At least 12 farmers who were gathering honey were arrested by soldiers belonging to the 61st Infantry Battalion in Antique over the weekend. The farmers, including five children, are residents of Barangay Igpanulong, Sibalom, Antique. The arrested individuals are being accused of being members of the New People’s Army (NPA). The 61st IB claim that […]
The 27th Infantry Battalion dropped four bombs near Sityo Kapanal, a T’boli community in Barangay Gasi, Kiamba, Sarangani Province, early Sunday. Local human rights organizations disclosed in a report that residents were awakened by loud bomb explosions and bursts of gunfire at around 5:00 a.m. Some residents said that they heard a fighter jet flying […]
Armed troopers of the Charlie Company of the 24th and 69th IB stole a resident’s cow in Barangay Guinguinabang, Lacub, Abra, late last month. The New People’s Army (NPA)-Abra disclosed in a report on Sunday that the soldiers butchered and ate the cow in Barangay Buneg, in Mt. Bumarayon. Before the incident, the soldiers ransacked […]
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has once again displayed its utter insensitivity by squandering public funds in its relentless counter-insurgency campaign in Mountain Province amid the Covid-19 crisis. This was the reaction of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) to information about the military flying helicopters to drop propaganda leaflets in the […]
Pres. Rodrigo Duterte’s unilateral ceasefire declaration has lapsed on Thursday midnight, but only with more violations perpetrated by his armed forces in Southern Tagalog. In a report, the New People’s Army (NPA)-Southern Tagalog disclosed that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) continues to occupy and operate in at least […]
Soldiers from the 31st IB drew flak for their attempt to take over the distribution of relief goods by local barangay officials in a village in Bulusan, Sorsogon on Tuesday, April 14. Reports reached the New People’s Army (NPA) in the province that village officials refused to hand over the said relief goods as these […]
Another armed encounter ensued last April 10 in the Bicol region after a platoon of the 2nd Infantry Battalion and PNP led by 2Lt. Jay Zachary Tunguia attempted to encircle an NPA unit in Barangay Cabas-an, Aroroy, Masbate. This was 13th attack perpetrated by Duterte’s forces since his declaration of a unilateral ceasefire last month. […]
Farmers and farmworkers of Negros Island are yet to receive aid coming from the Duterte administration as Covid-19 wreaks havoc in the island. Reports confirmed atleast 14 cases of Covid-19 with 2 deaths. Local lockdowns were declared in the island’s two provinces last March 15 and 17. Felicidad Mercado, spokesperson of Pambansang Katipunan ng mga Magbubukid […]
The National Democratic Front (NDF)-Bicol today lambasted the Duterte regime’s extension of its militarist lockdown until April 30. The regime issued its declaration of extension last April 7. “With additional 15 days of lockdown, abuses of the most basic human rights will worsen,” Maria Roja Banua, spokesperson of NDF-Bicol said. With Ret. Gen. Carlito Galvez […]
Families in far-flung Abra villages worry that Covid-19 disease might reach their communities as soldiers from outside the province arrived to join local military forces in their continuing operations. This was revealed by New People’s Army (NPA)-Abra spokesperson Ka Florencio Baluga in a statement last April 9. Baluga said that after the Duterte government’s declaration […]