The latest official report of the United Nations secretary general on the situation of children and armed conflict in the Philippines reflect a mere fraction of the crimes of the Philippine government and its armed forces. The report blatantly whitewashes the bloody record of the former Duterte regime and the current Marcos regime. The report […]

Residents of Barangay Sulitan, Catubig, Northern Samar firmly assert that Jerick Jugal, among those the 20th IB claimed to have killed in a series of armed encounters with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Catubig town on November 5, was a civilian. They called for an investigation and justice for the victim’s killing. Jugal’s neighbor […]

THE NEW PEOPLE’S Army-Camarines Norte (Armando Catapia Command) strongly condemned 16th IB soldiers for raping at least three women the province in recent months. One of the victims was a 21-year-old woman from Barangay Bagong Silang 3. She said she was alone in her house when three 16th IB soldiers arrived in September. One of […]

Negros courts acquitted nine political prisoners arrested by state forces in 2019 and 2022 on criminal charges. The court ordered the police to release the victims from their illegal detention. On November 18, the charges of murder and frustrated murder against Pastor Jimie Teves, Jodito Montesino, Jaypee Romano, Jasper Aguyong, Rogen Sabanal, Eliseo Andres, and […]

If only the relatives of the victims of the fake war on drugs could, they would have confronted Rodrigo Duterte when he faced the congressional hearing. The families were seething with anger at his casual defense of the killings, insistence that all victims of the fake war were “criminals,” and gross lack of remorse for […]