Archive of Ang Bayan

UNITS OF THE New People’s Army (NPA) in Bulacan and Mindoro Oriental launched two consecutive military actions on February 25 at 26 wherein 16 firearms were consfiscated and the destructive operation of a notorious company was paralyzed. Bu­lacan. The NPA-Bulacan successfully raided the office and detachment of the Seraph Security Agency (SSA) in Barangay San […]

Last February 26, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) declared March 2019 as “NPA Month” in commemoration of the 50th founding anniversary of the New People’s Army (NPA) on March 29. This is in celebration of all the victories and advancement of the people’s war in all fields. The CPP challenged all revolutionary forces […]

THE “PERSONA NON grata” declarations against the New People’s Army (NPA) is a product of the intimidation and psywar campaign of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). This was revealed by Ka Rigoberto F. Sanchez of the NPA-Southern Mindanao Region after successive broadcast about the so-called condemnation of the NPA by various local government […]

Elements of the 88th IB illegally arrested and detained two minors in Sitio Sanggiapo, Barangay Sinuda, Kitaotao, Bukidnon on February 18 at around 11 a.m. The victims were identified as Loujean Antian Lumbatan, 17, a student of Sinuda High School, and Ara Mystica Antian Pangcat, 10, a student of Cabalansihan Elementary School. They were detained […]

In a semicolonial and semifeudal society, women are exploited not only as workers or farmers but are further oppressed due to gender discrimination and male chauvinism. Compared to men, women’s wages are relatively lower and working conditions are more exploitative. Likewise, they are constrained by the predominant patriachal culture which sets their societal “role” as […]

NURSES AND HEALTH workers of the University of Santo Tomas Hospital (USTH) in Manila are planning to mount a strike against against inhumane working conditions in the hospital. Due to lack of employees in the hospital, nurses are required to render longer hours of work. This affects the quality of their service. They attested that […]

THE EXPANDED MATERNITY Law was finally enacted after it was formally approved by Rodrigo Duterte last February 22. The Gabriela Women’s Partylist (GWP) along with other progressive groups and personalities lobbied and campaigned for the said law for almost a decade. The law grants 105 paid days of maternity leave to expectant mothers. They are […]

THE INTERNATIONAL PROLETARIAN movement commemorated the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Third International or the Communist International (Comintern) by its First Congress in Moscow on March 2-6, 1919. The Comintern was the outcome of the victory of the Great October Socialist Revolution which established the dictatorship of the proletariat in Russia and paved […]

NEITHER AN AGREEMENT nor a joint statement was announced after the second meeting of Kim Jong Un, leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea), and US President Donald Trump during the last week of February in Vietnam. The objective of the said meeting was to rediscuss the denuclearization of the […]

WELGA ANG BANTA ng mga nars at mang­ga­ga­wang pang­ka­lu­su­gan sa Univer­sity of San­to To­mas Hos­pi­tal (USTH) sa Ma­ni­la City la­ban sa di-ma­ka­ta­ong ka­la­ga­yan sa pag­ga­wa sa loob ng os­pi­tal. Daing ng mga nars, da­hil ku­lang sa emple­ya­do ang os­pi­tal ay na­pi­pi­li­tan si­lang gu­mu­gol ng mas ma­ha­bang oras sa pag­ga­wa. Da­hil di­to ay apek­ta­do ang ka­li­dad […]