Articles in English
87th IB, butcher of Samar
The 87th IB continues to sow terrorism in the towns of Samar. Its latest crime is the shooting and killing of a peasant father and son by its butcher soldiers in Santo Ñiño, Paranas, Samar on February 5. As in other cases, they falsely claimed that the two were Red fighters of the New People’s […]
The 62nd IB's relentless violence in Negros
Soldiers of the 62nd IB abducted and deliberately killed farmer Rolito Tanillo in Barangay Tala-on, La Libertad, Negros Oriental on February 10, at 7 p.m. Soldiers reportedly took him from his house and brought him to another location to be killed. The soldiers then falsely claimed that Tanillo was killed in an encounter with the […]
Incompetence, greed, worsen the effect of shear line
The People Surge, an alliance of disaster survivors, strongly condemned the Marcos regime for its failure to protect vulnerable communities during storms and rains brought about by the shear line. It also denounced the regime for prioritizing destructive mining projects and operations, quarrying and land use conversion that aggravate damages caused by floods and rain. […]
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Protests
Protest against tuition increase in Panay. Students from various private universities protested on February 14 to oppose impending tuition and other fees increase. The Kabataan Partylist-Panay led the protest. Protests against Cebu layoffs. Labor groups and members of the Makabayan Coalition launched a picket on February 13 to protest the intensifying layoffs and contractualization […]