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Nurses protest for PPE, wage increase
July 21, 2020

Nurses of the San Laza­ro Hos­pi­tal in Manila City mounted a silent protest last July 16 to demand better treatment. The nurses disclosed that around 60 health workers in the hospital were infected with Covid-19. Among them are 48 patients who compose 60% of the facilities Covid-19 patients. They lamented that the infections were primarily […]

Alleged 15 NPA militia surrenderees are farmers -- NPA-Southeast Negros
July 18, 2020 | New People's Army | Bicol Regional Operational Command (Romulo Jallores Command) | NPA-Sorsogon (Celso Minguez Command) | Samuel Guerrero | Spokesperson |

The Rachelle Mae Palang Command (RMPC) of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Southeast Negros dismissed as a big hoax 11th Infantry Battalion’s pronouncement that at least 15 members of people’s militia surrendered recently. According to RMPC spokesperson Ka Estrella Banagbanag, the supposed surrenderees are actually farmers hoodwinked into attending a one day “livelihood training” […]

RMPC-NPA: ‘Lapulapu” soldiers, militiamen violate social distancing protocol
July 18, 2020 | New People's Army | Negros Island Regional Operational Command (Apolinario Gatmaitan Command) | NPA-Southeast Negros (Rachelle Mae Palang Command) | Estrella Banagbanag | Spokesperson |

While the fascistic Duterte regime imposed a stringent implementation of social distancing protocol upon the people ostensibly to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, its military and paramilitary forces in the countryside brazenly violate this. The residents of far flung villages of Siaton and Zamboanguita reported having observed soldiers from 11th “Lapulapu” Infantry Battalion […]

Reign of state terror during the first half of 2020
July 13, 2020

Report on the human rights situation  (January-June 2020) Ang Bayan Download EN: PDF | EPUB | MOBI PIL: PDF | EPUB | MOBI BIS: PDF | EPUB | MOBI HIL: PDF | EPUB | MOBI This summary report is based on Ang Bayan’s compilation of reports on various human rights violations perpetrated by the Armed […]

Condemn the persecution of human rights defenders under ATA 2020
July 12, 2020 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Bicol | Christians for National Liberation-Bicol |

CNL-Bikol strongly condemns the illegal arrest of two defenders of human rights in the region. In another Herodic attempt to stomp on critics, mercenary agents of the US-Duterte regime arrested Pastor Dan San Andres, spokesperson of KARAPATAN-Bikol and Jenelyn Nagrampa-Caballero, regional coordinator of Gabriela Women’s Partylist and barangay kagawad of San Isidro, Nabua, Camarines Sur […]