Sa loob ng 11 buwan, mula Enero hanggang Nobyembre, naitala ng National Democratic Front-Negros ang hindi bababa sa 150 kaso ng mga paglabag sa karapatang-tao sa isla. Katumbas ito ng 13 kaso kada buwan o halos isa kada dalawang araw. Sa lahat ng kasong ito, tinatayang 19,000 ang kabuuang bilang ng mga biktima na sumaklaw […]
This year’s commemoration of International Human Rights Day is highly relevant in Negros Island where the human rights situation has worsened from the US-Duterte regime to the current state terrorism of the US-Marcos II regime. Negros is a social laboratory for campaigns of suppression of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police […]
The people of Apayao are determined to resist the construction of the series of dams that directly threatens their ancestral lands. On the other hand, Pan Pacific Energy Corporation, the owner of the Gened Dams project, is in cahoots with the tyrant governor. This is the hidden motive behind his Executive Order. The following are […]
That the 47th Infantry Battalion (IB), under the Philippine Army’s 302nd Brigade, with the 303rd Brigade’s “hors de combat slayer” 94th IB wreaked havoc in their community on the first few hours after midnight of November 30 is not novelty for the residents of Barangay Camansi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental. The murders of NDF consultant […]
Not only did the joint operation of the 94th and 47th Infantry Battalion ruthlessly kill NDF consultant Ericson Acosta and peasant organizer Joseph Jimenez, these fascist soldiers first strafed the house of the Francisco family where Acosta and Jimenez were resting before they were taken forcefully and then “salvaged” early today, November 30, at Sitio […]
Twisting truths cannot cover the fact that butchers 94th Infantry Battalion and 47th Infantry Battalion captured NDF Consultant Ericson Acosta and his companion, a peasant organizer, alive around 2:00 this morning, November 30, at Sitio Makilo, Barangay Camansi, Kanbankalan City, Negros Occidental, and, few hours after, tagged them as casualties of a fake encounter. Ka […]
What can be described as “infuriating and saddening” occurrences in Negros Island are certainly a matter of class perspective. To National Security Adviser Clarita Carlos, the ambush of two sergeants of the 47th Infantry Battalion last November 24, around noon time, at Sitio Camboguiot, Barangay Camindangan, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental by a unit of the […]
Sa loob ng apat na taong implementasyon ng Memorandum Order No. 32 ng reaksyunaryong gubyerno, naitala ng National Democratic Front (NDF)-Bicol ang hindi bababa sa 150 biktima ng pagpaslang ng mga pwersa ng Armed Forces of the Philippines at Philippine National Police sa masang Bicolano. Ngangangahulugan ito na halos kada linggo ay isang Bikolano ang […]
The Communist Party of the Philippines’ Negros Island Regional Party Committee (CPP Negros) offered its “firmest red salute” to Ka Juanito Magbanua whom it called a “hero of the Negrosanon and Filipino people” and “inspiration in the fight for national liberation and social emancipation.” Romeo Nanta, 64 years old, well-known for his nom de guerre […]
To the masses of Southern Mindanao, the recent announcement by the AFP’s 10th Infantry Division of of keeping its forces, including detachments, paramilitaries and retooled community support program (RCSP) units, proves how hollow its barely month-old “insurgency-free” declaration truly is. In describing what they managed to achieve as “fragile peace,” the fascist hawks are themselves […]