Archive of Ang Bayan

NPA-Samar confiscates 4 firearms
June 21, 2019

The New People’s Army (NPA)-Northern Samar confiscated four firearms during its successful against a detachment of the Alpha Company, 63rd IB at Sitio Little Lanubi, Barangay Lanubi (EJ Dulay), Lao-ang, Northern Samar on May 21, 4 a.m. The NPA blasted and fired shots at the detachment. Three R4 rifles, a pistol, magazines, ammunition and other […]

Duterte, a coward before China and US
June 21, 2019

Rodrigo Duterte displayed utter cowardice before China as he failed to defend Philippine sovereign interests amid widespread clamor to demand China’s culpability over the reported June 9 incident at Recto Bank, where a Chinese trawler rammed and abandoned a sinking fishing boat carrying 22 Filipino crew. Instead, Duterte parroted China’s subterfuge by downplaying the incident […]

CPP welcomes call for UNHRC investigation
June 21, 2019

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) welcomed the call of the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) to conduct an investigation into the worsening human rights situation in the country under the Duterte regime. Aside from widespread killings, state security forces also perpetrated various cases of illegal arrests, filing of trumped-up charges, legal harassment, […]

Gluttonous bureaucrats
June 21, 2019

Duterte is not the only one in the government with an unexplainable accumulation of wealth. In 2018, the net worth of 15 of his cabinet officials increased based on their Statement on Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth or SALN. Similarly, seven congressmen—mostly allies of the incumbent regime—grew richer after only a year. In the cabinet, […]

2nd IB: Butchers of Masbate and Albay
June 21, 2019

Around 1,000 residents from eight barangays in Cawayan, Masbate protested in front of the municipal hall last June 3-8. They condemned the intense militarization of their communities and demanded the pull out of 2nd IB troopers who have been occupying these since May 20. Kilusang Magbubukid ng Masbate (KMM) said that the human rights violations […]

8 killings in 7 days
June 21, 2019

In just a week, eight activists and peasants were killed by armed state elements. Civilians were also subjected to various incidents of harassment and intimidation across the country. Two staff members of Karapatan-Sorsogon were shot-dead in the morning of June 14. Ryan Hubilla and Nelly Bagasala, 69, were aboard a tricycle when they were fired […]

CIDG illegally arrests journalist
June 21, 2019

The arbitrary arrest and detention of renowned journalist Fidelina Margarita Valle on June 9 by officers of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Region 9 was met with widespread condemnation. Valle was arrested while waiting for her flight to Davao City at the Laguindingan Airport in Misamis Oriental. She was detained for 12 hours based […]

Police demolishes evacuee camp
June 21, 2019

Police officers demolished the camp of Lumad evacuees near the provincial capitol in Cagayan de Oro City on June 18. Lumads from Sitio Kamansi, Barangay Banglay, Lagonglong, Misamis Oriental have been camping in the area for more than a year due to military occupation of their community. The occupation will pave the way for the […]

Disgusting hypocrisy and corruption
June 21, 2019

This June, reports began to circulate about corruption in the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth). Duterte’s former speaker, Harry Roque himself exposed that PhilHealth was scammed hundreds of billions of pesos. Part of this are the overcharging of hospitals, “upcasing” or listing of cough for instance as pneuonia and duplication of lists and receipts. Among […]

SOT: Putting contractualization into law
June 21, 2019

End ENDO your face. This seems to be the message of the US-Duterte regime to workers after railroading in Congress the approval of the Security of Tenure (SOT) Bill before the 17th Congress ended. Duterte has promised to end contractualization since he came to power. In 2017 and 2018, he attempted to pacify workers by […]