. 20. Daryl Ba­bay­do, national president of the Col­le­ge Edi­tors’ Guild of the Phi­lip­pi­nes criticized CHEd Com­mis­sio­ner Pros­pe­ro de Ve­ra’s statement lauding the […]

Unjust and condemnable. This was Karapatan’s reaction to the conviction of unionist Marklen Maojo B. Maga by the San Mateo Rizal Regional Trial Court Branch 76 based on a trumped-up charge of illegal possession of firearms last June 3. Maoj’s family was extremely dismayed with the conviction. Maga, who is currently detained in the Metro […]

THE SUPREME COURT issued writs of amparo and habeas data in favor of Ka­ra­pa­tan, Gab­rie­la and Ru­ral Mis­sio­na­ri­es of the Phi­lip­pi­nes last May 24. As per the writs, state agencies are obliged to cease from persecuting the groups until accusations against the latter are proved and justified. The petition was filed by the said groups […]

The people of Mindanao have been living in terror and poverty for two months now since Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law in the island.. Nobody believes anymore that the imposition aims to foil the terrorism threat of the Maute group. This has long been exposed as one of schemes to establish an unrestrained and perpetual […]

Luhaang inanunsyo ni Theresa May noong Mayo 24 na bababa siya sa poder bilang punong ministro (PM) ng United Kingdom (UK) makaraang tatlong beses siyang mabigo na makabuo ng isang kasunduan kaugnay sa paglabas ng bansa sa European Union (EU) sa prosesong tinawag na “Brexit.” Noon pang Marso dapat umalis ang UK sa EU pero […]

The Asi­an Deve­lop­ment Bank (ADB) is further consolidating its control over the implementation of the K-12 program. This Ma­y, the ADB and the Duterte regime signed the Secon­dary Educa­ti­on Sup­port Prog­ram, a $300-million loan agreement which particularly aims to “refine” the K-12 curriculum based on capitalist demands. The ADB is using the loan agreement to […]

Theresa May tearfully announced her resignation as the United Kingdom’s prime minister last May 24 after failing to come up with a Brexit agreement thrice. The UK was supposed to withdraw from the European Union last March but failed to do so after UK ministers failed to pass May’s Brexit plan. What is Brexit? Brexit […]

THE NATIONAL UNION of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) lauded the bravery of the Cagayan de Oro Press Club members who took down a streamer tagging the NUJP and other groups as “terrorists” last May 28. The streamer was hung at the fence of the Press Freedom Monument in Vicente de Lara Park, Cagayan de […]

SAURON-LIKE OPERATIONS, wherein soldiers and police swarm entire barangays and intimidate, suppress and harass residents, are prevalent across the country. Soldiers of the 2nd IB and Military Intelligence Company and police forces occupied eight barangays in Masbate since the last week of May. (See details on page 3.) In Barangay Dalipe, 11 residents were illegally […]