Archive of Ang Bayan

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

  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 […]

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 […]

  Hin­di la­mang ku­lang, kun­di sad­yang li­mi­ta­do, ang ipi­na­ma­ma­ha­ging P200-bil­yong ayu­dang pi­nan­syal ng re­hi­meng Du­ter­te. Ito ang lu­ma­la­bas sa unang bug­so ng pa­ma­ma­ha­gi ng re­hi­men ng P5,000-P8,000 ayu­da pa­ra ib­san ang gu­tom at hi­rap na du­lot ng mi­li­ta­ris­tang lockdown. Pa­ra mag­ka­sya ang badyet, nagtakda ang re­hi­meng Du­ter­te sa lo­kal na mga gub­yer­no ng “ko­ta” o […]

Na­ngu­ngu­na sa la­ban sa pan­dem­yang Covid-19 ang ti­na­ta­wag na mga frontli­ner—ang mga mang­ga­ga­wang gu­ma­gam­pan ng de­li­ka­dong mga tung­ku­lin sa pag-aa­si­ka­so sa mga pa­sye­nteng na­ha­wa ng sa­kit. Si­la ang mga duk­tor, nars, tek­ni­syan at iba pang mga mang­ga­ga­wang pang­ka­lu­sugan. Pa­ra ma­ka­gam­pan ng maa­yos ng ka­ni­lang mga tung­ku­lin, ini­li­naw ni­la ang ka­ni­lang kag­yat na mga pa­nga­ngai­la­ngan, ga­yun­din […]

Nag­ba­bad­ya ang ma­la­wa­kang ka­sa­la­tan sa pag­ka­in sa Na­tio­nal Ca­pi­tal Re­gi­on at buong ban­sa. Ma­ra­mi na sa mga mag­sa­sa­ka at ko­mer­sya­nte ang na­lu­lu­gi du­lot ng mga restrik­syong ipi­na­taw ng mi­li­ta­ris­tang lockdown ng re­hi­meng Du­ter­te. Ma­ra­mi na ang nag­sa­bing ma­pi­pi­li­tan si­lang tu­mi­gil ng pro­duk­syo­n. Ti­yak na la­lu­pang hi­hi­rap ang ka­la­ga­yan ng ma­ma­ma­yan sa ha­rap ng pa­ha­yag ng […]