Archive of Ang Bayan

DUTERTE SHOWED his extreme bias for capitalists when he vetoed the Secu­rity of Te­nu­re (SOT). He clearly admitted this during his speech in Itba­yat, Ba­ta­nes last July 30 wherein he explicity said that the “anti-endo” bill lacks safeguards for businessmen. Consequently, progressive lawmakers filed a new version of the bill that is genuinely anti-endo and […]

Negros is drenched in blood. Once again, the Duterte monster spewed a thousand bullets against the defenseless. His death squads in the island mounted another round of killings of ordinary people over the past month. No less than 16 were killed, including a former mayor, an elected council, a school principal and other officers in […]

Across the globe, the US remains as the leading military superpower in terms of troops, bases, war matériel and nuclear arms. It is currently challenged by the rise of China, especially that the South China Sea is exploited and occupied by their respective security forces. Here are some figures on their current military strength:

The Duterte regime is relentlessly pushing for the liberalization of the agricultural sector, including agricultural lands, to allow foreign ownership and plunder. Despite this, progressive congress representatives continue to lobby for reforms that will benefit peasants. These reforms are linked to the longstanding struggles waged by peasant organizations. These are also part of the Comprehensive […]

NINE HOURS AFTER mounting their strike on August 6, contractual workers of the Monde Nissin Labor Association (MNLA–LIGA) was able to compel the management of Monde Nissin Corp. to negotiate with them regarding their demand for regularization. The strike was conducted as a reaction to the termination of contract of nine workers last week. In […]

APAT NA PULIS na nag­pang­gap na mga empleyado ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources ang ti­nam­ba­ngan ng mga Pulang mandirigma sa Sit­yo Ya­mot, Ba­ra­ngay Ma­ba­to, Ayu­ngon, Negros Oriental noong Hul­yo 18. Agad na namatay ang apat sa ar­ma­dong sa­gu­pa­an, ta­li­was sa pi­na­la­bas ni Rod­ri­go Du­ter­te na sila’y ti­nortyur. Na­­kum­pis­ka ng BHB ang apat na […]

Walang awat na iti­nu­tu­lak ng re­hi­meng Du­ter­te ang pag­bu­bu­kas ng sek­tor ng ag­ri­kul­tu­ra, ka­bi­lang ang mga lu­pang ag­ri­kul­tu­ral, sa da­yu­hang pag­ma­may-a­ri at pan­da­ram­bong. Sa ka­bi­la ni­to, pa­tu­loy na isi­nu­su­long ng mga prog­re­si­bong ki­na­ta­wan sa kong­re­so ang mga re­por­mang pa­ki­ki­na­ba­ngan ng mga mag­sa­sa­ka. Ang mga re­por­mang ito ay ka­rug­tong ng mga pa­ki­ki­ba­ka na ma­ta­gal nang isi­nu­su­long […]

NALAGAY SA PANDAIGDIGANG pan­sin ang Pi­li­pi­nas ni­tong nag­da­ang mga bu­wan ma­ta­pos ma­ilis­ta bi­lang pi­na­ka­de­li­ka­dong ban­sa pa­ra sa mga ak­ti­bis­tang pang­ka­li­ka­san at pang-a­pat pa­ra sa mga si­bil­yan. Sa ulat na ini­la­bas noong Hul­yo 30 ng Glo­bal Wit­ness, isang in­de­pendyen­teng gru­pong na­ka­ba­se sa Lon­don, inu­ngu­san ng Pi­li­pi­nas ang Brazil bi­lang nu­me­ro unong ban­sa sa da­mi ng pi­nas­lang […]

Bi­na­ril ng mga pwer­sang pan­se­gu­ri­dad ng re­hi­meng Du­ter­te ang mag-asa­wang ka­sa­pi ng or­ga­ni­sa­syon ng mga mag­sa­sak­a sa loob ng ka­ni­lang tin­da­han sa Sit­yo Ka­si­la­an, Barangay Ha­la­pi­tan, San Fer­nan­do, Bu­kid­non noong Agos­to 2. Agad na na­ma­tay si Guil­ler­mo Ca­sas ha­bang na­su­ga­tan ang kan­yang asa­wa na si Jocelyn. Ika-sampung bik­ti­ma na ng ekstra­hu­di­syal na pa­ma­mas­lang si Guil­ler­mo […]

Karugtong ang ka­ma­kai­lang ma­ra­mi­hang pag­pa­tay sa Neg­ros ng malagim na Oplan Sau­ron na nag­ha­sik ng te­ror sa is­la mu­la pa Di­sye­mbre 2018. Mu­la nang ipa­tu­pad ito, ma­hi­git 40 si­bil­yan na ang bik­ti­ma ng ekstrahudisyal na pamamaslang. Ma­li­ban sa mga pinatay, puu-puo ring mga si­bil­yan ang ili­gal na ina­res­to at si­nam­pa­han ng ga­wa-ga­wang mga ka­so. Ang […]