Two civilians were killed by soldiers running amok after they were outmaneuvered by a unit of the people’s army in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. They abducted and subsequently murdered farmer brothers, Jayson and Arnulfo Sabanal, residents of Sitio Maliko-liko, Barangay Carabalan last March 25. The victims were presented as Red fighters supposedly killed during the […]

Union of electricians. Workers of Hypervolt Contractor Corporation voted last April 3 in a certification election in favor of Hypervolt Workers Union representing them in negotiations with the management. Hypervolt is a company which lays out electrical wiring and builds related infrastructures. Fasting of Himamaylan 3. NDFP peace consultant Ramon Patriarca, activists CJ Matarlo and […]

Last March 30 the Bayugan City Regional Trial Court dismissed trumped up charges of kidnapping and illegal detention against Dra. Natividad Castro, known as Doc Naty. According to the court, the police violated Doc Naty’s rights for due process and that it has no jurisdiction over her. Thus, she was released from the Agusan del […]

Rodrigo Duterte signed last March 21 amendments to Public Service Act (PSA or Republic Act 11659) which further opens up the Philippine economy to foreign investments and capitalists. This is after the successive approval of amendments to the Foreign Investments Act (RA 11647) last February and the Retail Trade Liberalization Act (RA 11595) last December […]

Atty. Marlon Bosantog, the erstwhile Regional Director of the Cordillera National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP) resigned before November 15, 2021, the deadline for the substitution of candidates. He is now running for Congress as #2 nominee of the IPeace Epanaw Partylist. Before his resignation, he heads the Cordillera NCIP FPIC Team and was instrumental […]