Archive of Ang Bayan

Offensives mounted by the CPI-Maoist Red fighters of the Communist Party of India (CPI)-Maoist seized 16 weapons, ammo vests, magazins, ammunition, and handheld radios in its successful ambush in Minpa, Sukma District, Chattisgarh on March 21. Seventeen jawan (police) were killed and 15 were wounded. Two others were killed and three were wounded in another […]

Hundreds of activists took to the streets after an almost three-month lockdown to oppose the Duterte regime’s “Anti-Terrorism” Bill. Approximately one thousand rallyists converged at the Univer­sity of the Phi­lip­pi­nes (UP)-Diliman in Quezon City, and several others in Laguna last June 4 to oppose the said bill which was then being railroaded in the lower […]

The Duterte regime was exposed for having procured gross­ly overpriced medical equip­ment in the past months. The most recent was the procurement of 10 million personal protective equipment (PPE) sets from an unidentified Chinese company at P1,800 per set or a total of P20 billion. PPE sets are commonly bought at only P400-P1,000 per set. […]

The Duterte government’s response to the pandemic has been a big failure. The people are mired in hunger and joblessness even as the virus continues to spread after almost three months under lockdown. The regime squandered the people’s sacrifices in one of the world’s longest lockdown. It did not strength the health system. It did […]

Police forces arrested six jeepney drivers in Caloocan City who protested on June 2 to demand the lifting of the ban on jeepney operations. The protest was part of the national campaign of the Pag­ka­kai­sa ng mga Sa­ma­han ng Tsu­per at Ope­ra­tor Na­ti­on­wi­de (Pis­ton) for the resumption of jeepney operations. Jeepney driver Elmer Cor­de­ro, 72, […]

Migrante Philippines strongly condemned the Duterte regime for its garbage-like treatment of returning over­se­as Fi­li­pi­no wor­kers (OFWs) who are now queued in Metro Manila due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Approximately 24,000 of them have long been locked up in quarantine facilities due to the slow pace of testing and the delayed issuance of results. One […]

Hinihikayat ng Partido ang lahat ng demokratikong sektor—ang mga manggagawang pangkalusugan, mga drayber, kababaihan at mga bata, mga taong-midya, mga artista at manggagawang pangkultura, mga guro at kawani ng pamahalaan, mga kabataan at estudyante, mga personalidad sa telebisyon at sine, maliliit na propesyunal, taong-simbahan at lahat ng manggagawa, magsasaka, maralitang lungsod at walang hanapbuhay—na magkaisa […]

Pinasabugan ng granada ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan (BHB)-Bukidnon ang mga elemento ng First Bukidnon Police Mobile Force Company na nagbabantay ng tsekpoynt sa Barangay Cabulohan, Cabanglasan noong Hunyo 1. Dalawang pulis ang nasugatan sa opensiba. Kinabukasan, pinasabugan ng isa pang yunit ng BHB ang rumespondeng mga pulis sa insidente. Katuwang ng mga sundalo ang mga […]

Everyday, news are filled with reports of “donations” provided by businesses owned by billionaire bourgeois compradors. “Our companies are here to support all efforts, and we are continuously looking for ways to further extend help and support,” declared Kevin Andrew Tan, head of the Alliance Global Group Inc., the company that controls Megaworld, Emperador Inc., […]

Hindi na nakagugulat ang “sus­pen­syo­n” ni Rod­ri­go Du­ter­te sa ter­mi­na­syon ng Vi­si­ting Forces Agree­ment na pi­nir­ma­han ni­ya noong Peb­re­ro 14. Noon pa man, ba­tid nang hin­di ito itu­tu­loy. Nais la­mang ni Du­ter­te na dag­da­gan ng US ang pon­do at ar­mas na ibi­ni­bi­gay ni­to sa kan­yang re­hi­men. Iniat­ras ito ni Du­ter­te ma­ta­pos pi­na­ya­gan si­ya ng US […]