Archive of Ang Bayan

Four farmers were killed by agents of the US-Duterte regime this past two months, while its attacks and harassments against the church and other sectors critical to state fascism continue unabated. In Surigao del Sur, two Lumad farmers were killed by 36th IB soldiers. This is part of the worsening attacks against the people of […]

CHILD RIGHTS advocates protested in front of the Senate during its hearing of the lowering the minimum age of criminal responsibility last February 4. The proposal was earlier approved by the Congress. Prior to this, Gabriela Partylist and Salinlahi Alliance for Children’s Concerns launched a series of protests against amendments to the Juvenile Justice and […]

RAFAEL BAYLOSIS (Ka Raffy), NDFP consultant, was ordered released in January 15, almost a year after he was detained, after trumped-up charges of illegal possession of firearms and explosives against him were dropped. He was freed, together with Roque Guillermo Jr., in January 18. According to Pre­si­ding Jud­ge Edit­ha Mi­na Agu­ba of the Re­gio­nal Tri­al […]

NAGDAOS NOONG ikalawang linggo ng Enero ng isang linggong selebrasyon sa Germany upang gunitain ang 100-taong anibersaryo ng pagtortyur at pagpatay kina Rosa Luxemburg at Karl Liebknecht, kapwa nanguna sa tagapagtatag ng Partido Komunista ng Germany noong 1918 at mga lider ng mga pag-aalsa noong Nobyembre 1918 sa pagwawakas ng emperyo ng Germany noong World […]

NAPAGTIBAY ANG BANGSAMORO Organic Law (BOL) sa plebisitong ginanap noong Enero 21 sa Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Alinsunod sa BOL, bubuuin sa ilalim ng GRP ang Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) kapalit ng ARMM. Mapapabilang sa BARMM ang Cotabato City, gayundin ang ilang bayan ng North Cotabato habang tumanggi namang mapabilang […]

MATAGUMPAY NA naipagtanggol ng mga manggagawa ng Sumifru, sa ilalim ng Nagkahiusang Mamumuo sa Suyapa Farm (NAMASUFA) ang kanilang kampuhan sa Liwasang Bonifacio, Maynila noong Pebrero 4. Mahigit nang dalawang buwan ang kampuhan na nagsimula noong Nobyembre 27 upang igiit sa DOLE at Sumifru na kilalanin ang kanilang unyon at gawin silang regular, ikinasa ng […]

IBA’T IBANG SEKTOR AT organisasyon ang nagprotesta laban sa pasismo at tiraniya noong Enero. Pinangunahan ang mga ito ng mga relihiyoso, manggagawa mula sa Sumifru, kabataang Lumad, kababaihan at magsasaka. Nagsama-sama ang mga taong-simbahan at mga tagapagtaguyod ng karapatang-tao upang ipanawagan ang hustisya, katotohanan at kapayapaan sa isang prayer rally sa Malate, Maynila noong Enero […]

Lumaya na si Rafael “Ka Raffy” Baylosis, konsultant ng NDFP mula sa halos isang taong pagkakulong matapos ibasura ng korte ang gawa-gawang kasong “illegal possession of firearms and explosives” laban sa kanya noong Enero 15, 2019. Kasama niyang lumabas sa kulungan noong hapon ng Enero 18 si Roque Guillermo Jr. Ayon kay Presiding Judge Editha […]

FOOD PRICES continue to rise despite the US-Duterte regime’s brag that inflation rate fell to 4.4% at the start of the year from last year’s average of 5.4%. The decline did not mean that prices of goods and services have fallen. It only meant that prices and fees rose slower. Statistics from the reactionary state […]

FARMERS FROM Bulacan, Tarlac, Pampanga, Bataan, Zambales, Pangasinan, Laguna and Batangas gathered in front of Malacañang last January 22 to call for justice for the victims of the January 27 Mendiola Massacre. Thirty two years have passed but not one has been charged of the bloody crime. Thirteen farmers were killed while hundreds were wounded […]