Archive of Negros Island

On International Students’ Day, KM – Negros recognizes the youth and students’ historical role in fighting for freedom and democracy and resisting authoritarian regimes
November 17, 2020 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Negros Island | Kabataang Makabayan-Negros Island |

Kabataang Makabayan – Negros (KM-Negros) is one with the Filipino youth and students in commemorating International Students’ Day (ISD). The ISD was first declared in 1941 as a commemoration of the Nazi storming of the University of Prague after a series of demonstrations against Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. We dedicate this day in recognizing the […]

PKM – Negros renews call for justice for Hacienda Luisita massacre victims
November 16, 2020 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Negros Island | Pambansang Katipunan ng mga Magbubukid-Negros Island | Felicidad Mercado | Spokesperson |

In the afternoon of November 16, 2004, elements of the AFP/PNP carried out a brutal massacre of striking sugar workers and sugar mill workers in Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac. Seven workers were killed and another 200 were injured. Sixteen years after Hacienda Luisita massacre and justice remains elusive. Sixteen years after and farmers still fight […]

NDF Negros calls on the international community to collectively investigate and call for an end into the worsening human rights abuses in the country
October 10, 2020 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Negros Island | Bayani Obrero | Spokesperson |

On October 7, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on the Philippines in Geneva, Switzerland. Ka Bayani Obrero, spokesperson of NDF-Negros welcomes the resolution and added that the international community is taking notice and is taking action on the worsening rights situation in the country. However, the resolution falls short in investigating and […]

AFP illegally arrests human rights defender and 3 others in Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental
October 07, 2020 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Negros Island | Bayani Obrero | Spokesperson |

On October 2, elements of the 62nd Infantry Batallion and Civilian Auxiliary Force and Geographical Unit (CAFGU) apprehended Wilmar Pongasi, Jovanie Bohol, Leoltran Trinidad, Juannie Obedas in Brgy. Montilla, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental. Wilmar Pongasi is one of the convenor of Kabataan Para sa Karapatan – Negros (KPK-Negros). KPK is a network of young human […]

KM-Negros on the failed reopening of classes
October 06, 2020 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Negros Island | Kabataang Makabayan-Negros Island |

The response of the US-Duterte regime remains failed and faulty to the widespread call and demand of youth, teachers, parents and the people for a safe and quality education as A.Y. 2020-2021 formally starts amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Department of Education Secretary Leonor Briones’ statement that yesterday’s opening of classes for public schools was “victorious” […]

KAGUMA Negros on World Teachers’ Day and opening of classes
October 05, 2020 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Negros Island | Katipunan ng mga Gurong Makabayan-Negros Island |

KAGUMA Negros pays tribute to all Filipino teachers in commemorating World Teachers’ Day 2020. The teachers’ social, economic and intellectual contributions in a nation’s development need to be recognized. This year’s celebration coincides with the opening of classes for public schools, despite the demand of teachers and students alike for a safe resumption of classes. […]

Justice for Bernardo Guillen! Stop Killing Farmers!
September 29, 2020 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Negros Island | Bayani Obrero | Spokesperson |

Duterte’s war against the people gets bloodier and dirtier each day. Bernardo Guillen, a farmer in his 50s from Brgy. Tan-awan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, was found decapitated and already decomposing. His death makes the peasant death toll under the Duterte regime rise to 275. Bernardo Guillen was cultivating their farm when a unit of […]

Kolektibo nga tapuson kag dugmukon ang paantus kag tiraniko nga paghari sang US-Duterte nga rehimen!
September 29, 2020 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Negros Island | Bayani Obrero | Spokesperson |

Nagapakita nga wala sang kapasidad ang rehimen US-Duterte nga dumalahan ang pungsod. Sa pinakabag-o nga survey nga ginpaguha sang Social Weather Station (SWS), nakarekord ang Pilipinas sang 7.3 milyon nga Pilipino nga naga-eksperyensya sang tuman nga gutom sa nag-agi nga tatlo ka bulan. Indi ini malipod bangud sa malapnagon nga mga protesta kag pagbuyagyag sang […]

NDF-Negros: Puno sang kabutigan nga pahayag ni Duterte sa UNGA
September 25, 2020 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Negros Island | Bayani Obrero | Spokesperson |

Tuman nga ginapakamala-ut sang NDF-Negros ang puno sang kabutigan nga pahayag ni President Rodrigo Duterte sa ginhiwat nga United Nation General Assembly (UNGA) agud tabunan ang iya mga mabangis kag brutal nga krimen sa pumuluyo kag ang malala kag matuod nga kahimtangan sang tawhanon nga kinamatarung sa pungsod sa idalum sang iya traidor, inutil, berdugo […]

Remembering the Marcos puppet fascist dictatorship: Revolutionary youth, unite and struggle to fight against Duterte’s new martial law!
September 20, 2020 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Negros Island | Kabataang Makabayan-Southeast Negros | Maria Christina Guerrero | Spokesperson |

On this September 21, 2020, the Filipino people are united in commemorating the day on which the puppet fascist dictator Ferdinand Marcos signed Proclamation No. 1081, putting the entire Philippines under martial law, marking the beginning of his 14-year one-man dystopian rule over the nation. With the prevalence of the Duterte clique’s civil-military junta that […]