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FMO in Southern Tagalog
Troopers of the butcher 4th IB killed civilians Mark Ederson Valencia Delos Santos and Jay-ar Mercado in Barangay Happy Valley, Socorro, Oriental Mindoro on January 31. Mercado was a volunteer organizer of Bigkis at Lakas ng mga Katutubo sa Southern Tagalog who was abducted by the military on January 26. The butchers buried Mercado’s cadaver […]
Nissen Electronics workers' struggle
Nissen Electronics Philippines is a Japanese company that produces automotive fuses. The companies supplies these to various car manufacturing multinationals in the country including Toyota, Nissan, Ford and Isuzu. The company is a local subsidiary of the multinational company Nippon Seisen Cable, Ltd which reported a sales of 10 billion yen (P4.6 billion) in March […]
JIPCO: Peace for capitalists
LABOR GROUPS CRITICIZED the Philippine National Police (PNP) after it launched the Joint Industrial Peace and Concern Offices (JIPCO) on January 22 at the Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga. The PNP claims that the program will purportedly protect various economic zones across Central Luzon. The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights, however, said the […]
State forces arrest 19 farmers
In Northern Samar, 15 farmers from Barangay Osmeña, Palapag were arrested by the military. On January 22, elements of the 20th IB arrested Constancio Capate Martinico, Renaldo Longcop, Gonzalo Magayes, Jomar Orua, Delphin Meraya Jr. and JR Laoreno. The six were brought to their military camp and were interrogated. On the next day, nine farmers […]
On the 33rd year of Mendiola Massacre: Duterte Legacy, hunger and death
PROGRESSIVE GROUPS AND RELATIVES of Mendiola Massacre victims converged in Mendiola, Manila on January 22 to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the massacre. They said that the Duterte regime has failed to give justice to the 13 farmers killed on January 22, 1987. The 13 farmers were among thousands who protested in Mendiola to call […]