Archive of Ang Bayan

Stand-off in Philippine sovereign seas
April 21, 2019

China: From January to March, 275 Chineses fishing vessels suspected as Chinese Coast guard surveillance ships were spotted near Pag-asa Island (international name: Thitu Island). Some reports sad that these ships carried Chinese paramilitaries named “Little Blue Men.” Pag-asa Island is the biggest island in the Spratly Group of Islands which is located 285 nautical […]

US and China, out now!
April 21, 2019

More than 500 residents of Batangas converged in front of the provincial capitol on March 29 to oppose and condemn Balikatan 2019 which was then scheduled to be launched in their communities. More than 7,500 Filipino and American troops participated in Balikatan 2019 which was launched in various areas in Luzon. This exercise is a […]

The Igorots' revolutionary struggle
April 21, 2019

If not for the hard and spirited struggles waged by the national minorities with the help of the people’s army to protect the ancestral land, the Cordillera would have long been gone. Thus declared Simon Naogsan (Ka Filiw), Cordillera People’s Democratic Front (CPDF) spokesperson, on the undeniable role of the New People’s Army (NPA) in […]

Traders undercharge Cordillera farmers
April 21, 2019

During the first quarter of 2019, farmgate prices of vegetables dropped in various trading posts in Cordillera. Traders set prices of cabbage and carrots at P1/kilo purportedly due to oversupply. These vegetable farmers (also called gardeners in Cordillera) who have already been battered by monsoons and typhoons Rosita and Ompong are already suffering huge losses […]

Rampaging state terrorism in the first quarter of the year
April 21, 2019

This report was culled from Ang Bayan’s reportage of human rights violations perpetrated by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police and other armed agents of the US-Duterte regime across the country in the first quarter of year 2019. Based on the initial tally of Ang Bayan, there have been at least 772 […]

Fascist propaganda, an element of all-out war
April 21, 2019

In line with its intensified attacks against the people and revolutionary movement, the Duterte regime has intensified fascist propaganda against the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), New People’s Army (NPA) and all revolutionary forces, as well as legal democratic forces. The regime’s fascist propaganda drive seeks to prepare and shape public opinion to justify […]

Metro Manila to experience rotational brownouts
April 21, 2019

Metro Manila residents are set to experience rotational brownouts even as water supply problems are yet to be resolved. This is due to the simultaneous shutting down of 20 power plants which supply electricity to Luzon. The simultaneous shutdown during summer is a way for independent power producers (IPP) to control power supply and raise […]

AFP uses fake encounters to cover-up crimes
April 21, 2019

In an attempt to hide its growing crimes against the people, the AFP continues to weave lies while declaring those murdered and arrested civilians as members of the New People’s Army. In Masbate, the AFP announced that there was an encounter between the NPA and 2nd IB, 9th ID and PNP in Barangay Buri, Mandaon […]

Drug syndicates inside the bureaucracy
April 21, 2019

Rodrigo Duterte appointed a retired colonel who is in cahoots both with drug and electoral syndicates as executive director of the Na­tio­nal Task Force to End Local Com­mu­nist Armed Conflict last March 25. Ret. Col. Allen Arat Capuyan is known for his role in the P6.4 billion shabu smuggling case in the Bureau of Customs […]

The People's Calvary
April 21, 2019

The Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (KADAMAY) and Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) spearheaded the protest of hundreds of progressives at Liwasang Bonifacio in Manila on April 12. The protest action dubbed as the “Kalbaryo ng Mamamayan” (People’s Calvary) depicts issues that are shouldered by the people under the US-Duterte regime. Among the highlights of the protest […]