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BHB-Northern Samar, sunod-sunod na hinaras ang RCSP tim ng 20th IB
May 27, 2020 |

  Sunod-sunod na hinaras ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan-Northern Samar (Rodante Urtal Command o RUC) ang mga elemento ng 20th Infantry Battalion-Philippine Army na naglulunsad ng operasyong Retooled Community Support Program (RCSP) sa Barangay San Miguel, Las Navas. Noong Mayo 8, hinaras ng mga Pulang mandirigma kasama ang milisyang bayan ng BHB-RUC ang mga elemento ng […]

Pamimilit at paninira ng ani ng 20th IB
May 26, 2020 |

INIREREKLAMO NG MGA magsasaka sa Northern Samar ang iba’t ibang paglabag sa karapatang pantao ng 20th Infantry Battalion-Philippine Army habang nasasagawa ng operasyong militar sa gitna ng krisis ng Covid-19, ayon sa mga ulat na natanggap ng NPA-Northern Samar (Rodante Urtal Command o RUC). Noong Abril 11, hinaras, tinakot at pinilit na magsilbing gabay ng […]

AFP bombs Pantaron mountains anew, endangering Lumad residents
May 15, 2020 |

The Philippine Air Force once again rained rockets and bullets near a civilian community in the Pantaron Range last May 11. This was in retaliation to the NPA’s sniping operations conducted early last week in the Bukidnon-Davao border which killed five soldiers and wounded two others. On May 11, at around 10 a.m., Red fighters […]

NDFP, others join UN in call for ceasefire, release of prisoners
May 14, 2020 |

The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and at least eight other organizations and alliances jointly welcomed the United Nations calls for an immediate global ceasefire and the release of political prisoners as important steps in the fight against Covid-19. In a joint appeal released on May 5, the group noted that no UN […]

Revolutionary Christians in Panay and Guimaras decry trampling of press freedom and democracy
May 13, 2020 |

Members of the Christians for National Liberation in Panay and Guimaras denounced the cease and desist order against media giant ABS-CBN. Fr. Santiago Salvador, CNL-Panay and Guimaras Chairperson, labeled the shutdown as an attack against press freedom and civil liberties of almost 11,000 workers of the company. “It trampled on democracy and press freedom as […]

NPA-Bukidnon fires at oppressive CAA detachment amid focused operations
May 09, 2020 |

Red fighters of the New People’s Army based in Bukidnon fired shots at a CAFGU Active Auxiliary (CAA) detachment located at Barangay Bulonay, Impasug-ong amid relentless focused combat operations of the AFP. The harassment operation lasted more than 10 minutes in the evening of May 5. According to NPA-Bukidnon, the CAA detachment and AFP elements […]

Sorsogon “encounter” a massacre of civilians -- NPA-Sorsogon
May 09, 2020 |

The New People’s Army operating in the province of Sorsogon (Celso Minguez Command) belied military reports that five rebels were killed in an encounter in Barangay Dolos, Bulan, Sorsogon in May 8. “No NPA unit was in the area, no encounter transpired and all victims of the massacre were civilians,” Ka Samuel Guerrero, spokesperson for […]

AFP spent P2,500 for every piece of facemask delivered via airdrop in Agusan
May 02, 2020 |

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is squandering millions of pesos in public funds using helicopters to conduct counterinsurgency psyops last April in the hinterland villages of Caraga region. Maj. Francisco Garello, public information officer of 402nd Infantry Brigade was quoted bragging in a regional news report that they used a Philippine Air Force […]

Victims urged to report to NPA as UN raises concern over "highly militarized" Covid-19 response
April 30, 2020 |

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) urged victims of abuses, corruption and rights violations to report to the New People’s Army (NPA) even as the United Nations (UN) on Monday raised concern over Duterte’s “highly militarized” response to the Covid-19 pandemic which has resulted in mounting cases of human rights violations. In a statement […]

79th IB troops behind sabong, gambling in Covid-19 relief in Negros villages
April 23, 2020 |

Elements of 79th IB, who are supposedly conducting Covid-19 response operations, are behind cockfighting or sabong in Sitio Udiong in Barangay Tabun-ac, Toboso, Negros Occidental. According to residents, the soldiers also regularly travel to Barangay Winaswasan in Calatrava to hold gambling sessions. The said troops of the 79th IB are part of the combat operations […]