A group of indigenous women defied rain and darkness of night to reach the New People’s Army unit outpost in Barangay Berta in a Southern Tagalog guerrilla front. They warmly accepted the invitation to form the Makabayang Kilusan ng Bagong Kababaihan (Makibaka, or Patriotic Movement of New Women), the revolutionary women’s organization supporting the armed […]

National minorities are fighting for their right to ancestral land against land grabbing and the entry of dam, renewable energy, plantation, and real estate projects. They launched mobilizations in recent weeks to defend their rights. In Quezon City, national minority groups and environmental defenders protested at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Central Office […]

Simultaneous operations of the Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines arrested 10 individuals in Tarlac City and Quezon City on March 11, including Gabriel Kennedy Bangibang, National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultant for the Cordillera and national minority affairs. They were accused of being members and officials of the Communist […]

Units of the New People’s Army (NPA)-Negros Island (Apolinario Gatmaitan Command) are determined in their efforts to attain justice for the Negrosanon masses who are victims of state terrorism and repression. These efforts include carrying out the people’s court’s orders to mete out justice against state agents behind these crimes. Those punished included spies, military […]