Archive of Calamity

Trahedya nga Marcopper, panubli sang diktaduryang Marcos Sr.
June 07, 2022

Mabilang nga kadalag-an ang desisyon sang Regional Trial Court sa Marinduque sang Mayo 16 nga nagaobligar sa Marcopper Mining Corporation nga magbayad sang danyos nga tubtub ₱10 milyon para sa insidente sang mine spill sang 1993. Pero, indi matumbasan sang bisan ano nga kantidad ang paliwat-liwat kag madugayan nga mga halit nga gindulot sang pagmina […]

The Marcopper Tragedy, legacy of the Marcos Sr. dictatorship
June 07, 2022

The decision of the Regional Trial Court of Marinduque last May 16 ordering the Marcopper Mining Corporation to pay up to ₱10 million in damages for the 1993 mine spill, can be regarded as a victory. However, no amount of money can fix the repeated and long-term destruction wrought by the mining company on the […]

Sympathies with the people of Baybay and Abuyog over landslide tragedy
April 14, 2022 | Communist Party of the Philippines | Marco Valbuena | Chief Information Officer |

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) extends its deepest sympathies to the people of Baybay City and Abuyog towns in Leyte province after several scores of people in farming and coastal communities were killed in mudslides triggered by non-stop rainfall brought by typhoon Agaton over the past week. The calamity reminds us of the […]

NPA units dispatched for rescue and rehab efforts—CPP
April 11, 2022

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today said units of the New People’s Army (NPA) in areas affected by typhoon Agaton are being dispatched to carry out efforts to help in rescue and rehabilitation efforts. Parts of Eastern Visayas, Cebu and northern Mindanao have been hit by floods due to continuous rains over the […]

Mahigit 1 milyong pamilyang biktima ng Odette, wala pa ring kuryente
January 13, 2022

Umaabot pa sa 1,016,650 na sambahayan (o 26.78% ng kabuuang 3.7 sambahayan) ang nananatiling walang kuryente sa kanilang mga tahanan sa buong bansa matapos sagasaan ng bagyong Odette noon pang ikatlong linggo ng Disyembre 2021. Dumadaing din ang mga pamilya sa kawalan ng malinis na tubig na maiinom at sustenidong suporta at tulong mula sa […]

Mga biktima ng Odette sa Negros, pinupwersa ng mga sundalo na unahing kumpunihin ang detatsment
December 29, 2021

Iniulat ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan-Central Negros noong Disyembre 28 ang pananakot at pamimilit ng mga elemento ng 62nd IB sa mga nasalantang residente ng Guihulngan, Negros Oriental na unahin ang pagkumpuni ng detatsment ng militar na napinsala ng bagyong Odette. “Binabalewala ng AFP ang kalagayan ng mga masa na siyang dapat na unahin,” ayon kay […]

Duterte, do not use NPA to cover up your government’s terrible disaster response
December 29, 2021 | Communist Party of the Philippines | Marco Valbuena | Chief Information Officer |

  The tyrant Rodrigo Duterte is at it again, accusing the New People’s Army of disrupting relief operations, to cover up the fact that his government’s disaster response is terrible, measly and slow, leaving survivors of supertyphoon Odette in dire straits. Even now, close to two weeks after the typhoon, millions continue to suffer from […]

Pasaporte’s ‘self-serving’ comment on revolutionary movement’s rehabilitation efforts more apt towards AFP
December 25, 2021 | New People's Army | Negros Island Regional Operational Command (Apolinario Gatmaitan Command) | NPA-Central Negros (Leonardo Panaligan Command) | JB Regalado | Spokesperson |

Recently, 303rd Brigade Commander Inocencio Pasaporte mentioned that the collective efforts of revolutionary forces are ‘self-serving’, an expected yet mistaken remark that is more appropriate for the likes of him and the AFP/PNP/NTF-ELCAC. As the country and particularly the island faces the devastation wrought by supertyphoon Odette, such divisiveness is unhelpful to the plight of […]

₱1.4 trilyon pondong pang-imprastruktura, pinangangambahang “mawaldas” dahil sa kainutilan
December 23, 2021

Muling kinastigo ng Commission on Audit (COA) ang iba’t ibang mga ahensya ng rehimeng Duterte dahil sa kabiguan ng mga ito na mahusay na gamitin ang pondong nakalaan para sa mga proyektong pampubliko. Sa isang pahayag noong Disyembre 23, pinangambahan ng COA na mawaldas lamang ang ₱1.4 bilyong pondo dahil sa kawalang-aksyon ng 17 ahensya […]

Mobilize the people in the wake of typhoon Odette’s destruction
December 18, 2021 | Communist Party of the Philippines |

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) extends its sympathies to the millions of people who suffered the devastation wrought by supertyphoon Odette in Eastern Visayas, Central Visayas, Western Visayas, Northern Mindanao regions and in Palawan island. Thousands upon thousands of homes, agricultural fields, fishing boats, and other sources of livelihood were destroyed or severely […]