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Mga protestang bayan sa gitna ng mga lockdown
May 21, 2020

Hindi napigilan ng mga lockdown ang mga kilos protesta ng mga mamamayan sa iba’t ibang bansa para kundenahin ang mga paglabag sa karapatang-tao, tumitinding kagutuman at kawalan ng kabuhayan sa gitna ng pananalasa ng pandemyang Covid-19. Sa Lebanon, libu-libong mamamayan ang nagmartsa sa lansangan noong Abril 27 para tuligsain ang pagbagsak ng ekonomya at kakulangan […]

Malawakang takot, hatid ng militarisasyon sa Surigao del Sur
May 21, 2020

Nagdulot ng matinding takot sa mga residente ang biglang pagdating ng mga sundalo at pulis sa Km. 16 at Han-ayan sa Barangay Diatagon, Lianga, Surigao del Sur noong Mayo 19. Ayon sa ulat ng mga residente, pinasok ng ilang sundalo ang paaralang Lumad na pinatatakbo ng Alcadev (Alternative Learning Center for Agriculture and Livelihood Development) […]

Apela ng UN, kinatigan ng NDFP at mga armadong kilusan
May 21, 2020

Pumirma ang National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) sa pinagsamang apela noong Mayo 5 na nananawagan sa mga gubyerno na sundin ang mungkahi ng United Nations (UN) para sa pandaigdigang tigil-putukan at pagpapalaya sa mga bilanggong pulitikal. Ang mga ito, ayon sa UN, ay mahahalagang hakbang sa laban sa Covid-19. Kasama ng NDFP sa […]

FEATURE | What the hell are Hellfire missiles?
May 13, 2020

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) of the US State Department issued a certification last April 30 approving the Duterte government’s request to buy P76.5 billion ($1.5 billion) worth of war matériel and services. Part of the arms deal is the procurement of 200 AGM-114 Hellfire II missiles. The AGM-114 Hellfire II, one of most […]

Monitor and analysis of AFP counterinsurgency operations during Covid-19 ceasefire
May 12, 2020

In 45 days, the AFP deployed its troops in at least 446 villages, 43% of whom were deployed in Visayas and Mindanao, 31% in the Southern Tagalog region, 19% in Bicol, and 7% in provinces north of the National Capital Region (NCR). Download Full Report (PDF) Download Data Sheet Download COIN Map Summary information Since […]

Ang Bayan | May 7, 2020
May 07, 2020

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Further hardships, repression and corruption behind the Covid-19 lockdown
May 07, 2020

What it calls the “new normal,” in essence, is aggravating the worst aspects of the semicolonial and semifeudal system. Translation/s: Pilipino | Bisaya The Duterte regime is using the Covid-19 pandemic in the country to extend the fascist measures imposed in the name of fighting the disease. What it calls the “new normal,” in essence, […]

Fascism in the time of a pandemic in 7 steps
May 07, 2020

First, disregard the threat posed by the Covid-19 against the people’s health and livelihood. For more than two months, until the first week of March, Duterte and his Inter-Agency Task Force shrugged aside information that the virus was already in the country and was probably spreading in provinces, particularly in Central Visayas. Second, scare and […]

Pandemic of hunger and poverty due to lockdowns and restrictions
May 07, 2020 |

The United Nations (UN) warned that the stringent restrictions which states have implemented to contain the Covid-19 pandemic will result in a hunger pandemic and “unimaginable effects on health and the economy.” The UN said that “more people could potentially die from the economic impact of Covid-19 than from the virus itself.” Poverty and disease […]

Impact of lockdowns on the children and the youth
May 07, 2020

Measures implemented by countries to purportedly contain Covid-19 has resulted in unprecedented school closures. According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), around 190 countries have been closed down, affecting more than 1.5 billion students worldwide and forcing them to stay at home. This aggravated child hunger in various parts of the […]